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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3942.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3942 / Section 3942.0102
§ 3942.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The West Lake Ranch Municipal Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Estates Code § 1202.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.054
§ 1202.054. INFORMAL REQUEST FOR ORDER BY WARD; INVESTIGATION AND REPORT.
Status: repealed

(a) A ward may request an order under Section 1202.051 by informal letter to the court. A person who knowingly interferes with the transmission of the request to the court may be adjudged guilty of contempt of court.

(b) On receipt of an informal letter under Subsection (a), the court shall appoint the court investigator or a guardian ad litem to investigate the ward's circumstances, including any circumstances alleged in the letter, to determine whether:

(1) the ward is no longer an incapacitated person; or

(2) a modification of the guardianship is necessary.

(b-1) A written letter or certificate from a physician or advanced practice registered nurse as described by Section 1202.152 is not required before the appointment of the court investigator or a guardian ad litem under Subsection (b).

(b-2) Not later than the 30th day after the date the court receives an informal letter from a ward under Subsection (a), the court shall send the ward a letter by a qualified delivery method:

(1) acknowledging receipt of the informal letter; and

(2) advising the ward of the date on which the court appointed the court investigator or guardian ad litem as required under Subsection (b) and the contact information for the court investigator or guardian ad litem.

(c) The court investigator or guardian ad litem shall file with the court and provide to the ward a report of the investigation's findings and conclusions. If the court investigator or guardian ad litem determines that it is in the best interest of the ward to terminate or modify the guardianship, the court investigator or guardian ad litem shall file an application under Section 1202.051 on the ward's behalf.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (S.B. 1624), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2023.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.353
§ 402.353. SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If audiometric testing is not conducted in a stationary acoustical enclosure, sound-level measurements must be conducted at the time of the testing to ensure that ambient noise levels meet permissible standards for testing threshold to 20 dB based on the most current American National Standards Institute "ears covered" octave band criteria for Permissible Ambient Noise Levels During Audiometric Testing.

(b) A dBA equivalent level may be used to determine compliance.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.324 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.324
§ 431.324. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter that are designed to protect the public health and safety.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.252
§ 1054.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.

(b) The tax rate for all purposes may not exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.

(c) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3821.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3821 / Section 3821.105
§ 3821.105. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

Section 375.221, Local Government Code, applies to the district only for a contract that has a value greater than $50,000.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.071 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.071
§ 51.071. FORFEITURE OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) If principal, accrued interest, late charges, and other fees and expenses on a sale of sovereign land are not paid when due as required by the terms set by the board, the land is subject to forfeiture by the commissioner by entry on the file containing the papers "Land Forfeited" or similar words, the date of the forfeiture, and the official signature of the commissioner.

(b) After the entry is made on the file, the land and all payments that have been made for it are forfeited to the state, and the land may be resold in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 320.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.072
§ 320.072. ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Revenue bonds may not be issued unless authorized by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the county voting at an election ordered for that purpose by the commissioners court.

(b) The election shall be ordered and held, and notice of the election shall be given, as provided by Chapter 1251, Government Code, except that the ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The issuance of $___________ in park revenue bonds payable solely from revenues."
Tex. Property Code § 65.0011 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 65 / Section 65.0011
§ 65.0011. APPLICATION TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to residential property for which an institution of higher education is a co-owner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1003.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1003 / Section 1003.057
§ 1003.057. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

All district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities, shall be:

(1) maintained at the district office; and

(2) open to public inspection at the district office at all reasonable hours.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1152.105 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.105
§ 1152.105. WAIVER OF HEARING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a company, its parent, or a commonly controlled affiliate is an authorized life insurance company, the company may apply to the commissioner for a waiver of the hearing requirements under Section 1152.102 or 1152.104.

(b) The commissioner may waive the hearing requirement if the commissioner determines that a hearing is not necessary to find the company qualified under this subchapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.011 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.011
§ 122.011. CORRELATION WITH RELATED FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The workforce commission may adopt procedures, practices, and standards used for federal programs similar to the state program established in this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 835.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 835 / Section 835.003
§ 835.003. DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system shall deposit membership fees paid as required by Section 832.002 in the expense fund of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, to compensate for the costs of administering this retirement system.

(b) The retirement system shall deposit in the general revenue fund all other amounts paid to the system.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1507.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.057
§ 1507.057. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCES OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization that offers one or more standard health benefit plans under this subchapter must also offer at least one evidence of coverage that provides state-mandated health benefits and is otherwise authorized by this code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.355 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.355
§ 1551.355. APPEAL OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), an appeal of a determination of the executive director under this subchapter is only to the board of trustees.

(b) On behalf of the board of trustees and notwithstanding any other law, including Section 2003.021, Government Code, the executive director may:

(1) refer an appeal to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for a hearing; or

(2) employ, select, or contract for the services of an administrative law judge or other hearing examiner not affiliated with the State Office of Administrative Hearings to conduct the hearing of an appeal.

