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Tex. Education Code § 25.043 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 25 / Section 25.043
§ 25.043. CLASSROOM PLACEMENT OF MULTIPLE BIRTH SIBLINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Multiple birth sibling" means a twin, triplet, quadruplet, or other sibling resulting from a multiple birth.

(2) "Parent" includes a person standing in parental relation.

(b) The parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school may request in writing, not later than the 14th day after the first day of enrollment, that the school place the siblings in the same classroom or in separate classrooms.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (g), a school shall provide the multiple birth siblings with the classroom placement requested by the parent.

(d) At the end of the first grading period following the multiple birth siblings' enrollment in the school, if the principal of the school, in consultation with the teacher of each classroom in which the multiple birth siblings are placed, determines that the requested classroom placement is disruptive to the school, the principal may determine the appropriate classroom placement for the siblings.

(e) A parent may appeal the principal's classroom placement of multiple birth siblings in the manner provided by school district policy. During an appeal, the multiple birth siblings shall remain in the classroom chosen by the parent.

(f) The school may recommend to a parent the appropriate classroom placement for the multiple birth siblings and may provide professional educational advice to assist the parent with the decision regarding appropriate classroom placement.

(g) A school district is not required to place multiple birth siblings in separate classrooms if the request would require the school district to add an additional class to the grade level of the multiple birth siblings.

(h) This section does not affect:

(1) a right or obligation under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.) regarding the individual placement decisions of the school district admission, review, and dismissal committee; or

(2) the right of a school district or teacher to remove a student from a classroom under Chapter 37.
Tex. Property Code § 301.085 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.085
§ 301.085. CONCILIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall, during the period beginning with the filing of a complaint and ending with the filing of a charge or a dismissal by the commission, to the extent feasible, engage in conciliation with respect to the complaint.

(b) A conciliation agreement between a respondent and the complainant is subject to commission approval.

(c) A conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration or another method of dispute resolution. Dispute resolution that results from a conciliation agreement may authorize appropriate relief, including monetary relief.

(d) A conciliation agreement is public information unless:

(1) the complainant and respondent agree that it is not; and

(2) the commission determines that disclosure is not necessary to further the purposes of this chapter.

(e) Statements made or actions taken in the conciliation may not be made public or used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding under this chapter without the written consent of the persons concerned.

(f) After completion of the commission's investigation, the commission shall make available to the aggrieved person and the respondent, at any time, information derived from the investigation and the final investigative report relating to that investigation.
Tex. Government Code § 391.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 391 / Section 391.004
§ 391.004. DESIGNATING DAYS, WEEKS, OR MONTHS FOR RECOGNITION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "date designation" means the special observance authorized by the legislature that annually recognizes and honors a culturally or historically significant day, week, or month in the state.

(b) The legislature may assign more than one designation to a day, week, or month.

(c) Before the legislature may designate a day, week, or month for recognition, the legislature must be presented with information related to the historical or cultural significance of the day, week, or month to be recognized by persons supporting the designation.

(d) A designation of a day, week, or month for recognition expires on the 10th anniversary of the date the legislature finally passes the resolution making the designation. This subsection does not prevent the legislature from redesignating a day, week, or month for recognition during or after the 10-year period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3946.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3946 / Section 3946.001
§ 3946.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Midlothian, Texas.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(4) "Development agreement" means a development agreement between the city and One Windsor Hills, L.P., that establishes the standards that apply to development in the district and includes zoning provisions for the district that allow a maximum of 545 residential units.

(5) "Director" means a board member.

(6) "District" means the Windsor Hills Municipal Management District No. 1.

(7) "Finance plan" means a finance plan between the city and the district that includes a general description of proposed improvement projects that will be financed by the district, an estimate of the costs for the proposed improvement projects, and the means of financing costs related to the planning, design, construction, and improvement of the proposed improvement projects.
Tex. Government Code § 655.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 655 / Section 655.002
§ 655.002. MERIT SELECTION PRINCIPLES.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency by rule shall establish intraagency policies and procedures to ensure:

(1) compliance with the federal requirements; and

(2) the recruitment, selection, and advancement of highly competent agency personnel.

(b) A rule adopted under this section must ensure that the state agency:

(1) recruits, selects, and promotes its employees according to the relative abilities, knowledge, and skills of the applicants or employees;

(2) provides equitable and adequate compensation to an employee;

(3) provides any employee training necessary to ensure performance of a high quality;

(4) uses the adequacy of an employee's job performance to determine whether the employee will be retained;

(5) treats a job applicant or employee fairly in all aspects of personnel administration;

(6) complies fully with state and federal equal opportunity and nondiscrimination laws; and

(7) protects an employee against coercion for partisan political purposes and prohibits the employee from using employment status to interfere with or affect the result of an election or nomination for office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8051.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8051 / Section 8051.0301
§ 8051.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1040.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1040 / Section 1040.109
§ 1040.109. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court in this state.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1481 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1481
§ 152.1481. LA SALLE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of La Salle County is composed of the county judge and the district judges in La Salle County.

