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Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.056 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.056
§ 78.056. REPORT TO DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Before September 1 of each year, the chairman of the board shall file a report with the department stating the amount of money received through the assessments by the district in the 12 months ending the last June 30.

(b) The department shall certify the amount stated in the report required by Subsection (a) of this section to the comptroller of public accounts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8865.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8865 / Section 8865.001
§ 8865.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8050.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8050 / Section 8050.0305
§ 8050.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 754.019 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 754 / Section 754.019
§ 754.019. DUTIES OF OWNERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner shall:

(1) have the equipment inspected annually by a registered elevator inspector, unless the equipment has been removed from service in accordance with commission rules;

(2) obtain an inspection report from the inspector evidencing that all equipment in a building on the real property was inspected in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter;

(3) file with the executive director each inspection report, and all applicable fees, not later than the 30th calendar day after the date on which an inspection is made under this chapter;

(4) display the certificate of compliance for the equipment in a publicly visible area as defined by commission rule; and

(5) maintain the equipment in compliance with the standards and codes adopted under commission rules.

(b) When an inspection report is filed, the owner shall submit to the executive director, as applicable:

(1) verification that any deficiencies in the registered elevator inspector's report have been remedied or that a bona fide contract to remedy the deficiencies has been entered into; or

(2) any application for delay or waiver of an applicable standard.

(c) For the purpose of determining timely filing under Subsection (a)(3) and Section 754.016(b), an inspection report and filing fees are considered filed on the earlier of:

(1) the date of personal delivery;

(2) the date of postmark by United States mail if properly addressed to the executive director;

(3) the date of deposit with a commercial courier service, if properly addressed to the executive director; or

(4) the date of electronic submission, if filed in an electronic manner prescribed by the department.

(d) A fee may not be charged or collected for a certificate of compliance for an institution of higher education as defined in Section 61.003, Education Code.

(e) An owner shall report to the department each accident involving equipment not later than 24 hours following the accident.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8346.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8346 / Section 8346.201
§ 8346.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.052
§ 2053.052. EXPERIENCE RATING PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt a uniform experience rating plan for workers' compensation insurance. The plan must:

(1) encourage accident prevention; and

(2) account for:

(A) the peculiar hazard and experience of individual risks, past and prospective, inside and outside this state; and

(B) any other relevant factor.

(b) The commissioner shall revise the rating plan at least once every five years.

(c) The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules and plans requiring the interchange of loss experience necessary for the application of the rating plan.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.051
§ 1501.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board of directors" means the board of directors elected by a private purchasing cooperative or a health group cooperative.

(2) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of the Texas cooperative.

(3) "Cooperative" means a private purchasing cooperative or a health group cooperative established under this subchapter.

(3-a) "Eligible single-employee business" means a business entity that:

(A) is owned and operated by a sole proprietor;

(B) employed an average of fewer than two employees on business days during the preceding calendar year; and

(C) is eligible to participate in a cooperative under this subchapter in accordance with Section 1501.066.

(3-b) "Expanded service area" means any area larger than one county in which a health group cooperative offers coverage.

(4) "Texas cooperative" means the Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative established under Section 1501.052.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0605 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0605
§ 540.0605. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR INADEQUATE NETWORK AND PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall initiate a corrective action plan requiring a Medicaid managed care organization to maintain an adequate provider network, provide reimbursement to support that network, and educate recipients enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans provided by the organization regarding the proper use of the plan's provider network, if:

(1) as the commission determines, the organization exceeds maximum limits the commission established for out-of-network access to health care services; or

(2) based on the commission's investigation of a provider complaint regarding reimbursement, the commission determines that the organization did not reimburse an out-of-network provider based on a reasonable reimbursement methodology.

(b) The corrective action plan required by Subsection (a) must include at least one of the following elements:

(1) a requirement that reimbursements the Medicaid managed care organization pays to out-of-network providers for a health care service provided to a recipient enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan provided by the organization equal the allowable rate for the service, as determined under Sections 32.028 and 32.0281, Human Resources Code, for all health care services provided during the period the organization:

(A) is not in compliance with the utilization benchmarks the commission determines; or

(B) is not reimbursing out-of-network providers based on a reasonable methodology, as the commission determines;

(2) an immediate freeze on the enrollment of additional recipients in a Medicaid managed care plan the organization provides that continues until the commission determines that the provider network under the plan can adequately meet the needs of additional recipients; and

(3) other actions the commission determines are necessary to ensure that recipients enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan the organization provides have access to appropriate health care services and that providers are properly reimbursed for providing medically necessary health care services to those recipients.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.452 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.452
§ 452.452.
Status: in_force

Sec. 452.452. REVIEW OF AUDIT: CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) The subregional board of an authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O shall deliver a copy of each audit prepared under Section 452.451 to the state auditor.

