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Tex. Water Code § 17.893 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.893
§ 17.893. SUBCHAPTER CUMULATIVE OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter is cumulative of other laws on the subject, and the board may use provisions of other applicable laws in the issuance of its bonds and other obligations, but this subchapter is wholly sufficient authority for the issuance of bonds and the performance of all other acts and procedures authorized by this subchapter.

(b) In addition to other authority granted by this subchapter, the board may exercise the powers granted to the governing body of an issuer with regard to issuance of obligations under Chapter 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.115
§ 1051.115. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8025A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8025A / Section 8025A.0302
§ 8025A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7928.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7928 / Section 7928.102
§ 7928.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8242.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8242 / Section 8242.151
§ 8242.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenues or contract payments from any lawful sources other than ad valorem taxation.

(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 operation and maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 38.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 38 / Section 38.005
§ 38.005. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 821.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 821 / Section 821.005
§ 821.005. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION.
Status: in_force

All retirement allowances, annuities, refunded contributions, optional benefits, money in the various retirement system accounts, and rights accrued or accruing under this subtitle to any person are exempt from garnishment, attachment, state and municipal taxation, sale, levy, and any other process, and are unassignable.
Tex. Family Code § 160.610 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.610
§ 160.610. JOINDER OF PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be joined with a proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, possession of or access to a child, child support, divorce, annulment, or probate or administration of an estate or another appropriate proceeding.

(b) A respondent may not join a proceeding described by Subsection (a) with a proceeding to adjudicate parentage brought under Chapter 159.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.015 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.015
§ 1551.015. BALANCE BILLING PROHIBITION NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The administrator of a managed care plan provided under the group benefits program shall provide written notice in accordance with this section in an explanation of benefits provided to the participant and the physician or health care provider in connection with a health care or medical service or supply provided by an out-of-network provider. The notice must include:

(1) a statement of the billing prohibition under Section 1551.228, 1551.229, or 1551.230, as applicable;

(2) the total amount the physician or provider may bill the participant under the participant's managed care plan and an itemization of copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other amounts included in that total; and

(3) for an explanation of benefits provided to the physician or provider, information required by commissioner rule advising the physician or provider of the availability of mediation or arbitration, as applicable, under Chapter 1467.

(b) The administrator shall provide the explanation of benefits with the notice required by this section to a physician or health care provider not later than the date the administrator makes a payment under Section 1551.228, 1551.229, or 1551.230, as applicable.
Tex. Property Code § 240.0511 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 240 / Section 240.0511
§ 240.0511. DISPOSITION OF INTEREST PASSING BECAUSE OF DECEDENT'S DEATH AND DISCLAIMED BY INDIVIDUAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b):

(1) if by law or under the instrument creating the disclaimed interest the descendants of a disclaimant of an interest passing because of the death of a decedent would share in the disclaimed interest by any method of representation under Section 240.051(e)(2)(A), the disclaimed interest passes only to the descendants of the disclaimant who survive the decedent; or

(2) if the disclaimed interest would have passed to the disclaimant's estate under Section 240.051(e)(2)(A), the disclaimed interest instead passes by representation to the descendants of the disclaimant who survive the decedent.

(b) If no descendant of the disclaimant survives the decedent, the disclaimed interest passes to those persons, including the state but excluding the disclaimant, and in such shares as would succeed to the transferor's intestate estate under the intestate succession law of the transferor's domicile had the transferor died immediately before the decedent, except that if the transferor's surviving spouse is living but remarried before the decedent's death, the transferor is considered to have died unmarried immediately before the decedent's death.

(c) On the disclaimer of a preceding interest, a future interest held by a person other than the disclaimant takes effect as if the disclaimant had died immediately before the decedent, but a future interest held by the disclaimant is not accelerated in possession or enjoyment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 108.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 108 / Section 108.002
§ 108.002. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a municipality that under Section 43.075 or any other law abolishes a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that contains a defined area.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.202
§ 341.202. REVISION OF CEILING OR BRACKET.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year the commissioner shall compute, in accordance with Section 341.203, the amount of each:

(1) ceiling on a cash advance regulated under this subtitle that is required to be revised; and

(2) bracket that establishes a range of cash advances or balances to which a maximum charge provided by this subtitle applies and that is required to be revised.

(b) The revised ceiling or bracket amount takes effect on July 1 of the year of its computation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.174 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.174
§ 1004.174. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall find that the district is dissolved if:

(1) a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution of the district and creation of the Runnels County Hospital District;

(2) a majority of the votes in an election held on the same date under Section 20c, Chapter 206, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, favor dissolution of the North Runnels County Hospital District and creation of the Runnels County Hospital District; and

(3) a cumulative majority of the votes in all three elections held on the question of creating the Runnels County Hospital District favor creation of the district.