(b) The commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not less than $1,200 nor more than $4,800 for the added duties imposed on the members. The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of La Salle County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 33.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 33 / Section 33.011
§ 33.011. TEST REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The physician attending a newborn child or the person attending the delivery of a newborn child that is not attended by a physician shall cause the child to be subjected to screening tests approved by the department for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, phenylketonuria, other heritable diseases, hypothyroidism, and other disorders for which screening is required by the department.

(a-1) Except as provided by this subsection and to the extent funding is available for the screening, the department shall require newborn screening tests to screen for disorders listed as core and secondary conditions in the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children or another report determined by the department to provide more stringent newborn screening guidelines to protect the health and welfare of this state's newborns. The department, with the advice of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee, may require additional newborn screening tests under this subsection to screen for other disorders or conditions. The department may exclude from the newborn screening tests required under this subsection screenings for galactose epimerase and galactokinase.

(b) The department may prescribe the screening test procedures to be used and the standards of accuracy and precision required for each test.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the screening tests required by this section must be performed by the laboratory established by the department or by a laboratory approved by the department under Section 33.016.

(d) The department, with the advice of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee, shall authorize a screening test for critical congenital heart disease to be performed at a birthing facility that provides care to newborn patients and that complies with the test procedures and the standards of accuracy and precision required by the department for each screening test.

(e) If the department under Subsection (d) authorizes the performance at a birthing facility of a screening test for critical congenital heart disease, a birthing facility must perform the screening test on each newborn who is a patient of the facility before the newborn is discharged from the facility unless:

(1) the parent declines the screening;

(2) the newborn is transferred to another facility before the screening test is performed;

(3) the screening test has previously been completed; or

(4) the newborn is discharged from the birthing facility not more than 10 hours after birth and a referral for the newborn was made to another birthing facility, physician, or health care provider.

(f) Before requiring any additional screening test for critical congenital heart disease, the department must review the necessity of the additional screening test, including an assessment of the test implementation costs to the department, birthing facilities, and other health care providers.
Tex. Government Code § 24.557 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.557
§ 24.557.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.557. 413TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JOHNSON COUNTY). The 413th Judicial District is composed of Johnson County.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.946 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.946
§ 201.946. INVESTMENT AND USES OF MONEY IN FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Money in the fund may be invested in the investments permitted by law for the investment of money on deposit in the state highway fund.

(b) As a part of its covenants and commitments made in connection with the issuance of obligations and the execution of credit agreements, the commission may limit the types of investments eligible for investment of money in the fund but may not expand the types of investments to include any investments that are not authorized by Subsection (a).

(c) Income received from the investment of money in the fund shall be deposited in the fund, subject to requirements that may be imposed by the proceedings authorizing obligations to protect the tax-exempt status of interest payable on the obligations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(d) To the extent money is on deposit in the fund in amounts that are in excess of the money required by the proceedings authorizing the obligations and credit agreements to be retained on deposit, the commission may use the money for any purpose for which obligations may be issued under this subchapter, other than for toll roads.
Tex. Government Code § 2116.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2116 / Section 2116.008
§ 2116.008. DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To establish a depository account, a depositor must contract with the depository for a depository account. The contract must specify:

(1) the terms applicable to the account, including any special terms; and

(2) the conditions on which withdrawals or deliveries with respect to the account may be made.

(b) The execution of a contract for a depository account described by this section may be made, as prescribed by rules adopted under this chapter, by electronic or digital transmission.

(c) The depository shall hold the contract for a depository account in the records pertaining to the account.

(d) A contract for a depository account executed by a depositor and the depository is considered a contract in writing for all purposes, and may be evidenced by one or more agreements, deposit receipts, signature cards, amendment notices, or other documentation as provided by law.

(e) The depository and the depository account holder may amend a contract for a depository account by agreement, or the depository may amend the deposit contract by providing written notice of the amendment to the account holder, separately or as an enclosure with or part of the account holder's statement of account or passbook. In the case of amendment by notice from the depository, the notice must include the text and effective date of the amendment. The notice may be provided electronically. The effective date may not be earlier than the 30th day after the date the notice is mailed, unless otherwise provided by rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.802 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.802
§ 91.802. LAW APPLICABLE TO GEOLOGIC STORAGE FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED INJECTION WELLS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well" has the meaning assigned by Section 27.002, Water Code.

(b) If a well is authorized as or converted to an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well for geologic storage, Subchapter C-1, Chapter 27, Water Code, applies to the well.