(b) The state auditor may elect to file any comments about the audit with the legislative audit committee and the subregional board, subject to a risk assessment performed by the state auditor and to the legislative audit committee's approval of including the preparation of the comments in the audit plan under Section 321.013, Government Code.

(c) The state auditor may:

(1) examine any work papers from the audit; or

(2) audit the financial transactions of the authority if the state auditor determines an audit is necessary.
Tex. Education Code § 48.2642 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.2642
§ 48.2642. ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEXAS FIRST EARLY HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION PROGRAM GRADUATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commissioner shall count toward a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's average daily attendance under Section 48.005 each student who graduates early from high school in the district or school under the Texas First Early High School Completion Program established under Section 28.0253 for the period in which the student is enrolled at an eligible institution using state credit awarded under the Texas First Scholarship Program established under Subchapter K-1, Chapter 56, based on a 100 percent attendance rate.

(b) As soon as practicable after receipt of the report under Section 56.226, the commissioner shall reduce the amount of a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's entitlement under this chapter for the school year by an amount equal to the total amount of state credit issued during the preceding school year to the district's or school's high school graduates under the Texas First Scholarship Program established under Subchapter K-1, Chapter 56.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004 / Section 8004.153
§ 8004.153. WATER AND SEWER RATES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the district shall establish the same rates for residential and commercial classes of customers for the provision of water and sewer services. For purposes of this section, the commercial class may not include apartment complexes or other multifamily dwellings.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2212.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2212 / Section 2212.001
§ 2212.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Charitable organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 84.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(2) "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry in this state.

(3) "Health care liability claim" means a cause of action against a physician or dentist for treatment, lack of treatment, or other claimed departure from accepted standards of health care or safety that proximately results in injury to or death of the patient, whether the patient's claim or cause of action sounds in tort or contract.

(4) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state.

(5) "Trust" means a self-insurance trust organized and operated under this chapter.

(6) "Volunteer health care provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 84.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.085 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.085
§ 41.085. DISCONTINUANCE OF ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If 10 percent or more of the producers participating in the program present to the secretary-treasurer a petition calling for a referendum of the qualified voters on the proposition of discontinuing the assessment, the board shall conduct a referendum for that purpose.

(b) The board shall give notice of the referendum, the referendum shall be conducted, and the results shall be declared in the manner provided by law for the original referendum and election, with any necessary exceptions provided by rule of the commissioner.

(c) The board shall conduct the referendum within 90 days of the date of filing of the petition.

(d) Approval of the proposition is by majority vote of those voting. If the proposition is approved, the assessment is abolished.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.202
§ 2303.202. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to property described by Section 59.051, Property Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8817.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8817 / Section 8817.051
§ 8817.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with three or four directors' terms expiring November 15 of each even-numbered year.

(c) Newly elected permanent directors take office at the first regular meeting of the board after the vote is canvassed.

(d) The board shall adopt rules and procedures for the appointment of a permanent director to fill a vacancy or to complete an unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9060.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9060 / Section 9060.101
§ 9060.101. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.205
§ 11002.205. ASSESSMENTS; MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 11002.206, the district may levy and collect special assessments in the same manner and for the same purposes as a municipal management district as provided in Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8487.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8487 / Section 8487.006
§ 8487.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Election Code § 87.043 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.043
§ 87.043. DISPOSITION OF REJECTED BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting ballot board shall place the carrier envelopes containing rejected ballots in an envelope and shall seal the envelope. More than one envelope may be used if necessary. The board shall keep a record of the number of rejected ballots in each envelope.

(b) The envelope for the rejected ballots must indicate the date and identity of the election and must be labeled "rejected early voting ballots" and signed by the board's presiding judge.

(c) A board member shall deliver the envelope containing the rejected ballots to the general custodian of election records to be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records. The envelope may not be placed in the box containing the voted ballots.

(d) A notation must be made on the carrier envelope of any ballot that was rejected after the carrier envelope was opened and include the reason the envelope was opened and the ballot was rejected.
Tex. Family Code § 6.008 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.008
§ 6.008. DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The defenses to a suit for divorce of recrimination and adultery are abolished.