(b) If a majority of the votes in either election under Subdivision (a)(1) or (2) do not favor dissolution of the district and creation of the Runnels County Hospital District, or if a cumulative majority of the votes in all three elections held on the question of creating the Runnels County Hospital District do not favor creation of the district, the board shall continue to administer the district, and another election on the question of dissolution under this subchapter may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election under this subchapter to dissolve the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 505.359 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.359
§ 505.359. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO PROVISIONAL LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council shall issue an appropriate license to a provisional license holder:

(1) who passes the licensing examination under Section 505.354 and the jurisprudence examination under Section 505.3545;

(2) for whom the executive council verifies that the person satisfies the academic and experience requirements under Section 505.353; and

(3) who satisfies any other license requirements under this chapter.

(b) The executive council shall complete the processing of a provisional license holder's application for a license not later than the 180th day after the date the provisional license is issued or the date licenses are issued after successful completion of the next licensing and jurisprudence examinations, whichever date is later.

(c) The executive council may waive a license requirement for an applicant who is licensed or certified in another state if this state has entered into a reciprocity agreement with that state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9063.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9063 / Section 9063.002
§ 9063.002. NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is a conservation and reclamation district.

(b) The creation of the authority is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 51.186 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.186
§ 51.186. TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT.
Status: in_force

If there is land in a district which has a water right from a source of supply acquired by the district but the land is difficult or impracticable to irrigate from that source of supply, the district may allow transfer of the water right to other land which is adjacent to the district. The adjacent land may be admitted to the district with the same right of water service as the land from which the water was transferred.
Tex. Transportation Code § 24.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 24 / Section 24.001
§ 24.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Aircraft" means a device that is invented, used, or designated for air navigation or flight, other than a parachute or other device used primarily as safety equipment.

(2) "Airman" means:

(A) a person, including the person in command of an aircraft or a pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, who engages in the navigation of an aircraft while under way; or

(B) the person who is in charge of the inspection, overhaul, or repair of an aircraft.

(3) "Airman certificate" means a certificate issued to an airman under 49 U.S.C. Section 1422.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3846.264 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3846 / Section 3846.264
§ 3846.264. DEVELOPMENT ZONE SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If approved at an election by a majority of the voters in the development zone voting in an election held for that purpose, the governing body may adopt or repeal a sales and use tax of not more than two percent less the amount of the sales and use tax approved by the district voters under Section 3846.151.

(b) An election on the adoption or repeal of the maximum rate of sales and use tax may be held by the governing body as provided by Section 3846.152 as applied to a development zone.

(c) An election to adopt the sales and use tax authorized by this section may be held in conjunction with the confirmation election described by Section 3846.257.

(d) After adoption at an election, the governing body may impose any portion of the sales and use tax, in increments of not less than one-eighth of one percent, for the benefit of the zone, by order of the governing body.

(e) The sales and use tax is in addition to the limited sales and use tax authorized and imposed by the district under Section 3846.151.

(f) If a political subdivision, including a municipality, imposes a sales and use tax in the development zone, the sales and use tax authorized by this section is reduced as of the date the development zone authorized the sales and use tax so that the combined total of all local sales and use taxes imposed in the development zone does not exceed two percent.

(g) The sales and use tax becomes effective on the first day of the calendar quarter following the date the comptroller receives written notice of the imposition of the tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8276.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8276 / Section 8276.003
§ 8276.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0253 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0253
§ 544.0253. CONDUCT OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED FRAUD OR ABUSE.
Status: in_force

In conducting a preliminary investigation of an allegation of fraud or abuse and before the allegation may proceed to a full investigation, the office of inspector general must:

(1) review the allegation and all facts and evidence relating to the allegation; and

(2) prepare a preliminary investigation report that documents:

(A) the allegation;

(B) the evidence the office reviewed, if available;

(C) the procedures the office used to conduct the preliminary investigation;

(D) the preliminary investigation findings; and

(E) the office's determination of whether a full investigation is warranted.
Tex. Tax Code § 311.020 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 311 / Section 311.020
§ 311.020. STATE ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) On request of the governing body of a municipality or county or of the presiding officer of the governing body, the comptroller may provide assistance to a municipality or county relating to the administration of this chapter.

(b) The Texas Department of Economic Development and the comptroller may provide technical assistance to a municipality or county regarding:

(1) the designation of reinvestment zones under this chapter; and

(2) the adoption and execution of project plans or reinvestment zone financing plans under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.204
§ 1120.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to:

(1) acquire, purchase, construct, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes;

(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical service to assist the district in carrying out its hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenues derived from the operation of the district's hospital system.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of the district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Sections 264.042, 264.043, 264.046, 264.047, 264.048, and 264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by county hospital authorities.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.0633 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.0633
§ 503.0633. DEPARTMENT REGULATION OF DEALER-ISSUED LICENSE PLATES AND ACCESS TO DATABASE OF DEALER-ISSUED LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department by rule may establish the maximum number of license plates or sets of license plates that a dealer may obtain in a calendar year under Sections 503.063 and 503.065.

