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Tex. Government Code § 820.0536 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 820 / Section 820.0536
§ 820.0536. CHANGE IN OPTIONAL CASH BALANCE ANNUITY SELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who retired and selected an optional cash balance annuity described by Section 820.0535(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) may change the optional annuity to a standard cash balance annuity only if:

(1) pursuant to a divorce decree, a court orders the change in the annuity to a standard cash balance annuity; or

(2) the retiree files with the retirement system a request to change the annuity and, in connection with a divorce between the retiree and the beneficiary designated by the retiree under Section 820.0535(b), the beneficiary has executed a written, notarized instrument that:

(A) releases the system from any claim to the annuity by the beneficiary; and

(B) transfers all of the beneficiary's interest in the annuity to the retiree.

(b) If a retiree files a request as provided by Subsection (a), the retirement system shall recompute the annuity as a standard cash balance annuity. The increase in the annuity under this section begins with the monthly payment made to the retiree for the month following the month in which a request is filed as provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Family Code § 301.104 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 301 / Section 301.104
§ 301.104. CONTENT OF ORAL DEPOSITIONS AND COURT-ORDERED REPORTS.
Status: in_force

In addition to a disclosure request served under Section 301.051, a party may obtain discovery by oral deposition and a report prepared in accordance with Section 301.105 of:

(1) the subject matter on which a testifying expert is expected to testify;

(2) the expert's mental impressions and opinions;

(3) the facts known to the expert, regardless of when the factual information is acquired, that relate to or form the basis of the expert's mental impressions and opinions; and

(4) other discoverable items, including documents not produced in response to a disclosure request.
Tex. Government Code § 2302.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2302 / Section 2302.021
§ 2302.021. STATE AGENCY COGENERATION PROJECTS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 553 (S.B. 526), Sec. 4(c)(3), and Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 14(c)(3), eff. September 1, 2017.

(b) A state agency cogeneration facility's size and design is limited to the size and design that is necessary to supply economically the cogenerating state agency, considering the optimum balance of annual thermal and electrical energy requirements and any expansions anticipated in the near future.

(c) This section does not apply to a state agency cogeneration facility if, before September 1, 1987:

(1) the facility was in operation;

(2) the facility's final engineering design had been completed; or

(3) construction of the facility had begun.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7986A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7986A / Section 7986A.0502
§ 7986A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Property Code § 54.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 54 / Section 54.006
§ 54.006. DISTRESS WARRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The person to whom rent or an advance is payable under the lease or the person's agent, attorney, assign, or other legal representative may apply to an appropriate justice of the peace for a distress warrant if the tenant:

(1) owes any rent or an advance;

(2) is about to abandon the premises; or

(3) is about to remove the tenant's property from the premises.

(b) The application for a warrant must be filed with a justice of the peace:

(1) in the precinct in which the leasehold is located or in which the property subject to the landlord's lien is located; or

(2) who has jurisdiction of the cause of action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5002.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5002 / Section 5002.059
§ 5002.059. DISTRICT TREASURER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint from time to time a person to serve in the office of district treasurer.

(b) The district treasurer shall perform the duties for the district that were performed before September 1, 1999, by the county treasurer of Brazoria County.

(c) Before receiving district money from any source, the district treasurer shall execute a good and sufficient bond payable to the board for the benefit of the district in an amount set by the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.259 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.259
§ 463.259. PREMIUM DUE DURING RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

After a court enters an order of receivership with respect to an impaired or insolvent insurer, a premium due for coverage issued by the insurer is owned by and is payable at the direction of the association. The association is liable for an unearned premium owed to a policy or contract owner that arises after the court enters the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1106.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.102
§ 1106.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION.
Status: in_force

Sherman County or any other political subdivision in the district may not impose a tax on property in the district for hospital purposes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.022
§ 281.022. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

A director must be at least 18 years old and a citizen of the state residing within the boundaries of the authority.
Tex. Education Code § 154.005 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 154 / Section 154.005
§ 154.005. DATA COORDINATING CENTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall establish a data coordinating center to be located at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. To the extent practicable, the center shall be operated in association with the data management operations of that institution's Alzheimer's disease center.

