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Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.151
§ 1271.151. PROVISION OF BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization that offers a basic health care plan shall provide or arrange for basic health care services to its enrollees as needed and without limitation as to time and cost other than any limitation prescribed by rule of the commissioner.
Tex. Education Code § 45.108 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.108
§ 45.108. BORROWING MONEY FOR CURRENT MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Independent or consolidated school districts may borrow money for the purpose of paying maintenance expenses and may evidence those loans with negotiable or nonnegotiable notes, except that the loans may not at any time exceed 75 percent of the previous year's income. The notes may be payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of any available funds of the district, including proceeds of a maintenance tax. The term "maintenance expenses" or "maintenance expenditures" as used in this section means any lawful expenditure of the school district other than payment of principal of and interest on bonds. The term includes expenditures relating to notes issued to refund notes previously issued under this section if the refunding notes are coterminous with the refunded obligation. The term also includes all costs incurred in connection with environmental cleanup and asbestos cleanup and removal programs implemented by school districts or in connection with the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of heating, air conditioning, water, sanitation, roofing, flooring, electric, or other building systems of existing school properties. Notes issued pursuant to this section may be issued to mature in not more than 20 years from their date. Notes issued for a term longer than one year must be treated as "debt" as defined in Section 26.012(7), Tax Code.

(b) Notes may be issued under this section only after a budget has been adopted for the current school year.

(c) Notes issued under this section must be authorized by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the board of trustees, signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary of the board.

(d) A note issued under this section may contain a certification that it is issued pursuant to and in compliance with this section and pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of trustees. The certification is sufficient evidence that the note is a valid obligation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3976.0404 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3976 / Section 3976.0404
§ 3976.0404. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district are:

(1) a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.

(e) The district may not impose an assessment on a municipality, county, or other political subdivision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0402
§ 8512.0402. ACCOUNTS, CONTRACTS, AND OTHER RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall keep complete and accurate accounts conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping.

(b) The accounts and all contracts, documents, and records of the authority shall be kept at an official authority office.

(c) The contracts shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
Tex. Transportation Code § 364.023 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 364 / Section 364.023
§ 364.023. OPERATING BOARD.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county by the resolution or order providing for the issuance of bonds under this chapter or by the trust indenture securing those bonds may provide that the toll bridge be operated by an operating board if the court determines that the bridge could be better and more efficiently operated by the board. The operating board:

(1) is appointed as provided by the resolution, order, or trust indenture; and

(2) has the powers granted by the resolution, order, or trust indenture but may not be granted the power of eminent domain or the power to borrow money.
Tex. Government Code § 403.455 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.455
§ 403.455. RULES.
Status: in_force

The comptroller or agencies identified in Section 403.453 may adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3893.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3893 / Section 3893.251
§ 3893.251. CONSOLIDATION WITH MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may consolidate with one other municipal management district that adjoins or has a boundary that is within a two-mile radius of any boundary of the district. The board may consolidate with one other district only if the district to be consolidated has not issued bonds or notes secured by assessments or ad valorem taxes or imposed taxes.

(b) To initiate consolidation, the board of a district shall adopt a resolution proposing a consolidation and deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of each district with which consolidation is proposed.
Tex. Finance Code § 97.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 97 / Section 97.001
§ 97.001. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission shall adopt rules:

(1) providing for the registration of and reporting by holding companies;

(2) setting limitations on the activities and investments of holding companies; and

(3) concerning other matters as appropriate under this chapter.

(b) The finance commission may adopt rules governing transactions between a subsidiary savings bank of a holding company and an affiliate of the subsidiary.
Tex. Government Code § 401.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.022
§ 401.022. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "unavailable" means not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor for any reason specified in the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.052
§ 11002.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Brent Ratliff;

(2) George Kutch;

(3) John Nolan;

(4) Renee Lorenz; and

(5) H. C. Ross.

(b) If a temporary director fails to qualify for office, the temporary directors who have qualified shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.

(c) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 11002.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 11002.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (e) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 11002.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(e) If Subsection (d) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8332.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8332 / Section 8332.051
§ 8332.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8332.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.162 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.162
§ 36.162. EFFECT ON CONTESTED CASE.
Status: in_force

Sections 36.152, 36.156, 36.158, 36.160, and 36.161 do not affect the conduct of a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 43.182 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.182
§ 43.182. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR KLEBERG AND KENEDY COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The voters of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties elect a district attorney. The district attorney has the same powers and duties as other district attorneys and serves the district courts of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties.

(b) The district attorney shall attend each term and session of the district courts of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties and shall represent the state in criminal cases pending in those courts. The district attorney has control of any case heard on petition of writ of habeas corpus before any district or inferior court in the district.

