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Tex. Insurance Code § 545.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 545 / Section 545.052
§ 545.052. NONDISCRIMINATORY BASIS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer that requests or requires applicants to take an HIV-related test must request or require the test on a nondiscriminatory basis.

(b) An issuer may require an applicant to take an HIV-related test only if:

(1) the test is based on the applicant's current medical condition or medical history; or

(2) underwriting guidelines for the coverage amounts require all applicants in the risk class to be tested.

(c) In determining who will be requested or required to take an HIV-related test, an issuer may not use the marital status, occupation, sex, beneficiary designation, or territorial classification, including zip code, of an applicant.
Tex. Family Code § 104.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 104 / Section 104.007
§ 104.007. VIDEO TESTIMONY OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "professional" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.101(b).

(b) In a proceeding brought by the Department of Family and Protective Services concerning a child who is alleged in a suit to have been abused or neglected, the court may order that the testimony of a professional be taken outside the courtroom by videoconference:

(1) on the agreement of the department's counsel and respondent's counsel; or

(2) if good cause exists, on the court's own motion.

(c) In ordering testimony to be taken as provided by Subsection (b), the court shall ensure that the videoconference testimony allows:

(1) the parties and attorneys involved in the proceeding to be able to see and hear the professional as the professional testifies; and

(2) the professional to be able to see and hear the parties and attorneys examining the professional while the professional is testifying.

(d) If the court permits the testimony of a professional by videoconference as provided by this section to be admitted during the proceeding, the professional may not be compelled to be physically present in court during the same proceeding to provide the same testimony unless ordered by the court.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 95.011 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 95 / Section 95.011
§ 95.011. CERTIFICATION OF SAFETY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, a person may not use a dye or color in the manufacture of coloring matter unless it has been certified harmless and suitable for use in foods by the United States Department of Agriculture.

(b) The department shall issue a temporary permit allowing the use of a color or dye for which certification is pending if:

(1) analysis by the department determines that the color or dye contains antimony, arsenic, barium, lead, copper, mercury, zinc, other heavy metals, or other substances known to be injurious to health, only in amounts permitted in certified food colors by the United States Department of Agriculture; and

(2) the cost of analysis is paid by the person who requests the temporary permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1091.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1091 / Section 1091.302
§ 1091.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear at least 35 days before the date set for the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 311.096 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 311 / Section 311.096
§ 311.096. COST OF SIDEWALK IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may require the owner of a lot, or part of a lot or block, in front of which the municipality constructs a sidewalk to pay the cost of the construction.

(b) If necessary to collect the cost of the construction, the municipality shall sell the lot, or the part of the lot or block, in the manner the governing body of the municipality by ordinance provides. The municipality may keep an amount of the sale proceeds that covers the cost of the construction and the cost of collection. The municipality shall pay to the owner the balance of the sale proceeds.

(c) The sale of the lot, or the part of the lot or block, under this section conveys a good title to the purchaser.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.005
§ 1010.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the board by resolution or order may provide an alternative procedure that conforms with the constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 293.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 293 / Section 293.051
§ 293.051. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may issue negotiable revenue bonds to provide funds to carry out its purposes.

(b) The bonds must:

(1) be authorized by a board resolution;

(2) be authorized by an election that is:

(A) called by a resolution of the board;

(B) held throughout the authority; and

(C) called, held, and publicized in the manner provided by Chapter 1251, Government Code;

(3) be signed by the board president or vice-president and countersigned by the board secretary, either by actual or printed facsimile signature;

(4) include the authority seal;

(5) mature serially or otherwise in 40 years or less;

(6) be payable from and secured by a pledge of net revenues from ownership or operation of authority property; and

(7) be sold at a price and under terms that the board considers the most advantageous and the most reasonably obtainable.