(c) The appeal is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) The board of trustees shall develop and implement a process to allow an employee, participant, annuitant, or covered dependent affected by a determination described by Section 1551.352 to participate directly in the process of appealing the determination.
Tex. Government Code § 825.210 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.210
§ 825.210. INTEREST IN INVESTMENT PROFITS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Except for an interest in the retirement assets as a member of the retirement system, a trustee or employee of the board of trustees may not have a direct or indirect interest in the gains from investments made with the system's assets and may not receive any compensation for service other than designated salary and authorized expenses.
Tex. Government Code § 442.0086 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.0086
§ 442.0086. MILITARY SITES PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall identify sites in and outside this state that are historically significant to this state because of:

(1) military action or service at the sites; or

(2) other significant events of a military nature at the sites that shaped the history of this state.

(b) In carrying out its duties under Subsection (a), the commission shall assist other governmental entities, including other states, institutions, organizations, and other entities in identifying military sites outside this state where Texans served with distinction.

(c) The commission may designate or encourage the designation of sites identified under Subsections (a) and (b) through existing history programs, including:

(1) local community landmark programs;

(2) the state historical marker program under Section 442.006;

(3) the National Register of Historic Places;

(4) the National Historic Landmarks program;

(5) the World Heritage List; and

(6) other appropriate programs.

(d) The commission may provide information regarding the significance of the sites designated under this section using:

(1) historical markers and monuments;

(2) publications and films; and

(3) other appropriate media.

(e) The commission may seek assistance from other state and local governmental entities in carrying out the commission's duties under this section.

(f) The commission may seek and accept gifts, grants, and donations from public or private sources, including seeking available federal funds, to accomplish the purposes of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 4006.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4006 / Section 4006.053
§ 4006.053. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF STOCK EXCHANGE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner or board shall charge and collect a fee of $10,000 for filing an application for approval of a stock exchange.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 4.003 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 4 / Section 4.003
§ 4.003. FILING OR ISSUANCE OF REPRODUCTION OR FACSIMILE.
Status: in_force

(a) A photographic, photostatic, facsimile, electronic, or similar reproduction of a filing instrument, signature, acknowledgment of filing, or communication may be filed or issued in place of:

(1) an original filing instrument;

(2) an original signature on a filing instrument; or

(3) an original acknowledgment of filing or other written communication from the secretary of state relating to a filing instrument.

(b) To the extent any filing or action on a filing conforms to this subchapter, a filing instrument or an acknowledgment of filing issued by the secretary of state is not required to be on paper or to be reduced to printed form.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 37.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 37 / Section 37.001
§ 37.001. SCREENING PROGRAM FOR ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, shall establish a program to detect abnormal spinal curvature in children.

(b) The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal screening of children attending public or private schools. In adopting rules under this subsection, the executive commissioner shall consider the most recent nationally accepted and peer-reviewed scientific research in determining the appropriate ages for conducting the spinal screening. The department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any other screening program conducted by the department on those children.

(b-1) The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, by rule shall develop a process to notify a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of:

(1) the screening requirement;

(2) the purposes of and reasons for the screening requirement, including prevention of painful scoliosis correction surgery and medical risks to the child if screening is declined;

(3) the noninvasive nature of the method used to conduct the screening; and

(4) the method for declining to comply with the screening requirement through the use of an exemption described by Section 37.002(b).

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt substantive and procedural rules necessary to administer screening activities.

(d) A rule adopted by the executive commissioner under this chapter may not require any expenditure by a school, other than an incidental expense required for certification training for nonhealth practitioners and for notification requirements under Section 37.003.

(e) The department may coordinate the spinal screening activities of school districts, private schools, state agencies, volunteer organizations, and other entities so that the efforts of each entity are complementary and not duplicative. The department may provide technical assistance to those entities in developing screening programs and may provide educational and other material to assist local screening activities.

(f) The department shall monitor the quality of screening activities provided under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01751 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01751
§ 30.01751. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to the Town of Flower Mound.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.038 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.038
§ 32.038. COLLECTION OF INSURANCE PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may receive directly from an insurance company any payments to which the commission is entitled under Section 1204.153, Insurance Code.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules establishing procedures relating to:

(1) notification to the commission that a child receiving benefits under Chapter 31 or this chapter is covered by an insurance policy under which the commission is eligible to receive direct payments;

(2) claims made by the commission to receive payments under Subsection (a);

(3) notification to the commission of any change in the status of the child or the parent; and

(4) notification to the insurance company that the commission is to receive payments under Subsection (a).

(c) Commission rules relating to the notice prescribed by Subsection (b)(4) must require the notice to be attached to the claim for insurance benefits when the claim is first submitted to the insurance company.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 143.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 143 / Section 143.010
§ 143.010. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter and shall enforce this chapter.