(c) The commissioners courts of the counties comprising the district may supplement the state salary of the district attorney. The amount of the supplement may not exceed $12,000 a year. The supplemental salary must be paid proportionately by the commissioners court of each county according to the population of the county. The supplemental salary may be paid from the officers' salary fund of a county. If that fund is inadequate, the commissioners court may transfer the necessary funds from the general fund of the county.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.035 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.035
§ 52.035. AGREEMENTS WITH U.
Status: in_force

S. GOVERNMENT. (a) The governor may execute agreements on behalf of the state to obtain access to confidential and proprietary information from the secretary of the United States Department of the Interior regarding exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or other minerals on the outer continental shelf. The governor may agree to waive sovereign immunity and other defenses as prescribed by this section, and may agree to indemnify the United States government from unauthorized disclosure of the information obtained.

(b) The information obtained from the Department of the Interior under an agreement executed under Subsection (a) of this section is confidential and may not be used publicly, opened to public inspection, or disclosed, except that the information may be examined and used by the governor and the commissioner of the General Land Office, or their designees, for the administration of their official duties and to assure a fair and equitable division of federal revenues derived from leasing lands adjacent to the boundaries of this state.

(c) The state waives its right to claim sovereign immunity in any action commenced against the state for unauthorized disclosure of the confidential information obtained from the Department of the Interior under an agreement executed by the governor under Subsection (a) of this section, and waives its right to claim that an employee who revealed privileged information was acting outside the scope of employment by disclosing the information.

(d) The state agrees to hold the United States government harmless from any actions or damages brought as a result of the acts or omissions of the state or its employees in releasing proprietary information obtained under an agreement executed under Subsection (a) of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2103.061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2103 / Section 2103.061
§ 2103.061. STATE AGENCY ADMINISTERED BY GOVERNING BODY.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency administered by a governing body may approve a voucher only in accordance with this section.

(b) A governing body may authorize its presiding officer or executive director to designate one or more officers or employees of the agency to approve vouchers of the agency. The presiding officer shall notify the comptroller in writing that the governing body has made the authorization of the presiding officer or executive director before the presiding officer or executive director may make or revoke a designation.

(c) The presiding officer of the governing body may approve a voucher after submitting a signature card to the comptroller.

(d) An officer or employee of the state agency may approve the voucher after:

(1) the governing body of the agency has authorized the officer or employee to approve vouchers or the presiding officer or executive director authorized under Subsection (b) has designated the officer or employee to approve vouchers;

(2) the comptroller has received written notice from the presiding officer of the governing body or the executive director, if authorized under Subsection (b), that the officer or employee has been authorized or designated to approve vouchers; and

(3) the comptroller has received a signature card from the officer or employee.

(e) The presiding officer or executive director authorized under Subsection (b) shall ensure that the comptroller is notified of the revocation of the authorization of an officer or employee to approve vouchers. This notice shall be given within 10 days after the effective date of the revocation.

(f) In this section:

(1) "Executive director" means the individual who is the chief administrative officer of a state agency and who is not a member of the agency's governing body; and

(2) "Governing body" means a board, commission, committee, council, or other group of individuals that is collectively authorized by law to administer a state agency.
Tex. Local Government Code § 263.251 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 263 / Section 263.251
§ 263.251. SALE OR LEASE OF ADVERTISING SPACE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a procedure by which the county may:

(1) lease to another entity advertising space located:

(A) in or on a building or part of a building owned by the county;

(B) on personal property owned by the county;

(C) on an official county website; or

(D) on personal property leased by the county, with the property owner's consent; or

(2) sell advertising space located on correspondence distributed by the county through the United States Postal Service.

(b) The procedure must include a requirement that the county publish, before a sale or lease of advertising space is made, a notice of its intent to sell or lease the advertising space. The notice must:

(1) be published:

(A) at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not earlier than the 30th day or later than the 14th day before the date the award of the sale or lease is made; and

(B) on the county's official website continuously for the 14 days immediately before the date the award of the sale or lease is made;

(2) include a description of the advertising space, including its location and a description of the part of any real or personal property that the advertising space occupies; and

(3) include a description of the procedure by which bids or proposals for the sale or lease may be submitted.