(c) The bonds may:

(1) be secured, in addition to the security prescribed in Subsection (b)(6), by a mortgage or deed of trust on authority real or personal property;

(2) bear interest at a rate not to exceed the interest rate prescribed by Chapter 1204, Government Code;

(3) be made callable before maturity at the times and prices prescribed in the bond resolution; and

(4) be made registrable as to principal, interest, or both.
Tex. Tax Code § 323.302 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 323 / Section 323.302
§ 323.302. COMPTROLLER'S REPORTING DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall make quarterly reports to a county that has adopted the taxes authorized by this chapter if the county requests the reports. A report must include the name, address, and account number of each person in the county that has remitted to the comptroller a tax payment during the quarter covered by the report.

(b) If a county requests an additional report, the comptroller shall make an additional quarterly report to the county including the name, address, and account number, if any, of, and the amount of tax due from, each person doing business in the county who has failed to pay the tax under this chapter to the county or under Chapter 151. The additional report must also include statements:

(1) showing whether or not there has been a partial tax payment by the delinquent taxpayer;

(2) showing whether or not the taxpayer is delinquent in the payment of sales and use taxes to the state; and

(3) describing the steps taken by the comptroller to collect the delinquent taxes.

(c) If a county determines that a person doing business in the county is not included in a comptroller's report, the county shall report to the comptroller the name and address of the person. Within 90 days after receiving the report from a county, the comptroller shall send to the county:

(1) an explanation as to why the person is not obligated for the county tax;

(2) a statement that the person is obligated for the county tax and the tax is delinquent; or

(3) a certification that the person is obligated for the county tax and that the full amount of the tax due has been credited to the county's account.

(d) The comptroller shall send by United States certified or registered mail to the county attorney a notice of each person who is delinquent in the payment to the county of the taxes authorized by this chapter and shall send a copy of the notice to the attorney general. A notice sent under this subsection is a certification of the amount of tax owed and is prima facie evidence of a determination of that amount and of its delinquency.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.481 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.481
§ 151.481. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Distributor" means a person that distributes off-highway vehicles and is required to hold a distributor's license under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.

(1-a) "Manufacturer" means a person that manufactures off-highway vehicles and is required to hold a manufacturer's license under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.

(2) "New off-highway vehicle" means an off-highway vehicle that has not been the subject of a retail sale.

(3) "Off-highway vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 501.0301, Transportation Code.
Tex. Property Code § 42.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.004
§ 42.004. TRANSFER OF NONEXEMPT PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person uses the property not exempt under this chapter to acquire, obtain an interest in, make improvement to, or pay an indebtedness on personal property which would be exempt under this chapter with the intent to defraud, delay, or hinder an interested person from obtaining that to which the interested person is or may be entitled, the property, interest, or improvement acquired is not exempt from seizure for the satisfaction of liabilities. If the property, interest, or improvement is acquired by discharging an encumbrance held by a third person, a person defrauded, delayed, or hindered is subrogated to the rights of the third person.

(b) A creditor may not assert a claim under this section more than two years after the transaction from which the claim arises. A person with a claim that is unliquidated or contingent at the time of the transaction may not assert a claim under this section more than one year after the claim is reduced to judgment.

(c) It is a defense to a claim under this section that the transfer was made in the ordinary course of business by the person making the transfer.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.125
§ 2054.125. LINKING AND INDEXING INTERNET SITES.
Status: in_force

(a) All state agencies that maintain a generally accessible Internet site shall cooperate to facilitate useful electronic links among the sites. State agencies shall attempt to link their sites in such a manner that different sites from which persons can be expected to need information concurrently are linked.

(b) Each state agency that maintains a generally accessible Internet site shall establish the site so that the site can be located easily through electronic means.

(c) The department on request shall assist an agency to comply with this section.

