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Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.151
§ 1451.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "managed care plan" means a plan under which a health maintenance organization, preferred provider benefit plan issuer, vision benefit plan issuer, vision benefit plan administrator, or other organization provides or arranges for health care benefits or vision benefits to plan participants and requires or encourages plan participants to use health care practitioners the plan designates.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.202
§ 3937.202. PROPERTY TAX AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district to:

(1) pay for an improvement project of the types authorized by Section 52(b), Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; or

(2) secure the payment of bonds issued for a purpose described by Subdivision (1).

(b) The district may not impose an ad valorem tax to pay for an improvement project under this chapter unless the imposition is approved by the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose. The board may call an election to approve the imposition of an ad valorem tax to pay for an improvement project under this chapter only if the board receives a petition requesting the election signed by:

(1) more than 51 percent of the record owners of real property in the district subject to taxation; or

(2) owners representing more than 51 percent of the appraised value of real property in the district subject to taxation, as determined by the tax rolls of the appraisal district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974A / Section 7974A.0501
§ 7974A.0501. 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. Human Resources Code § 244.006 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 244 / Section 244.006
§ 244.006. TYPE OF TREATMENT PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

(a) As a means of correcting the socially harmful tendencies of a child committed to the department, the department may:

(1) require the child to participate in moral, academic, vocational, physical, and correctional training and activities;

(2) require the modes of life and conduct that seem best adapted to fit the child for return to full liberty without danger to the public;

(3) provide any medical or psychiatric treatment that is necessary; and

(4) place physically fit children in parks-maintenance camps, forestry camps, or ranches owned by the state or the United States and require the performance of suitable conservation and maintenance work.

(b) The dominant purpose of placing children in camps is to benefit and rehabilitate the children rather than to make the camps self-sustaining. Children placed in camps may not be exploited.
Tex. Government Code § 1507.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.052
§ 1507.052. SALE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Instead of exchanging refunding bonds issued under this subchapter for the bonds being refunded, a municipality may, at any time after calling the bonds being refunded for redemption in the manner provided in those bonds, sell the refunding bonds or the unexchanged portion of the refunding bonds.

(b) The municipality shall deposit the principal amount received from the sale of the refunding bonds, and the additional amount necessary to pay the interest to the call date, with the bank at which the bonds being refunded are payable.

(c) The municipality shall send to the comptroller a certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the refunding bonds. The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the cancellation of the bonds being refunded and shall deliver the refunding bonds as provided in the ordinance.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.223 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.223
§ 2306.223. CRITERIA FOR FINANCING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING SPONSOR.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department may not finance a housing development undertaken by a housing sponsor under this chapter, unless the department first determines that:

(1) the housing development is necessary to provide needed decent, safe, and sanitary housing at rentals or prices that individuals or families of low and very low income or families of moderate income can afford;

(2) the housing sponsor undertaking the proposed housing development will supply well-planned and well-designed housing for individuals or families of low and very low income or families of moderate income;

(3) the housing sponsor is financially responsible;

(4) the housing sponsor is not, or will not enter into a contract for the proposed housing development with, a housing developer that:

(A) is on the department's debarred list, including any parts of that list that are derived from the debarred list of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(B) breached a contract with a public agency; or

(C) misrepresented to a subcontractor the extent to which the developer has benefited from contracts or financial assistance that has been awarded by a public agency, including the scope of the developer's participation in contracts with the agency and the amount of financial assistance awarded to the developer by the agency;

(5) the financing of the housing development is a public purpose and will provide a public benefit; and

(6) the housing development will be undertaken within the authority granted by this chapter to the housing finance division and the housing sponsor.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.043 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 148 / Section 148.043
§ 148.043. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A slaughterer of cattle shall keep a true and faithful record, in a book kept for that purpose, of all cattle purchased or slaughtered, including:

(1) a description of each animal, including marks, brands, age, color, and weight;

(2) the name of the person from whom the cattle were purchased; and

(3) the date of each purchase.

