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Tex. Government Code § 485.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 485 / Section 485.044
§ 485.044. REBATE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall:

(1) subject to Subsection (b), prescribe the application form for obtaining a rebate under the program; and

(2) establish an online portal on the office's public Internet website that allows a music venue or music festival promoter to submit the application to the office for consideration.

(b) The application must:

(1) state the amount of mixed beverage gross receipts tax and sales tax receipts attributable to the sale of beer and wine that was remitted to the comptroller by the music venue or music festival promoter in the preceding fiscal year;

(2) include sufficient evidence for the office to determine that the music venue or promoter qualifies for a rebate; and

(3) include any other information the office determines necessary to administer the program.

(c) The office shall accept rebate applications beginning September 1 of each year and may provide rebates until all the money in the Texas music incubator account is exhausted.

(d) The office may expedite the review of an application submitted by a music venue or music festival promoter, if the venue is located, or the festival is usually held, as applicable, in a county located wholly or partly in an area that at any time during the preceding two-year period was declared to be a disaster area by the governor or by the president of the United States.
Tex. Transportation Code § 524.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 524 / Section 524.013
§ 524.013. NOTICE OF DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department suspends a person's driver's license, the department shall send a notice of suspension by first class mail to the person's address:

(1) in the records of the department; or

(2) in the peace officer's report if it is different from the address in the department's records.

(b) Notice is considered received on the fifth day after the date the notice is mailed.

(c) If the department determines not to suspend a person's driver's license, the department shall notify the person of that determination and shall rescind any notice of driver's license suspension served on the person.
Tex. Insurance Code § 491.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 491 / Section 491.052
§ 491.052. COMPUTATION OF REINSURANCE RESERVES FOR CERTAIN INSURERS.
Status: in_force

(a) On December 31 of each year, or as soon as practicable after that date, the department shall, in accordance with Section 491.051, compute the reinsurance reserve for all unexpired risks of each insurer organized under the laws of this state or engaged in the business of insurance in this state.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) life insurance;

(2) fire insurance;

(3) marine insurance;

(4) inland marine insurance;

(5) lightning insurance; or

(6) tornado insurance.
Tex. Occupations Code § 353.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 353 / Section 353.156
§ 353.156. PATIENT ACCESS TO PRESCRIPTION; TIMING.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist who performs an eye examination and fits a patient for contact lenses shall:

(1) prepare and give a contact lens prescription to the patient; and

(2) as directed by any person designated to act on behalf of the patient, provide the prescription or verify the prescription as provided by Section 353.1015.

(b) If the contact lens prescription results from an initial or annual eye examination, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall prepare and give the prescription to the patient at the time the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist determines the parameters of the prescription.

(c) On receipt of a prescription request from a patient who did not receive an original contact lens prescription during an initial or annual eye examination, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist shall provide the patient with the prescription at any time during which the prescription is valid. Except as provided by Section 353.158(1), if the patient requests the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist to deliver the prescription to the patient or to another person, the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may charge to the patient the cost of delivery.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8202.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8202 / Section 8202.101
§ 8202.101. TAX TO REPAY BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose an ad valorem tax to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued under Section 8202.151.
Tex. Local Government Code § 113.065 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 113 / Section 113.065
§ 113.065. REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

The county auditor may not audit or approve a claim unless the claim was incurred as provided by law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 371.109 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 371 / Section 371.109
§ 371.109. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules requiring a person required to register under Section 371.104 to demonstrate adequate financial responsibility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.009
§ 191.009. USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "diacritical mark" means a mark used in Latin script to change the sound of the letter to which it is added or used to distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears. The term includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas.

(b) The state registrar shall ensure that a vital statistics record issued under this title properly records any diacritical mark used in a person's name.
Tex. Government Code § 36.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 36 / Section 36.002
§ 36.002. APPLICABILITY; CONFLICT OF LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to a court in this state created by the Texas Constitution, by statute, or as authorized by statute.

(b) To the extent of a conflict between this chapter and a specific provision relating to a court, this chapter controls.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 47.0032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 47 / Section 47.0032
§ 47.0032. TESTING FOR CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "congenital cytomegalovirus" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.001.

(b) If a newborn or infant does not pass the hearing screening performed under Section 47.003, the program that performed the screening shall perform or cause to be performed a test for congenital cytomegalovirus on the newborn or infant unless the newborn's or infant's parent declines the test.

