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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.405 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.405
§ 51.405. CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into contracts for the purchase of property under this subchapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.103 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.103
§ 172.103. RULES OF PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The parties may agree on the procedure to be followed by the arbitration tribunal in conducting the arbitration, subject to this chapter.

(b) If the parties do not agree, the arbitration tribunal may conduct the arbitration in the manner it considers appropriate, subject to this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.542 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.542
§ 452.542. SERVICE ON BOARD; VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of a subregional board serves at the pleasure of the appointing governing body.

(b) Each September each appointment must be reaffirmed.

(c) A vacancy on a subregional board is filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6610.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6610 / Section 6610.052
§ 6610.052. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A director must:

(1) be at least 18 years of age;

(2) be a resident of this state; and

(3) own land subject to taxation in the district.

(b) A director appointed from a county commissioners precinct must be a resident of the precinct for which the director is appointed.

(c) A person is not eligible to serve as a director if the person owes delinquent taxes to San Patricio County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.044 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.044
§ 282.044. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In performing its powers under this subchapter the board may contract with:

(1) the federal government;

(2) this state;

(3) a municipality; and

(4) another hospital district.

(b) The district may incur indebtedness or borrow money for district purposes on the credit of the district or secured by the revenues of a district hospital.

(c) The district may contract with another community, corporation, or individual for services provided by the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 59.081 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 59 / Section 59.081
§ 59.081. SHARING OR RESALE OF NETWORK SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A private network service may be used and shared among the entities described by Section 59.072(a) but may not be otherwise shared or resold to other customers.

(b) A service provided under this subchapter may not be required to be resold to other customers at a rate provided by this subchapter.

(c) This section does not prohibit an otherwise permitted resale of another service that an electing company may offer through the use of the same facilities used to provide a private network service offered under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.252
§ 3889.252. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other obligations outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or other revenue, other than ad valorem taxes, the city shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the assessments or other revenue.

(b) The city shall have and exercise all district powers to enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to pay:

(1) the bonds or other obligations when due and payable according to their terms; or

(2) special revenue or assessment bonds or other obligations issued by the city to refund the outstanding bonds or obligations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 286.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 286 / Section 286.001
§ 286.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means a hospital district created under this chapter.

(3) "Director" means a member of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7912A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7912A / Section 7912A.0401
§ 7912A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7912A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.102
§ 4001.102. LICENSE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To become an agent for an insurer or health maintenance organization, a person must submit to the department a completed license application in the form required by the department.

(b) The commissioner by rule shall prescribe the requirements for a properly completed application.
Tex. Education Code § 33.158 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.158
§ 33.158. DONATIONS TO PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may accept a donation of services or money or other property that the agency determines furthers the lawful objectives of the agency in connection with the Communities In Schools program.

(b) Each donation, with the name of the donor and the purpose of the donation, must be reported in the public records of the agency.
Tex. Government Code § 413.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 413 / Section 413.012
§ 413.012. FUNDS; GRANTS AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) All money paid to the policy council under this chapter is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404, Government Code.

(b) The executive director shall prepare annually a complete and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and disbursed by the policy council during the preceding fiscal year. The annual report must meet the reporting requirements applicable to financial reporting provided in the General Appropriations Act.

(c) The policy council may accept grants and donations from public and private entities in addition to legislative appropriations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3886.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3886 / Section 3886.154
§ 3886.154. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may make payments under a contract from taxes other than operation and maintenance taxes after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.115
§ 1078.115. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision of the state or with a state or federal agency for the district or for any lessee of the district's hospital facilities to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Local Government Code § 263.156 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 263 / Section 263.156
§ 263.156. PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by law, the commissioners court shall deposit the proceeds from the sale of surplus or salvage property:

(1) in the county treasury to the credit of the general fund or the fund from which the property was purchased; or

(2) if the property was used for maintenance or construction of county roads and bridges, in the county treasury to the credit of the county road and bridge fund.
Tex. Government Code § 79.019 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 79 / Section 79.019
§ 79.019. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A board member may not receive compensation for services on the board but is entitled to be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in discharging board duties. The expenses are paid from funds appropriated to the board.
Tex. Water Code § 26.504 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.504
§ 26.504. WASTE APPLICATION FIELD SOIL SAMPLING AND TESTING.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall collect one or more representative composite soil samples from each permitted waste application field associated with a concentrated animal feeding operation. The commission shall perform the sampling under this subsection not less often than once every 12 months. Sampling results obtained by the commission shall be used by the permitted concentrated animal feeding operator to satisfy any annual sampling of permitted waste application fields required by commission rule or individual permit.