(b) A slaughterer shall keep records under this section open for public inspection at reasonable hours.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3899.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3899 / Section 3899.109
§ 3899.109. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Water Code § 15.702 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.702
§ 15.702. CREATION OF BANK.
Status: in_force

The Texas Water Development Board shall establish the Texas Water Bank. The board shall administer the water bank to facilitate water transactions to provide sources of adequate water supplies for use within the State of Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 411.12511 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.12511
§ 411.12511.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.12511. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (b) that relates to a person:

(1) who is an applicant for or holds a general distinguishing number under Chapter 503, Transportation Code;

(2) who is an applicant for or holds a license under Chapter 2301 or 2302, Occupations Code;

(3) who is an owner, officer, director, member, manager, principal, partner, trustee, or trust beneficiary of an applicant, general distinguishing number holder, or license holder; or

(4) who is an employee designated as an authorized representative by an applicant, general distinguishing number holder, or license holder and whose act or omission in the course or scope of the person's representation would be cause for denying, revoking, or suspending a general distinguishing number or license issued under Chapter 503, Transportation Code, or Chapter 2301 or 2302, Occupations Code.

(b) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the public policy of this state, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (a); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (a).

(c) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (b)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles under Subsection (b)(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person except on court order, with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information, or as provided by Subsection (d).

(d) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is not prohibited from disclosing criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (b)(2) in a criminal proceeding or in a hearing in which the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is a party.

(e) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Election Code § 62.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 62 / Section 62.009
§ 62.009. DISARRANGING BALLOTS FOR VOTERS' SELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) As needed for voting, an election officer shall disarrange a supply of the ballots so that they are in random numerical order.

(b) The disarranged ballots shall be placed face down on a table in a manner preventing an election officer or other person from ascertaining the number of a ballot selected by a voter.

(c) The provisional ballots shall be placed separately from the regular ballots.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8459.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8459 / Section 8459.151
§ 8459.151. 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 8459.153.

(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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960A / Section 7960A.0102
§ 7960A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8257.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8257 / Section 8257.0105
§ 8257.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.102
§ 7803.102. ANNEXATION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may annex land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, or Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code, to the extent applicable.

(b) If land is annexed by the district under Section 49.301 or 51.714, Water Code, the board may require the petitioners to:

(1) allow the land to be added to assume its pro rata share of taxes necessary to support the voted but unissued bonds of the district; and

(2) authorize the board to impose a tax on the petitioners' property to pay for the bonds after the bonds have been issued.

(c) If land is annexed by the district under Section 49.302, Water Code, the board may submit to the voters of the area to be annexed a proposition on the question of the assumption by the area to be annexed of its pro rata share of the voted but not yet issued or sold bonds of the district and the imposition of an ad valorem tax on taxable property in the area to be annexed along with a tax in the rest of the district for the payment of the bonds.

(d) If the petitioners consent or if the election results favorably, the district may issue its voted but unissued bonds regardless of changes to district boundaries since the original voting or authorization of the bonds.
Tex. Education Code § 70.01 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 70 / Section 70.01
§ 70.01. UNIVERSITY AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System shall establish and maintain a state-supported general academic institution of higher education to be known as The University of Texas at Dallas.
Tex. Government Code § 71.033 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 71 / Section 71.033
§ 71.033. METHODS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Status: in_force

The council shall design methods for simplifying judicial procedure, expediting the transaction of judicial business, and correcting faults in or improving the administration of justice.
Tex. Occupations Code § 559.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 559 / Section 559.104
§ 559.104. RETURN TO ACTIVE STATUS.
Status: in_force

A holder of a license that is on inactive status may return the license to active status by:

(1) applying for active status on a form prescribed by the board; and

(2) providing evidence satisfactory to the board that the license holder has completed the number of hours of continuing education, up to 36 hours, that would otherwise have been required for renewal of the license.
Tex. Insurance Code § 225.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 225 / Section 225.006
§ 225.006. COLLECTION OF TAX BY AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the surplus lines agent shall collect from the insured the tax imposed by this chapter at the time of delivery of the cover note, certificate of insurance, policy, or other initial confirmation of insurance and the full amount of the gross premium charged by the eligible surplus lines insurer for the insurance.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c) and notwithstanding any other law, if a surplus lines agent places an insurance policy with a managing underwriter, as defined by Section 981.002, the managing underwriter shall collect, report, and pay the tax imposed by this chapter.