(d) Each state agency that maintains a generally accessible Internet site and that uses the state electronic Internet portal shall include a link to the state electronic Internet portal on the front page of the Internet site.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.002
§ 1085.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION.
Status: in_force

The Parker 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.201
§ 3911.201. GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may contract with any person to accomplish any district purpose.
Tex. Election Code § 252.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 252 / Section 252.008
§ 252.008. MULTIPLE FILINGS BY SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If under this chapter a specific-purpose committee is required to file its campaign treasurer appointment with more than one authority, the appointment need only be filed with the commission and, if so filed, need not be filed with the other authorities.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.505 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.505
§ 8.505. DUTY OF SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY WITH RESPECT TO PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A securities intermediary shall take action to obtain a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if:

(1) the securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed on by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or

(2) in the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial standards to attempt to obtain the payment or distribution.

(b) A securities intermediary is obligated to its entitlement holder for a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset if the payment or distribution is received by the securities intermediary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8109.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8109 / Section 8109.104
§ 8109.104. NOTICE OF DIVISION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day after the date of a division under this subchapter, the district shall provide written notice of the plan for division to:

(1) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(2) the attorney general;

(3) the commissioners court of each county in which a new district is located; and

(4) any municipality having extraterritorial jurisdiction over territory in each new district.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.753 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.753
§ 2306.753. OWNER-BUILDER ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to this section, the department shall establish eligibility requirements for an owner-builder to receive a loan under this subchapter. The eligibility requirements must establish a priority for loans made under this subchapter to owner-builders with an annual income, as determined under Subsection (b)(1), of less than $17,500.

(b) To be eligible for a loan under this subchapter, an owner-builder:

(1) may not have an annual income that exceeds 80 percent, as determined by the department, of the greater of the state or local median family income, when combined with the income of any person who resides with the owner-builder;

(2) must have resided in this state for the preceding six months;

(3) must have successfully completed an owner-builder education class under Section 2306.756; and

(4) must agree to:

(A) provide through personal labor at least 65 percent of the labor necessary to build or rehabilitate the proposed housing by working through a state-certified owner-builder housing program;

(B) provide an amount of personal labor equivalent to the amount required under Paragraph (A) in connection with building or rehabilitating housing for others through a state-certified owner-builder housing program;

(C) provide through the noncontract labor of friends, family, or volunteers and through personal labor at least 65 percent of the labor necessary to build or rehabilitate the proposed housing by working through a state-certified owner-builder housing program; or

(D) if due to documented disability or other limiting circumstances as defined by department rule the owner-builder cannot provide the amount of personal labor otherwise required by this subdivision, provide through the noncontract labor of friends, family, or volunteers at least 65 percent of the labor necessary to build or rehabilitate the proposed housing by working through a state-certified owner-builder housing program.

(c) The department may select nonprofit owner-builder housing programs to certify the eligibility of owner-builders to receive a loan under this subchapter. A nonprofit housing assistance organization selected by the department shall use the eligibility requirements established by the department to certify the eligibility of an owner-builder for the program.

(d) At least two-thirds of the dollar amount of loans made under this subchapter in each fiscal year must be made to borrowers whose property is in a census tract that has a median household income that is not greater than 75 percent of the median state household income for the most recent year for which statistics are available.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1799 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1799
§ 55.1799. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY; ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of Texas Southern University may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property and facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for projects to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter, not to exceed the following aggregate principal amounts for the projects specified, as follows:

(1) $22,800,000 for renovation of the Nabrit Building;

(2) $2,400,000 for upgrades to signage and wayfinding;

(3) $40 million for facility maintenance and renovation; and

(4) $30 million for construction of a health and wellness center.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of Texas Southern University, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.

(c) In lieu of financing a project described by Subsection (a) for Texas Southern University, the board may finance in the manner prescribed by that subsection an alternative project for deferred maintenance, infrastructure, or construction at the university in an amount not to exceed the total of the amount authorized for the project and any unspent amount from projects authorized for the university under this chapter. The board shall notify the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of an alternative project financed as provided by this subsection.