(c) A conversion of an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well from use for enhanced recovery operations to use for geologic storage is not considered to be a change in the purpose of the well.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 753.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 753 / Section 753.006
§ 753.006. UNIFORMITY AND CONFORMITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A county or municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance or rule that is inconsistent with this chapter or the board's rules unless allowed by this chapter.

(b) If a municipality by ordinance adopted rules relating to mobile service units not later than 180 days after the board adopted rules relating to mobile service units and the rules adopted by the municipality are more restrictive than the board's rules, the rules are not invalid under Subsection (a).

(c) This chapter does not invalidate a municipal or county ordinance or rule that was in effect on September 1, 1969, and that relates to the storage of flammable liquids or relates to or prohibits mobile service units.

(d) The board rules must provide that a facility that is in service before the effective date of an applicable rule and that is not in strict conformity with the rule may continue in service if the facility does not constitute a distinct hazard to life or property. The rules may delineate the type of nonconformities that should be considered distinctly hazardous and the nonconformities that should be evaluated in light of local conditions. The rules must provide that a person who owns a facility affected by the rules receives reasonable notice of intent to evaluate the need for compliance and the time and place at which the person may appear to offer evidence on that issue.
Tex. Government Code § 22.212 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.212
§ 22.212. ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Eastland.

(b) Eastland County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms for the court and the justices without expense to the state.

(c) The court may transact its business in the City of Eastland or in any county in the district as the court determines is necessary or convenient.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.009
§ 501.009. POLICE POWERS NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This subtitle does not deprive this state or a governmental subdivision of this state of its police powers over a corporation's property and does not impair any police power over the property that is otherwise provided by law to any official or agency of this state or its governmental subdivisions.
Tex. Education Code § 56.226 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.226
§ 56.226. PAYMENT OF STATE CREDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) At least once each year, the coordinating board shall submit to the commissioner of education a report on state credit awarded under the program during the preceding academic year. The report must include:

(1) the name of each student who used the state credit during that academic year;

(2) the school district or open-enrollment charter school from which each student graduated from high school; and

(3) the amount of the state credit used by each student during that academic year.

(b) As soon as practicable after receipt of the report under Subsection (a), the commissioner of education shall transfer to the coordinating board an amount of funds equal to the total amount by which school district and open-enrollment charter school entitlements are reduced under Section 48.2642(b).

(c) As soon as practicable after receipt of funds transferred under Subsection (b), the coordinating board shall distribute to each eligible institution an amount of funds equal to the amount of state credit applied by the institution under Section 56.225 during the preceding academic year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 34.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 34 / Section 34.012
§ 34.012. DATABASE OF DE-IDENTIFIED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may establish and maintain an electronic database to track cases of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity to assist the department and review committee in performing functions under this chapter.

(b) The information in the database may not include identifying information, including:

(1) the name of a patient; or

(2) the name or specific location of a health care provider that treated a patient.

(c) The database may be accessed only by the department and the review committee for the purposes described in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.257 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.257
§ 3916.257. ABOLITION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the tax imposed under this subchapter without an election.

(b) The board may not abolish the tax imposed under this subchapter if the district has outstanding debt secured by the tax, and repayment of the debt would be impaired by the abolition of the tax.

(c) If the board abolishes the tax, the board shall notify the comptroller of that action in the same manner the municipal secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax Code.

(d) If the board abolishes the tax or decreases the tax rate to zero, a new election to authorize a sales and use tax must be held under Section 3916.252 before the district may subsequently impose the tax.

(e) This section does not apply to a decrease in the sales and use tax authorized under Section 3916.254(c)(2).
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.153 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.153
§ 42.153. APPLICATION; INITIAL INSPECTION AND BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop and implement a streamlined procedure by which a small employer may apply for and be issued a permit to operate an employer-based day-care facility. The employer must submit an application for the permit to the department on a form prescribed by the department.

(b) Except as provided by Section 42.154, on receipt of a small employer's application for a permit, the department shall:

(1) conduct an initial inspection of the employer-based day-care facility to ensure that the employer is able to comply with the provisions of this subchapter and that the facility complies with the fire safety and sanitation standards of the political subdivision in which the facility is located; and

(2) conduct a background and criminal history check on each prospective caregiver whose name is submitted as required by Section 42.159(a).

(c) The department may charge an applicant an administrative fee set by the executive commissioner by rule in a reasonable amount that is sufficient to cover the costs of the department in processing the application.

(d) The department shall process an application not later than the 30th day after the date the department receives all of the required information.
Tex. Transportation Code § 524.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 524 / Section 524.002
§ 524.002. RULES; APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department and the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt rules to administer this chapter.

(b) Chapter 2001, Government Code, applies to a proceeding under this chapter to the extent consistent with this chapter.

(c) The State Office of Administrative Hearings may adopt a rule that conflicts with Chapter 2001, Government Code, if a conflict is necessary to expedite the hearings process within the time required by this chapter and applicable federal funding guidelines.