(c) A surplus lines agent and a managing underwriter may enter into an agreement to provide that the surplus lines agent is responsible for filing, reporting, collection, payment, and all other requirements imposed by this chapter and Chapter 981, including the requirement to pay the tax and file the tax report imposed by this chapter. An agreement under this subsection must be in writing and must be entered into at or before the time coverage is bound under the policy. The agreement may apply to multiple policies or all policies between a surplus lines agent and a managing underwriter.
Tex. Family Code § 61.101 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.101
§ 61.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "parent" includes the guardian or custodian of a child.
Tex. Government Code § 854.309 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 854 / Section 854.309
§ 854.309. REFUND AT ANNUITY DISCONTINUANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a disability retirement annuity is discontinued under Section 854.307 or the right to an annuity revoked under Section 854.306(b), the retiree is entitled to a lump-sum payment in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the retiree's individual account at the time of disability retirement exceeds the amount of current service annuity payments made before the date the annuity was discontinued or the right to an annuity revoked.

(b) The benefit provided by this section is not payable to a retiree who resumes employment with a participating subdivision or otherwise becomes gainfully employed.

(c) The benefit provided by this section is payable from the benefit accumulation fund.
Tex. Occupations Code § 568.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 568 / Section 568.005
§ 568.005. FEES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt fees as necessary for the registration of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees.
Tex. Water Code § 60.014 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.014
§ 60.014. HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may include hospitalization and medical benefits for officers and employees as part of the compensation paid to the officers and employees.

(b) The commission may provide for the benefits in Subsection (a) of this section by plan, rule, or regulation, and may change any plan, rule, or regulation from time to time.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8038.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8038 / Section 8038.0402
§ 8038.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8038.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.074 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.074
§ 31.074. VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNAL.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Coastal waters" means the water that lies within nine nautical miles from the coastline of this state.

(2) "Uninspected passenger vessel" has the meaning assigned by 46 C.F.R. Section 24.10-1.

(3) "Visual distress signal" means a device that is approved and required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard for the purpose of indicating a vessel in distress, including flares, smoke signals, and non-pyrotechnic signals.

(b) No person may operate on the coastal waters a vessel that is 16 feet or more in length, or any vessel operating as an uninspected passenger vessel, unless the vessel is equipped with readily accessible visual distress signals approved for day and night use in the number required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard.

(c) Between sunset and sunrise, no person may operate on the coastal waters a vessel less than 16 feet in length unless the vessel is equipped with readily accessible visual distress signals approved for night use in the number required by the commandant of the United States Coast Guard.

(d) No person may operate a vessel on coastal waters unless each visual distress signal required under this section is in serviceable condition and the service life of the signal, if indicated by a date marked on the signal, has not expired.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.31 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.31
§ 17.31. DUTY OF CLERKS WHO RECEIVE SUCH PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

If the proceedings be delivered to a district clerk, he shall keep them safely and deliver the same to the next grand jury. If the proceedings are delivered to a county clerk, he shall without delay deliver them to the district or county attorney of his county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8353.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8353 / Section 8353.105
§ 8353.105. 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 § 81.404 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.404
§ 81.404. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may appoint members of the task force as necessary, including members from relevant state agencies, members with expertise in infectious diseases and other issues involved in the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases, and members from institutions of higher education in this state. The governor shall appoint to the task force:

(1) at least one member who is a county judge of a county with a population of less than 100,000;

(2) at least one member who is a county judge of a county with a population of 100,000 or more;

(3) at least one member who is a representative of a local health authority serving a rural area;

(4) at least one member who is a representative of a local health authority serving an urban area;

(5) at least one member who is a licensed nurse;

(6) at least one member who is emergency medical services personnel, as defined by Section 773.003; and

(7) at least one member who is an epidemiologist.

(b) The governor shall appoint a director of the task force from among the members of the task force.

(c) The governor may fill any vacancy that occurs on the task force and may appoint additional members as needed.

(d) Members of the task force serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(e) A state or local employee appointed to the task force shall perform any duties required by the task force in addition to the regular duties of the employee.
Tex. Education Code § 151.008 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 151 / Section 151.008
§ 151.008. STRATEGIC PLAN.
Status: in_force

The institute shall develop a long-term strategic plan that includes a statement of the institute's goals and objectives for:

(1) providing health care services to persons living in the border region;

(2) providing health care education to persons living in the border region; and

(3) conducting research into issues affecting public health in the border region, including research related to:

(A) diabetes;

(B) health issues of particular concern to persons of Hispanic descent;

(C) infectious diseases;

(D) emerging infections;

(E) trauma care;

(F) environmental health; and

(G) children's health.