(b) The data coordinating center shall establish a database and make data available to each consortium participant according to the specific activities of the participant.

(c) The council shall appoint a physician or other person with a similar clinical background to administer the center.

(d) The person administering the center may employ any personnel necessary to support the center's activities, including a project coordinator. The person may require the project coordinator to hold a master's or doctoral degree related to public health.

(e) The project coordinator shall coordinate the center's activities among the center, the consortium participants, the council, and the public.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.551 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.551
§ 1301.551. MUNICIPAL PLUMBING ORDINANCES AND PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality with more than 5,000 inhabitants shall regulate by ordinance or bylaw the material, construction, alteration, and inspection of any pipe, faucet, tank, valve, water heater, or other fixture by or through which a supply of water, gas, or sewage is used or carried.

(b) Any other municipality may regulate by ordinance or bylaw the matters described by Subsection (a).

(c) A municipality that adopts an ordinance or bylaw under this section shall provide by ordinance or bylaw that a person must obtain a permit before the person performs plumbing, other than the repairing of leaks, the replacement of lavatory or kitchen faucets, the replacement of ballcocks or water control valves, the replacement of garbage disposals, or the replacement of water closets. The municipality may prescribe the terms on which the permit is issued.

(d) A plumbing inspection in a municipality that adopts an ordinance or bylaw under this section must be performed by a plumbing inspector.

(e) A municipality or other political subdivision in this state that requires a plumbing contractor to obtain a permit before the person performs plumbing shall by telephone, fax, or e-mail:

(1) accept permit applications;

(2) collect required fees; and

(3) issue the required permits.

(f) If drawings of proposed plumbing work are required by the municipality or other political subdivision, the municipality or political subdivision shall specify how permit drawings are to be submitted.

(g) A responsible master plumber, plumbing contractor, or other person who is required to obtain a permit under this section is not required to pay a plumbing registration fee or administrative fee in a municipality or any other political subdivision.

(h) A plumbing contractor must register, electronically or in person, with a municipality or other political subdivision that requires registration before performing plumbing regulated by the municipality or other political subdivision.

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, after January 1, 2009, a municipality may not enact an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule requiring the installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any other fire sprinkler protection system in a new or existing one- or two-family dwelling. A municipality may adopt an ordinance, bylaw, order, or rule allowing a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler specialist or other contractor to offer, for a fee, the installation of a fire sprinkler protection system in a new one- or two-family dwelling.

(j) A multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler specialist may install a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system in a new or existing one- or two-family dwelling in a municipality described by Subsection (a) or (b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.059
§ 882.059. EXAMINATION AFTER DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

After making a determination on an application under Section 882.058, the commissioner shall immediately make or cause to be made a full and thorough examination of the mutual life insurance company. The company shall pay for the examination.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.00164 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.00164
§ 152.00164. EXAMINATION BEFORE DISCHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A juvenile board or local juvenile probation department shall establish a system that identifies children with mental illnesses or intellectual disabilities who are in the custody of the juvenile board or local juvenile probation department.

(b) Before a child who is identified as having a mental illness is discharged from the custody of the juvenile board or local juvenile probation department under Section 152.00163(b), the juvenile board or local juvenile probation department shall arrange for a psychiatrist to examine the child. The juvenile board or local juvenile probation department shall refer a child requiring outpatient psychiatric treatment to the appropriate mental health authority. For a child requiring inpatient psychiatric treatment, the juvenile board or local juvenile probation department shall file a sworn application for court-ordered mental health services, as provided in Subchapter C, Chapter 574, Health and Safety Code, if:

(1) the child is not receiving court-ordered mental health services; and

(2) the psychiatrist who examined the child determines that the child has a mental illness and the child meets at least one of the criteria listed in Section 574.034 or 574.0345, Health and Safety Code.