(b) Condonation is a defense to a suit for divorce only if the court finds that there is a reasonable expectation of reconciliation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8028A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8028A / Section 8028A.0301
§ 8028A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.353 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.353
§ 55A.353. DISPOSITION OF EXPUNGED RECORDS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Articles 55A.354 and 55A.357, on receipt of an expunction order issued under Subchapter E or F, each official or agency or other governmental entity listed in the order shall:

(1) as appropriate:

(A) return all records and files that are subject to the expunction order to the court; or

(B) in cases other than those described by Articles 55A.202 and 55A.203, if removal is impracticable, obliterate all portions of the record or file that identify the person who is the subject of the order and notify the court of the action; and

(2) delete from the listed entity's public records all index references to the records and files that are subject to the expunction order.
Tex. Government Code § 2052.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2052 / Section 2052.302
§ 2052.302. PROHIBITION OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Article XVI, Section 21, of the Texas Constitution, an officer or employee of the state may not, directly or indirectly, profit by or have a pecuniary interest in the preparation, printing, duplication, or sale of a publication or other printed matter issued by a department or agency of the executive branch.

(b) A person who violates this section shall be dismissed from state employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3896.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3896 / Section 3896.006
§ 3896.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR REINVESTMENT OR ENTERPRISE ZONES.
Status: in_force

(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible, regardless of other statutory criteria, to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by the city under Chapter 312, Tax Code.

(b) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be nominated for inclusion in an enterprise zone by the city under Chapter 2303, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.151
§ 173.151. GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district has all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) A district may generally perform all acts necessary for the full exercise of the district's powers.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 162 / Section 162.004
§ 162.004. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY LAW.
Status: in_force

A blood bank shall disclose all information required by law, including HIV test results, to:

(1) the department and a local health authority as required under Chapter 81 (Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act);

(2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service, as required by federal law or regulation; or

(3) any other local, state, or federal entity, as required by law, rule, or regulation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.153
§ 8845.153. INVESTMENT OF DISTRICT MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) District money may be invested by the board or its authorized representative in direct or indirect obligations of the United States, the state, or any political subdivision of the state.

(b) District money may be placed in certificates of deposit of state or national banks or savings and loan associations in this state, if that money is secured in the manner provided for the security of county funds.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.055 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.055
§ 111.055.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.055. TIMELY FILING: DILIGENCE. A person who files a report or makes a tax payment complies with the filing requirements for timeliness if the person exercises reasonable diligence to comply and through no fault of the person the report is not filed or the payment is not made on time.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3828.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3828 / Section 3828.154
§ 3828.154. USE OF SURPLUS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION MONEY.
Status: in_force

If the district has surplus maintenance and operation tax money that is not needed for the purposes for which it was collected, the money may be used for any authorized purpose.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 35.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.04
§ 35.04. CLAIMING EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Any person summoned as a juror who is exempt by law from jury service may establish his exemption without appearing in person by filing a signed statement of the ground of his exemption with the clerk of the court at any time before the date upon which he is summoned to appear.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3956.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3956 / Section 3956.110
§ 3956.110. NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers provided by the general law of this state applicable to navigation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 60 and 62, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 575.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 575 / Section 575.004
§ 575.004. RECORD OF GIFT.
Status: in_force

A state agency that accepts a gift must record the name of the donor, a description of the gift, and a statement of the purpose of the gift in:

(1) the minutes of the governing board of the agency; or

(2) appropriate agency records, if the agency does not have a governing board.
Tex. Government Code § 421.071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.071
§ 421.071. COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

A state or local agency that performs a homeland security activity or a nongovernmental entity that contracts with a state or local agency to perform a homeland security activity shall cooperate with and assist the office of the governor, the Homeland Security Council, the Texas Fusion Center, and the National Infrastructure Protection Center in the performance of their duties under this chapter and other state or federal law.
Tex. Government Code § 2172.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2172 / Section 2172.005
§ 2172.005. DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may solicit and accept private donations for the Congress Avenue beautification program, a capital improvements project in Austin. The program includes improvements in the Capitol Complex generally north of the Capitol along either side of Congress Avenue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.002
§ 8852.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a groundwater conservation district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.111
§ 1095.111. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $10,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 602.207 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 602 / Section 602.207
§ 602.207. ELIGIBILITY FOR EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to take an examination for a license, an applicant must:

(1) have a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited college or university that signifies the completion of courses approved by the medical board in physics, medical physics, biophysics, radiological physics, medical health physics, or equivalent courses;

(2) have demonstrated, to the medical board's satisfaction, completion of at least two years of full-time work experience in the five years preceding the date of application in the medical physics specialty for which application is made; and

(3) submit a completed application as required by Section 602.203.

(b) Work experience in more than one specialty must include six additional months for each additional specialty.