(b) Each sample collected under this section must be tested for phosphorus and any other nutrient designated by the commission. The commission may have the sampling required by this section performed under contract. The sampling must be performed by a person described by Section 26.503(b)(2)(E)(ii). The test results must be made available to the operator of the concentrated animal feeding operation. The test results are public records of the commission.

(c) If the samples tested under Subsection (b) show a phosphorus level in the soil of more than 500 parts per million, the operator shall file with the commission a new or amended nutrient utilization plan with a phosphorus reduction component that is certified as acceptable by a person listed by Section 26.503(b)(2)(E)(ii).

(d) If the samples tested under Subsection (b) show a phosphorus level in the soil of more than 200 parts per million but not more than 500 parts per million, the operator shall:

(1) file with the commission a new or amended nutrient utilization plan with a phosphorus reduction component that is certified as acceptable by a person listed by Section 26.503(b)(2)(E)(ii); or

(2) show that the level is supported by a nutrient utilization plan certified as acceptable by a person listed by Section 26.503(b)(2)(E)(ii).

(e) The owner or operator of a waste application field required by this section to have a nutrient utilization plan with a phosphorus reduction component for which the results of tests performed on composite soil samples collected 12 months or more after the plan is filed do not show a reduction in phosphorus is subject to enforcement for a violation of this subchapter at the discretion of the executive director. The executive director, in determining whether to take an enforcement action under this subsection, shall consider any explanation presented by the owner or operator regarding the reasons for the lack of phosphorus reduction, including an act of God, meteorologic conditions, diseases, vermin, crop conditions, or variability of soil testing results.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 769, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2010.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8307.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8307 / Section 8307.004
§ 8307.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8307.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.059
§ 1038.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(c) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator may execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.

(d) The board may pay for the bond with district money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.105
§ 3841.105. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to an organization that:

(1) enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

(2) performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 36.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 36 / Section 36.013
§ 36.013. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The department may accept appropriations, donations, and reimbursements, including donations of prosthetic devices, and may apply those items to the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 660.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.001
§ 660.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Travel Regulations Act.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0154
§ 546.0154. PROPOSALS.
Status: in_force

A community-based organization or a combination of organizations may make a proposal under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9001.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9001 / Section 9001.104
§ 9001.104. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 9001.004.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the district and each new district.

(f) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(g) A new district may be created by the division of the district only if approved by the voters of the new district in a confirmation and directors' election held for that purpose.

(h) If the district is located wholly or partly in the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not divide under this section unless the municipality by resolution or ordinance consents to the division of the district.

(i) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.014 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.014
§ 303.014. RATE FOR LENDER CREDIT CARD AGREEMENT WITH MERCHANT DISCOUNT.
Status: in_force

On an amount owed for a credit card transaction under a lender credit card agreement that imposes or allows the creditor to receive a merchant discount, the creditor may not contract for, charge, or receive:

(1) a rate that exceeds the ceiling provided under Section 303.006(c); or

(2) a fee or charge that:

(A) is not allowed under Chapter 346; or

(B) exceeds the amount allowed under Chapter 346.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 94.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 94 / Section 94.003
§ 94.003. DEPARTMENT VOLUNTARY TESTING PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish voluntary hepatitis C testing programs to be performed at facilities providing voluntary HIV testing under Section 85.082 in each public health region to make confidential counseling and testing available.

(b) The department may contract with public and private entities to perform the testing as necessary according to local circumstances.

(c) The results of a test conducted by a testing program or department program under this section may not be used for insurance purposes, to screen or determine suitability for employment, or to discharge a person from employment.

(d) A person who intentionally violates Subsection (c) is liable to a person injured by the violation. The injured person may bring a civil action for damages and may recover for each violation from a person who violates Subsection (c):

(1) the greater of $1,000 or actual damages; and

(2) reasonable attorney's fees.