(b) The board or the board's representative shall conduct all inspections and investigations necessary to enforce this chapter.

(c) The board or the board's representative may:

(1) administer oaths;

(2) take affidavits;

(3) issue subpoenas;

(4) compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, contracts, documents, or any other evidence;

(5) hear testimony under oath; and

(6) take depositions of witnesses who reside in this state or outside this state in the manner provided by law for similar depositions in civil actions in a justice court.

(d) A subpoena or commission to take testimony shall be issued under the seal of the board.
Tex. Government Code § 22A.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22A / Section 22A.002
§ 22A.002. SPECIAL THREE-JUDGE DISTRICT COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a petition under Section 22A.001, the chief justice shall order a special three-judge district court to convene and shall appoint three persons to serve on the court as follows:

(1) the district judge of the judicial district to which the original case was assigned;

(2) one district judge of a judicial district other than a judicial district in the same county as the judicial district to which the original case was assigned; and

(3) one justice of a court of appeals other than:

(A) the court of appeals in the court of appeals district in which the original case was assigned; or

(B) a court of appeals district in which the district judge appointed under Subdivision (2) sits.

(b) A judge or justice appointed under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) must have been elected to that office and may not be serving an appointed term of office.

(c) A special three-judge district court convened under this section shall conduct all hearings in the district court to which the original case was assigned and may use the courtroom, other facilities, and administrative support of the district court.

(d) The comptroller shall pay from funds appropriated to the comptroller's judiciary section the travel expenses and other incidental costs related to convening a special three-judge district court under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9502.0206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9502 / Section 9502.0206
§ 9502.0206. TEMPORARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint a temporary executive director for the district to serve until the initial board members hire an executive director for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.061
§ 1065.061. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

All district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities, shall be:

(1) maintained at the district office; and

(2) open to public inspection at the district office at all reasonable hours.
Tex. Property Code § 54.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 54 / Section 54.002
§ 54.002. PROPERTY TO WHICH LIEN ATTACHES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the lien attaches to:

(1) the property on the leased premises that the landlord furnishes or causes to be furnished to the tenant to grow a crop on the leased premises; and

(2) the crop grown on the leased premises in the year that the rent accrues or the property is furnished.

(b) If the landlord provides everything except labor, the lien attaches only to the crop grown in the year that the property is furnished.

(c) The lien does not attach to the goods of a merchant, trader, or mechanic if the tenant sells and delivers the goods in good faith in the regular course of business.

(d) A law exempting property from forced sale does not apply to a lien under this subchapter on agricultural products, animals, or tools.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.6165 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.6165
§ 2210.6165. PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

If public securities issued under this subchapter are outstanding, the rights and interests of the association, a successor to the association, any member of the association, or any member of the Texas FAIR Plan Association, including the right to impose, collect, and receive a premium surcharge authorized under this subchapter, are only contract rights until those revenues are first pledged for the repayment of the association's public security obligations as provided by Section 2210.609.
Tex. Estates Code § 1302.007 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.007
§ 1302.007. JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the court that orders the establishment of a subaccount for a beneficiary has exclusive jurisdiction of a subsequent proceeding or action that relates to both the beneficiary and the subaccount, and the proceeding or action may be brought only in that court.
Tex. Transportation Code § 252.203 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 252 / Section 252.203
§ 252.203. ADOPTION OF SUBCHAPTER AND APPOINTMENT OF ROAD SUPERINTENDENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt this subchapter by appointing a road superintendent for the county or one superintendent in each county commissioner's precinct by an order made at a regular term of the court.

(b) The commissioners court shall enter the order in its minutes. The order is not required to be in any particular form, and substantial compliance with this section is sufficient.

(c) A road superintendent must be a qualified voter of the county or precinct for which the road superintendent is appointed.

(d) A road superintendent holds office for two years unless removed by the commissioners court for good cause.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.622 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.622
§ 393.622. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission may:

(1) adopt rules necessary to enforce and administer this subchapter;

(2) adopt rules with respect to the quarterly reporting by a credit access business licensed under this subchapter of summary business information relating to extensions of consumer credit described by Section 393.602(a); and

(3) adopt rules with respect to periodic examination by the office relating to extensions of consumer credit described by Section 393.602(a), including rules related to charges for defraying the reasonable cost of conducting the examinations.

(b) The finance commission may adopt rules under this section to allow the commissioner to review, as part of a periodic examination, any relevant contracts between the credit access business and the third-party lender organizations with which the credit access business contracts to provide services described by Section 393.602(a) or from which the business arranges extensions of consumer credit described by Section 393.602(a). A contract or information obtained by the commissioner under this section is considered proprietary and confidential to the respective parties to the contract, and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(c) Nothing in Section 393.201(c) or Sections 393.601-393.628 grants authority to the finance commission or the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner to establish a limit on the fees charged by a credit access business.