(c) If the newborn or infant receives a positive test for congenital cytomegalovirus, the entity that performed the test shall provide the newborn's or infant's parents with:

(1) the results of the test;

(2) information on the potential effects of congenital cytomegalovirus and the available treatment options; and

(3) a referral to an appropriate physician or facility for the treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus.
Tex. Education Code § 38.256 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.256
§ 38.256. REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other information required to be provided to the legislature under this chapter, not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year the agency shall provide to the legislature:

(1) a description of any changes the agency has made to the rubric required by Section 38.251; and

(2) an analysis of each region's progress toward meeting the agency's goals developed under Section 38.254.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.103
§ 547.103. AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt safety requirements, rules, and specifications that:

(1) apply to air-conditioning equipment; and

(2) correlate with and conform as closely as possible to recommended practices or standards approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Tex. Government Code § 466.254 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.254
§ 466.254. PURCHASE OF TICKET BY OR PAYMENT OF PRIZE TO CERTAIN PERSONS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not purchase a ticket or claim, collect, or receive a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize if the person is:

(1) a member, officer, or employee of a person that has a contract with the department to sell or lease goods or services used in the operation of the lottery, and the member, officer, or employee is directly involved in selling or leasing the goods or performing the services that are the subject of the contract with the department;

(2) a member, officer, or employee of a lottery operator;

(3) an officer or employee of the department; or

(4) a spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of residence of a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).

(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a). An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.246 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.246
§ 85.246. INTERVENTION IN SUIT.
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the court, any person who is interested in the subject matter of the suit may intervene.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5405 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5405
§ 54.5405. STUDENT CENTER FEE; TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--VICTORIA.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose on each student enrolled at Texas A&M University--Victoria a student center fee to be used only for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping a student center at the university. A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any use or service fee authorized to be imposed under other law.

(b) The amount of the initial fee imposed under this section must be approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the university participating in a general student election held for that purpose.

(c) The amount of a fee imposed under this section may not exceed:

(1) $150 per student for each regular semester;

(2) $100 per student for each summer session of 10 weeks or longer; or

(3) $50 per student for each summer session of less than 10 weeks.

(d) Revenue from a fee imposed under this section shall be deposited to the credit of an account known as the "Texas A&M University--Victoria Student Center Fee Account" under the control of the university's student fee advisory committee. Annually, the committee shall submit to the president of the university its recommendation for any change to the amount of the fee and a complete and itemized budget for the student center together with a complete report of all student center activities conducted during the past year and all expenditures made in connection with those activities. The president shall submit the budget to the board of regents as part of the university's institutional budget. The board of regents may make changes in the budget that the board determines are necessary.

(e) The board of regents may increase the amount of a fee imposed under this section, except that the board may not increase the amount of the fee to an amount that exceeds by more than 10 percent the amount of the fee imposed during the preceding academic year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority vote of students enrolled at the university participating in a general student election held for that purpose.

(f) For purposes of determining whether to waive the imposition of the fee as provided under Section 54.5035, a student is not reasonably able to use the student center for which a fee is imposed under this section if the student lives more than 50 miles outside the corporate limits of Victoria, Texas.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.002
§ 12.002. CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may administer oaths, summon witnesses, and compel the attendance of witnesses in any matter proper for investigation by the department, subject to the executive commissioner's oversight, including the determination of nuisances and the investigation of:

(1) public water supplies;

(2) sanitary conditions;

(3) the existence of infection; or

(4) any matter that requires the department to exercise its discretionary powers and that is within the general scope of its authority under this subchapter.

(b) Each district court shall aid the department in its investigations and in compelling compliance with this subchapter. If a witness summoned by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee is disobedient or disrespectful to the department's lawful authority, the district court of the county in which the witness is summoned to appear shall punish the witness in the manner provided for contempt of court.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.084 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.084
§ 521.084. CLASS M LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A Class M driver's license authorizes the holder of the license to operate a motorcycle as defined by Section 541.201.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.011
§ 401.011. RADIATION CONTROL AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department is the Texas Radiation Control Agency. The department has jurisdiction over activities and substances regulated under this chapter except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subchapters E, F, G, and K.

(b) The commission has jurisdiction to regulate and license:

(1) the disposal of radioactive substances;

(2) the processing or storage of low-level radioactive waste or naturally occurring radioactive material waste received from other persons, except oil and gas NORM;

(3) the recovery or processing of source material in accordance with Subchapter G;

(4) the processing of by-product material as defined by Section 401.003(3)(B); and

(5) sites for the disposal of:

(A) low-level radioactive waste;

(B) by-product material; or

(C) naturally occurring radioactive material waste.

(c) The department and commission each shall exercise its respective powers and duties under this chapter for the protection of the occupational health and safety and the environment.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 117.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 117 / Section 117.003
§ 117.003. CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR AND INDEMNIFICATION OF STATE OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES, AND CONTRACTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an elected or appointed state official or a state employee or contractor is immune from liability for damages arising from a cause of action under state law resulting from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce Chapter 51, Penal Code, or an order issued under Article 5B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, during the course and scope of the official's, employee's, or contractor's office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the state.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the state shall indemnify an elected or appointed state official or a state employee or contractor for damages arising from a cause of action under federal law resulting from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce Chapter 51, Penal Code, or an order issued under Article 5B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, during the course and scope of the official's, employee's, or contractor's office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the state.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, an indemnification payment made under Subsection (b) is not subject to an indemnification limit under the laws of this state.

(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if the court or jury determines that the state official, employee, or contractor acted in bad faith, with conscious indifference, or with recklessness.