(e) In addition to the remedies provided by Subsection (d), the person may bring an action to restrain a violation or threatened violation of Subsection (c).
Tex. Property Code § 5.206 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.206
§ 5.206. WAIVER VOID.
Status: in_force

A provision that purports to waive a purchaser's rights under this subchapter is void.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 90.058 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 90 / Section 90.058
§ 90.058. EVIDENCE OF TRUST CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Trust claim material is presumed to be authentic, relevant, and discoverable in an action to which this subchapter applies.

(b) Notwithstanding an agreement, including a confidentiality agreement, trust claim material is presumed to not be privileged in an action to which this subchapter applies.

(c) This section may not be construed to affect the application of Section 33.003 to an action governed by this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.106 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.106
§ 351.106.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.106. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: POPULOUS MUNICIPALITIES WITH COUNCIL-MANAGER GOVERNMENT. (a) A municipality that has a population of 1.18 million or more, is located predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,000 square miles, and that has adopted a council-manager form of government shall use the amount of revenue from the tax that is derived from the application of the tax at a rate of more than four percent of the cost of a room as follows:

(1) no more than 55 percent to:

(A) constructing, improving, enlarging, equipping, and repairing the municipality's convention center complex; or

(B) pledging payment of revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds issued under Subchapter A, Chapter 1504, Government Code, for the municipality's convention center complex; and

(2) at least 45 percent for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(3).

(b) Revenue received by a municipality described by Subsection (a) from the application of the tax at a rate of four percent or less may be used as provided by Section 351.101.

(c) A municipality to which this section applies:

(1) is entitled to receive in the same manner all funds and revenue that a municipality to which Section 351.1015 applies may receive under that section; and

(2) may pledge the funds and revenue for the payment of obligations incurred for the construction of qualified projects authorized under that section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 505.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.201
§ 505.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Related infrastructure" has the meaning assigned by Section 334.001.

(2) "Sports venue" means an arena, coliseum, stadium, or other type of area or facility that is primarily used or is planned for primary use for one or more professional or amateur sports or athletics events and for which a fee is charged or is planned to be charged for admission to the sports or athletics events, other than occasional civic, charitable, or promotional events. The term does not include an arena, coliseum, stadium, or other type of area or facility that is or will be owned and operated by a state-supported institution of higher education.
Tex. Government Code § 1205.062 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1205 / Section 1205.062
§ 1205.062. ANSWER OR INTERVENTION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.
Status: in_force

A person described by Section 1205.041(a) may become a named party to an action brought under this chapter by:

(1) filing an answer with the court at or before the time set for trial under Section 1205.041; or

(2) intervening, with leave of court, after the trial date.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.408 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.408
§ 301.408. DUTY OF LIABILITY INSURER TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each insurer that provides to a nurse liability insurance that covers claims arising from providing or failing to provide nursing care shall submit to the board the report or data required by this section at the time prescribed.

(b) The report or data must be provided for:

(1) a complaint filed in court against a nurse that seeks damages related to the nurse's conduct in providing or failing to provide nursing care; and

(2) a settlement of a claim or lawsuit made on behalf of a nurse.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the insurer receives a complaint subject to Subsection (b), the insurer shall provide to the board:

(1) the name of the nurse against whom the claim is filed;

(2) the policy number;

(3) the policy limits;

(4) a copy of the petition;

(5) a copy of the answer; and

(6) other relevant information known by the insurer, as required by the board.

(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date of a judgment, dismissal, or settlement of a suit involving an insured nurse or settlement of a claim on behalf of the nurse without the filing of a lawsuit, the insurer shall provide to the board information regarding the date of the judgment, dismissal, or settlement and, if appropriate:

(1) whether an appeal has been taken from the judgment and by which party;

(2) the amount of the settlement or judgment against the nurse; and

(3) other relevant information known by the insurer, as required by the board.

(e) A nurse shall report the information required to be reported under this section if the nurse is named as a defendant in a claim arising from providing or failing to provide nursing care and the nurse:

(1) does not carry or is not covered by liability insurance; or

(2) is insured by a nonadmitted carrier.