(c) Before a child who is identified as having an intellectual disability under Chapter 593, Health and Safety Code, is discharged from the custody of a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department under Section 152.00163(b), the department shall refer the child for intellectual disability services if the child is not receiving intellectual disability services.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.0091 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.0091
§ 63.0091. LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS REGARDING REPORTS OF CERTAIN MISSING CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

(a) The public safety director of the Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules regarding the procedures for a local law enforcement agency on receiving a report of a missing child who:

(1) had been reported missing on four or more occasions in the 24-month period preceding the date of the current report;

(2) is in foster care or in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and had been reported missing on two or more occasions in the 24-month period preceding the date of the current report; or

(3) is at a high risk of human trafficking, sexual assault, exploitation, abuse, or neglectful supervision for any reason the agency considers to be high risk, including because the missing child:

(A) disappeared while in a dangerous environment;

(B) has mental or behavioral health needs;

(C) previously exhibited signs of mental illness;

(D) has an intellectual or developmental disability; or

(E) is known to have been last seen or in communication with an adult unknown to the child's family or legal guardian.

(b) The rules adopted under this article must require that:

(1) in entering information regarding the report into the national crime information center missing person file as required by Article 63.00905(a)(2) for a missing child described by Subsection (a), the local law enforcement agency shall indicate, in the manner specified in the rules, that the child is at a high risk of harm and include relevant information regarding:

(A) any prior occasions on which the child was reported missing; and

(B) the circumstances considered when designating the child as high risk; and

(2) the local law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing child described by Subsection (a)(3) shall:

(A) reasonably escalate the response; and

(B) immediately, but not later than two hours after receiving the report, notify all law enforcement agencies within 100 miles, including agencies from other states, of the circumstances and high risk designation of the missing child.

(c) If, at the time the initial entry into the national crime information center missing person file is made, the local law enforcement agency has not determined that the requirements of this article apply to the report of the missing child, the information required by Subsection (b)(1) must be added to the entry promptly after the agency investigating the report or the Department of Public Safety determines that the missing child is described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3927.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3927 / Section 3927.103
§ 3927.103. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using any money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to 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.
Tex. Tax Code § 22.22 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 22 / Section 22.22
§ 22.22. METHOD FOR REQUIRING RENDITION OR REPORT.
Status: in_force

The chief appraiser may require a rendition statement or property report he is authorized to require by this chapter by delivering written notice that the statement or report is required to the person responsible for filing it. He shall attach to the notice a copy of the appropriate form.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.005 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.005
§ 55A.005. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN.
Status: in_force

A person to whom this subchapter applies is entitled to have all records and files relating to the arrest expunged if:

(1) the person was tried for and convicted of the offense for which the person was arrested; and

(2) the offense was committed before September 1, 2021, under Section 46.02(a), Penal Code, as that section existed before that date.
Tex. Estates Code § 124.008 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 124 / Section 124.008
§ 124.008. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY INTERESTS FROM APPORTIONMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 124.009(c), the following temporary interests are not subject to apportionment:

(1) an interest in income;

(2) an estate for years or for life; or

(3) another temporary interest in any property or fund.

(b) The estate tax apportionable to a temporary interest described by Subsection (a) and the remainder, if any, is chargeable against the corpus of the property or the funds that are subject to the temporary interest and remainder.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.225 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.225
§ 775.225. ELECTION TO CONFIRM DIVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) On granting a petition to divide the district, the board shall order an election to be held in the territory of the proposed new district to confirm the division of the existing district.

(b) Notice of the election shall be given in the same manner as the notice of hearing under Section 775.222.

(c) The election shall be held on the first authorized uniform election date prescribed by the Election Code that allows sufficient time to comply with the requirements of law.

(d) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Dividing the ________ Emergency Services District to create a new emergency services district."

(e) If a majority of voters voting at the election vote to divide the district, the board shall order the division.

(f) If a majority of those voting at the election vote against dividing the existing district, the board may not order another election on the issue before the first anniversary of the date of the canvass of the election.

(g) The existing district and the new district each shall pay a pro rata share of the cost of an election held under this section, based on the assessed value of real property in each district subject to ad valorem taxation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.091 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.091
§ 22.091. FACILITIES; PARK SITE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may construct and repair facilities for recreational and other appropriate purposes at Mission San Francisco de los Tejas State Park.