(c) Under the procedure, the commissioners court may reject any and all bids or proposals submitted.
Tex. Penal Code § 35.015 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 35 / Section 35.015
§ 35.015. MATERIALITY.
Status: in_force

A statement is material for the purposes of this chapter, regardless of the admissibility of the statement at trial, if the statement could have affected:

(1) the eligibility for coverage or amount of the payment on a claim for payment under an insurance policy; or

(2) the decision of an insurer whether to issue an insurance policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8358.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8358 / Section 8358.203
§ 8358.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7909.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7909 / Section 7909.0303
§ 7909.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.086 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.086
§ 85.086. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

A testing program shall report test results for HIV infection in the manner provided by Chapter 81 (Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act).
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 151.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 151 / Section 151.001
§ 151.001. REQUIRED BILL OF SALE.
Status: in_force

Before purchasing or accepting delivery of any trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips, a seller shall provide and a purchaser shall require a bill of sale for the trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips executed by the seller. The bill of sale may be a part of, a compilation of information taken from, or an addendum to, by way of example, a timber deed, scale ticket, weight ticket, cutting contract, harvest agreement, wood purchase agreement, or other records of the sale and purchase made at the time if all the information required by Section 151.002 is included.
Tex. Property Code § 215.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 215 / Section 215.003
§ 215.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 215.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 209. Chapter 209 does not apply to a property owners' association subject to this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.151
§ 912.151. KINDS OF INSURANCE AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A county mutual insurance company that qualifies to write casualty lines for statewide operation may write all lines of automobile insurance. The company may not assume a risk on any one hazard that is greater than five percent of its assets, unless the company promptly reinsures the excess amount of risk.

(b) A county mutual insurance company may insure property against loss or damage by:

(1) fire, lightning, gas explosion, theft, windstorm, and hail or for any combination of these hazards; or

(2) any other hazard against which any other fire or windstorm insurance company operating in this state may write insurance on property described by Subsection (c).

(c) Unless restricted by its charter, the company may write insurance against the hazards described by Subsection (b) on:

(1) a rural or urban dwelling and attendant outhouses and yard buildings;

(2) the contents, for home and personal use, of a rural or urban dwelling, an attendant outhouse, or a yard building, including a family vehicle, musical instrument, and library;

(3) a barn or other farm, dairy, truck garden, hennery, or ranch building and any other improvement;

(4) a vehicle, harness, implement, tool, or machinery of any description used on and about a farm, truck garden, dairy, hennery, or ranch;

(5) fruit and products, other than growing crops, and any fowl, livestock, or domestic animals that are produced, raised, grown, kept, or used on a farm, truck garden, dairy, hennery, or ranch;

(6) a church house, country school house, country lodge room, or country recreation hall, other than a road house or public dance hall; and

(7) the contents of a church house, country school house, country lodge room, or country recreation hall.

(d) An insurance policy written by a county mutual insurance company against loss or damage by windstorm or hail, as described by Subsection (a), may include coverage for:

(1) a building or other structure that is built wholly or partially over water; and

(2) the corporeal movable property contained in a building or structure described by Subdivision (1).

(e) The county mutual insurance company may impose appropriate limits of coverage and deductibles for coverage described by Subsection (d).
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.201
§ 507.201. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the executive council and the procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the executive council.

(b) The executive council shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8274.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8274 / Section 8274.157
§ 8274.157. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks in this state to act as depository for the district's money.

(b) To the extent that money in the depository bank is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the money must be secured in the manner provided by law for the security of county funds.

(c) A director may be a shareholder in a bank that is a depository of district money.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 93.006 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 93 / Section 93.006
§ 93.006. AUTHORIZED EXCLUSIONS.
Status: in_force

A heavy equipment loss damage waiver may exclude:

(1) loss of or damage to the heavy equipment that is caused by an unexplained disappearance or abandonment of the heavy equipment;

(2) damage that is intentionally caused by the customer; or

(3) damage that results from the customer's wilful or wanton misconduct.
Tex. Government Code § 854.403 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 854 / Section 854.403
§ 854.403. SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A supplemental disability retirement annuity payable under this subtitle is an amount that, when added to a member's standard disability retirement annuity or, if the member is eligible for service retirement, to the member's standard service retirement annuity, equals one-half of the member's average monthly compensation for service as an employee of a participating department of a municipality:

(1) for the 60 months immediately preceding the month in which the injury occurred; or

(2) if the member did not perform service in each of the 60 months immediately preceding the month in which the injury occurred, for the number of months of service within the 60-month period.

(b) In a computation of average monthly compensation under this section, compensation is excluded that exceeds the maximum amount on which the member was required to make contributions to the retirement system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8414.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8414 / Section 8414.003
§ 8414.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 455.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 455 / Section 455.003
§ 455.003. RESTRICTION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The Texas Department of Transportation may not use eminent domain for a purpose under this chapter in a way that:

(1) unduly interferes with interstate commerce; or

(2) establishes a right to operate a vehicle on a railroad track used to transport property.