(e) The state shall indemnify a state official, employee, or contractor for reasonable attorney's fees incurred in defense of a criminal prosecution against the official, employee, or contractor for an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce Chapter 51, Penal Code, or an order issued under Article 5B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, during the course and scope of the official's, employee's, or contractor's office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the state.

(f) A state official, employee, or contractor who may be entitled to indemnification under Subsection (b) is entitled to representation by the attorney general, subject to Chapter 104, in an action in connection with which the official, employee, or contractor may be entitled to that indemnification.

(g) This section may not be construed to waive any statutory limits on damages under state law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.322 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.322
§ 547.322. TAILLAMPS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or vehicle that is towed at the end of a combination of vehicles shall be equipped with at least two taillamps.

(b) A passenger car or truck that was manufactured or assembled before the model year 1960 shall be equipped with at least one taillamp.

(c) Taillamps shall be mounted on the rear of the vehicle:

(1) at a height from 15 to 72 inches; and

(2) at the same level and spaced as widely apart as practicable if a vehicle is equipped with more than one lamp.

(d) A taillamp shall emit a red light plainly visible at a distance of 1,000 feet from the rear of the vehicle.

(e) If vehicles are traveling in combination, only the taillamps on the rearmost vehicle are required to emit a light for the distance specified in Subsection (d).

(f) A taillamp or a separate lamp shall be constructed and mounted to emit a white light that:

(1) illuminates the rear license plate; and

(2) makes the plate clearly legible at a distance of 50 feet from the rear.

(g) A taillamp, including a separate lamp used to illuminate a rear license plate, must emit a light when a headlamp or auxiliary driving lamp is lighted.
Tex. Local Government Code § 505.255 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.255
§ 505.255. ADOPTION OF TAX AT ELECTION TO REDUCE OR ABOLISH TAX FOR TYPE A CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

A municipality that holds an election to reduce the rate of or abolish a tax imposed under Chapter 504 may in the same proposition or in a separate proposition on the same ballot adopt a tax under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.110
§ 1030.110. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.

(b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Family Code § 65.201 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.201
§ 65.201. SEALING OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A child who has been found to have engaged in truant conduct may apply, on or after the child's 18th birthday, to the truancy court that made the finding to seal the records relating to the allegation and finding of truant conduct held by:

(1) the court;

(2) the truant conduct prosecutor; and

(3) the school district.

(b) The application must include the following information or an explanation of why one or more of the following is not included:

(1) the child's:

(A) full name;

(B) sex;

(C) race or ethnicity;

(D) date of birth;

(E) driver's license or identification card number; and

(F) social security number;

(2) the dates on which the truant conduct was alleged to have occurred; and

(3) if known, the cause number assigned to the petition and the court and county in which the petition was filed.

(c) The truancy court shall order that the records be sealed after determining the child complied with the remedies ordered by the court in the case.

(d) All index references to the records of the truancy court that are ordered sealed shall be deleted not later than the 30th day after the date of the sealing order.

(e) A truancy court, clerk of the court, truant conduct prosecutor, or school district shall reply to a request for information concerning a child's sealed truant conduct case that no record exists with respect to the child.

(f) Inspection of the sealed records may be permitted by an order of the truancy court on the petition of the person who is the subject of the records and only by those persons named in the order.

(g) A person whose records have been sealed under this section is not required in any proceeding or in any application for employment, information, or licensing to state that the person has been the subject of a proceeding under this chapter. Any statement that the person has never been found to have engaged in truant conduct may not be held against the person in any criminal or civil proceeding.

(h) On or after the fifth anniversary of a child's 16th birthday, on the motion of the child or on the truancy court's own motion, the truancy court may order the destruction of the child's records that have been sealed under this section if the child has not been convicted of a felony.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.207 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 254 / Section 254.207
§ 254.207. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any conflicting provision in this subchapter and except for good cause shown, the Health and Human Services Commission shall impose the following on a person licensed under this chapter who violates Section 254.160 or a rule adopted under that section:

(1) for the first violation, an administrative penalty in an amount equal to $10,000;

(2) for the second violation:

(A) an administrative penalty in an amount equal to $50,000; and

(B) a suspension of the person's license for 30 days; and

(3) for the third violation, a permanent revocation of the person's license.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2172.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2172 / Section 2172.004
§ 2172.004. APPLICABILITY OF INSURANCE LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a provision of this code applies to each certificate issued under a group policy issued under Section 2172.003 as if the certificate is an insurance policy and the certificate holder is an insured, if the provision would apply to the policy if the policy was issued on an individual basis.

(b) Insurance laws applicable under Subsection (a) include:

(1) Section 525.002;

(2) Section 542.003;

(3) Section 542.059;

(4) Section 551.002;

(5) Section 551.107;

(6) Section 558.002;

(7) Section 2002.001;

(8) Section 2002.102;

(9) Section 2251.005; and

(10) Section 2254.003.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0302
§ 4015.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, using any money available to the district for the purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).

(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.