(b) The original boundaries of the park include portions of Hardy Ware Survey, Abstract 1240, situated on the N side of Highway No. 21, about 21 miles NE from the City of Crockett, and being the same tracts of land conveyed to the State of Texas for the use and benefit of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, more particularly described by the following deeds, to-wit:

Deed from Mrs. Kittie A. Cook, surviving widow of T. S. Cook, deceased, dated October 16, 1939, recorded in Book 200, page 533, Deed Records of Houston County, Texas;

Deed from Southern Pine Lumber Company, dated September 20, 1935, recorded in Book 170, page 367, Deed Records of Houston County, Texas;

Deed from Mrs. Kittie A. Cook, surviving widow of T. S. Cook, deceased, dated February 1, 1935, recorded in Book 166, page 141, Deed Records of Houston County, Texas;

Deed from C. H. Callaway, Trustee, dated January 3, 1935, recorded in Volume 164, page 543, Deed Records of Houston County, Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 436.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.203
§ 436.203. USE OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A local governmental entity may use the proceeds of a grant awarded under this subchapter for the purchase of property, including the purchase of property from the United States Department of Defense or its designated agent, new construction, rehabilitation or renovation of facilities or infrastructure, or purchase of capital equipment or facilities insurance.

(b) The local governmental entity may deliver the money to a special district, development corporation, or other instrumentality of this state or the local governmental entity for use as provided by this chapter and other applicable law.

(c) An eligible local governmental entity described by Section 436.201(a)(3), (4), or (5) may use the proceeds of the grant to purchase or lease equipment to train defense workers whose jobs have been threatened or lost because of an event described by Section 436.201(b) or to train workers to support military installations or defense facilities.

(c) An eligible local governmental entity described by Section 436.201(a)(3), (4), or (5) may use the proceeds of the grant to purchase or lease equipment to train defense workers whose jobs have been threatened or lost because of an event described by Section 436.201(b) or to train workers to support the mission at military installations or defense facilities.
Tex. Government Code § 2304.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.104
§ 2304.104. PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Chapter 2253 relating to performance and payment bonds apply to a construction contract governed by this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 141.077 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 141 / Section 141.077
§ 141.077. LEASES AND PERMITS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may grant permits and leases to state and federal institutions, organizations, or groups desiring to do exploratory or experimental research of geothermal energy and associated resource potentials.

(b) These permits and leases may be granted on land that belongs to the permanent school fund, excluding wildlife refuges and recreational areas.

(c) The permits and leases may be issued or granted for research or experimental purposes under rules and conditions the board determines to be in the best interest of the state.

(d) In granting these leases, the commissioner and board do not have to follow the procedures in this subchapter for leasing to the public.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.091 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.091
§ 247.091. EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department or the facility may offer evidence and shall produce additional evidence as the arbitrator considers necessary to understand and resolve the dispute.

(b) The arbitrator is the judge of the relevance and materiality of the evidence offered. Strict conformity to rules applicable to judicial proceedings is not required.
Tex. Government Code § 659.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.004
§ 659.004. PAYROLL AND PERSONNEL REPORTING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 658.001.

(b) The comptroller, in consultation with the state auditor, shall adopt rules that prescribe uniform procedures for payroll and personnel reporting for all state agencies and that are designed to:

(1) facilitate the auditing of payrolls;

(2) facilitate a classification compliance audit under Chapter 654;

(3) assure conformity with this chapter and the General Appropriations Act; and

(4) provide the legislative audit committee with current information on employment and wage rate practices in state government.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.110 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.110
§ 1001.110. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year. Special meetings shall be held at the time provided by the board's bylaws.
Tex. Election Code § 274.026 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 274 / Section 274.026
§ 274.026. STATE PAYMENT FOR PUBLICATION.
Status: in_force

On receipt of an approved affidavit of publication from the secretary of state, the comptroller of public accounts shall issue a warrant payable to the contractor in the amount specified by the secretary.