(d) For financing of an alternative project as provided by Subsection (c) in an amount that exceeds $25 million, the board must receive prior written approval from the governor and Legislative Budget Board. A request for approval of financing of an alternative project is considered approved unless the governor or the Legislative Budget Board issues a written disapproval not later than the 30th business day after the date of the receipt of the request.
Tex. Local Government Code § 52.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 52 / Section 52.004
§ 52.004. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after the beginning of each municipal year, the governing body of the municipality shall contract, as determined by ordinance or resolution, with a public newspaper of the municipality to be the municipality's official newspaper until another newspaper is selected.

(b) The governing body shall publish in the municipality's official newspaper each ordinance, notice, or other matter required by law or ordinance to be published.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.057
§ 1501.057. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas cooperative or a member of the board of trustees, the executive director, or an employee or agent of the Texas cooperative is not liable for:

(1) an act performed in good faith in the execution of duties in connection with the cooperative; or

(2) an independent action of a small employer health benefit plan issuer or a person who provides health care services under a health benefit plan.

(b) A private purchasing cooperative, a health group cooperative, or a member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an employee or agent of the private purchasing or health group cooperative is not liable for:

(1) an act performed in good faith in the execution of duties in connection with the private purchasing or health group cooperative; or

(2) an independent action of a small or large employer health benefit plan issuer or a person who provides health care services under a health benefit plan.

(c) A health group cooperative or a member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an employee or agent of the health group cooperative is not liable for failure to arrange for coverage of any particular illness, disease, or health condition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8104.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8104 / Section 8104.008
§ 8104.008. RIGHTS, POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

The authority has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by the general laws of this state applicable to municipal utility districts, including Chapter 54, Water Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.413 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.413
§ 3.413. OBLIGATION OF ACCEPTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The acceptor of a draft is obliged to pay the draft (i) according to its terms at the time it was accepted, even though the acceptance states that the draft is payable "as originally drawn" or equivalent terms, (ii) if the acceptance varies the terms of the draft, according to the terms of the draft as varied, or (iii) if the acceptance is of a draft that is an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in Sections 3.115 and 3.407. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the draft or to the drawer or an indorser who paid the draft under Section 3.414 or 3.415.

(b) If the certification of a check or other acceptance of a draft states the amount certified or accepted, the obligation of the acceptor is that amount. The obligation of the acceptor is the amount of the instrument at the time it was taken by the holder in due course if:

(1) the certification or acceptance does not state an amount;

(2) the amount of the instrument is subsequently raised; and

(3) the instrument is then negotiated to a holder in due course.
Tex. Government Code § 2252.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2252 / Section 2252.002
§ 2252.002. AWARD OF CONTRACT TO NONRESIDENT BIDDER.
Status: in_force

A governmental entity may not award a governmental contract to a nonresident bidder unless the nonresident underbids the lowest bid submitted by a responsible resident bidder by an amount that is not less than the amount by which a resident bidder would be required to underbid the nonresident bidder to obtain a comparable contract in:

(1) the state in which the nonresident's principal place of business is located; or

(2) a state in which the nonresident is a resident manufacturer.A governmental entity may not award a governmental contract to a nonresident bidder unless the nonresident underbids the lowest bid submitted by a responsible resident bidder by an amount that is not less than the greater of the following:

(1) the amount by which a resident bidder would be required to underbid the nonresident bidder to obtain a comparable contract in the state in which the nonresident's principal place of business is located; or

(2) the amount by which a resident bidder would be required to underbid the nonresident bidder to obtain a comparable contract in the state in which a majority of the manufacturing relating to the contract will be performed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8185.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8185 / Section 8185.002
§ 8185.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Liberty County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3871.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3871 / Section 3871.253
§ 3871.253. CONCURRENCE ON ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

If the legislature grants the district a power that is in addition to the powers approved by the initial resolution of the governing body of the city consenting to the creation of the district, the district may not exercise that power unless the governing body of the city consents to that change by resolution.