(b) The maximum number of license plates or sets of license plates that the department determines a dealer may obtain under this section must be based on the dealer's anticipated need for license plates and sets of license plates, taking into consideration:

(1) the dealer's:

(A) time in operation;

(B) sales data; and

(C) expected growth;

(2) expected changes in the dealer's market;

(3) temporary conditions that may affect sales by the dealer; and

(4) any other information the department considers relevant.

(c) At the request of a dealer, the department may authorize additional license plates or sets of license plates for the dealer if the dealer demonstrates a need for additional license plates or sets of license plates resulting from business operations, including anticipated need.

(d) The department's denial of a request under Subsection (c) may be overturned if a dealer shows by a preponderance of the evidence the need for additional license plates or sets of license plates.

(e) The department shall monitor the number of license plates and sets of license plates obtained by a dealer.

(f) If the department determines that a dealer is fraudulently obtaining license plates or sets of license plates or fraudulently using the database of dealer-issued license plates, or has been denied access to the temporary tag database under former Section 503.0632(f), the department may, after giving notice electronically and by certified mail to the dealer, deny access to the database of dealer-issued license plates to the dealer. A dealer denied access to the database of dealer-issued license plates under this subsection may request a hearing on the denial as provided by Subchapter O, Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.257 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.257
§ 371.257. SURRENDER OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a pawnshop license or a pawnshop employee license may surrender the license by complying with the commissioner's written instructions relating to license surrender.

(b) Surrender does not affect a license holder's civil or criminal liability for an act committed before the surrender.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8278.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8278 / Section 8278.155
§ 8278.155. PAYMENT OF TAX OR ASSESSMENT NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on:

(1) district property; or

(2) a purchase made by the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 21.061 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 21 / Section 21.061
§ 21.061. FUNDING CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may construct on land given to the department an improvement, facility, or navigational aid that the department determines is necessary or advisable.

(b) Money in the aeronautics fund may be used for a purpose described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.121 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.121
§ 601.121. SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may establish financial responsibility by filing with the department a bond:

(1) with at least two individual sureties, each of whom owns real property in this state that is not exempt from execution under the constitution or laws of this state;

(2) conditioned for payment in the amounts and under the same circumstances as required under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy;

(3) that is not cancelable before the sixth day after the date the department receives written notice of the cancellation;

(4) accompanied by the fee required by Subsection (e); and

(5) approved by the department.

(b) The real property required by Subsection (a)(1) must be described in the bond approved by a judge of a court of record. The assessor-collector of the county in which the property is located must certify the property as free of any tax lien. The sureties in combination must have equity in the property in an amount equal to at least twice the amount of the bond.

(c) The bond is a lien in favor of the state on the real property described in the bond. The lien exists in favor of a person who holds a final judgment against the person who filed the bond.

(d) On filing of a bond, the department shall issue to the person who filed the bond a certificate of compliance with this section.

(e) The department shall file notice of the bond in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the real property is located. The notice must include a description of the property described in the bond. The county clerk or the county clerk's deputy, on receipt of the notice, shall acknowledge the notice and record it in the lien records. The recording of the notice is notice in accordance with statutes governing the recordation of a lien on real property.

(f) If a judgment rendered against the person who files a bond under this section is not satisfied before the 61st day after the date the judgment becomes final, the judgment creditor, for the judgment creditor's own use and benefit and at the judgment creditor's expense, may bring an action in the name of the state against the sureties on the bond, including an action to foreclose a lien on the real property of a surety. The foreclosure action must be brought in the same manner as, and is subject to the law applicable to, an action to foreclose a mortgage on real property.

(g) Cancellation of a bond filed under this section does not prevent recovery for a right or cause of action arising before the date of the cancellation.
Tex. Family Code § 158.207 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.207
§ 158.207. EMPLOYER RECEIVING MORE THAN ONE ORDER OR WRIT.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer receiving two or more orders or writs for one obligor shall comply with each order or writ to the extent possible.

(b) If the total amount due under the orders or writs exceeds the maximum amount allowed to be withheld under Section 158.009, the employer shall pay an equal amount towards the current support in each order or writ until the employer has complied fully with each current support obligation and, thereafter, equal amounts on the arrearages until the employer has complied with each order or writ, or until the maximum total amount of allowed withholding is reached, whichever occurs first.

(c) An employer who receives more than one order or writ of withholding that combines withholding for child support and spousal maintenance as provided by Section 8.101 shall withhold income and pay the amount withheld in accordance with Section 8.207.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 592 / Section 592.051
§ 592.051. GENERAL RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS.
Status: in_force

Each resident has the right to:

(1) a normal residential environment;

(2) a humane physical environment;

(3) communication and visits; and

(4) possess personal property.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 63.025 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.025
§ 63.025. ADMISSION OF AND PAYMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO JUVENILES RESIDING IN ANOTHER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may provide that juveniles who reside outside the boundaries of a county that participated in the formation of the facility may be admitted to the facility. However, the charges to the county of residence of the juvenile may be billed at a rate higher than that charged to a county that participated in the formation of the facility.