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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0106
§ 8510.0106. EFFECT OF OVERLAPPING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) An overlap of the authority's territory with another district's or authority's territory or watershed does not affect the powers, affairs, duties, or functions of another district or authority, including the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority.

(b) A district or authority of a local nature, peculiar to a defined area, may be created wholly or partly inside the authority.

(c) The authority shall cooperate in every practical manner with the sponsor of an existing or proposed district or authority described by this section in the prosecution of its proposed improvements.
Tex. Transportation Code § 622.041 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 622 / Section 622.041
§ 622.041. LENGTH LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may operate over a highway or road of this state a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is used exclusively for transporting poles, piling, or unrefined timber from the point of origin of the timber (the forest where the timber is felled) to a wood processing mill if:

(1) the vehicle, or combination of vehicles, is not longer than 90 feet, including the load; and

(2) the distance from the point of origin to the destination or delivery point does not exceed 125 miles.

(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a truck-tractor or truck-tractor combination transporting poles, piling, or unrefined timber.
Tex. Local Government Code § 250.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 250 / Section 250.012
§ 250.012. RESIDENTIAL FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection (c), a municipality, county, or emergency services district may not enact an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule requiring the installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any other fire protection sprinkler system in a new or existing one- or two-family dwelling.

(b) A municipality, county, or emergency services district may adopt an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule allowing a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system specialist or other contractor to offer, for a fee, the installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a new one- or two-family dwelling.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to:

(1) a municipality that has enacted an ordinance, bylaw, order, building code, or rule requiring the installation of a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any other fire protection sprinkler system in a new or existing one- or two-family dwelling on or before January 1, 2009; or

(2) an emergency services district:

(A) that before February 1, 2013, has adopted a fire code, fire code amendments, or other requirements in conflict with Subsection (a); and

(B) whose territory is located:

(i) in or adjacent to a general law municipality with a population of less than 4,000 that is served by a water control and improvement district governed by Chapter 51, Water Code; and

(ii) in a county that has a population of more than 1.2 million and is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 600,000.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.454 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.454
§ 1551.454. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Each individual eligible to participate in the basic coverage may choose instead to participate in the state consumer-directed health plan if the plan enrollee is an eligible individual under Section 223(c)(1), Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The dependents of a plan enrollee may participate in the state consumer-directed health plan in accordance with Section 1551.455.

(b) Participation in the state consumer-directed health plan qualifies a plan enrollee to receive a contribution to a health savings account under Section 1551.456. An individual who elects not to participate in the plan is not eligible to receive a contribution under that section.

(c) Under this section, the board of trustees has exclusive authority to determine an individual's eligibility to participate in the state consumer-directed health plan and may adopt rules regarding eligibility to participate in the plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8415.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8415 / Section 8415.103
§ 8415.103. TAXES.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose a tax unless the tax has been approved by the voters at an election called for that purpose.
Tex. Water Code § 26.341 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.341
§ 26.341. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds that leaking underground tanks storing certain hazardous, toxic, or otherwise harmful substances have caused and continue to pose serious groundwater contamination problems in Texas.

(b) The legislature declares that it is the policy of this state and the purpose of this subchapter to:

(1) maintain and protect the quality of groundwater and surface water resources in the state from certain substances in underground and aboveground storage tanks that may pollute groundwater and surface water resources;

(2) require the use of all reasonable methods, including risk-based corrective action, to implement this policy;

(3) promote the safety of storage vessels as defined in Section 26.3442, by adopting requirements for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of storage vessels, with the objective of protecting groundwater and surface water resources in the event of accidents and natural disasters; and

(4) ensure that intermediate bulk container recycling facilities, as defined by Section 26.3445, are not located close to private residences.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3862.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3862 / Section 3862.061
§ 3862.061. BOARD MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold meetings at a place accessible to the public.
Tex. Education Code § 107.23 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 107 / Section 107.23
§ 107.23. BOARD MEETINGS; MINUTES.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer shall convene the board to consider any business connected with the system whenever the presiding officer deems it expedient. A full record shall be kept of all the board's proceedings.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.008 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.008
§ 207.008. SUITABLE WORK.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining whether work is suitable for an individual, the commission shall consider:

(1) the degree of risk involved to the individual's health, safety, and morals at the place of performance of the work;

(2) the individual's physical fitness and previous training;

(3) the individual's experience and previous earnings;

(4) the individual's length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in the individual's customary occupation; and

(5) the distance of the work from the individual's residence.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, work is not suitable and benefits may not be denied under this subtitle to an otherwise eligible individual for refusal to accept new work if:

(1) the position offered is vacant directly because of a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute;

(2) the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; or

(3) as a condition of being employed, the individual is required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining a bona fide labor organization.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.205 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.205
§ 351.205. REAL PROPERTY OF BUSINESS; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A personal representative shall file a notice in the real property records of the county in which the real property is located before purchasing, selling, leasing, or otherwise encumbering any real property of the business in accordance with an order entered under Section 351.202(a).

(b) The notice filed under Subsection (a) must:

(1) state:

(A) the decedent's name;

(B) the county of the court in which the decedent's estate is pending;

(C) the cause number assigned to the pending estate; and

(D) that one or more orders have been entered under Section 351.202(a); and

(2) include a description of the property that is the subject of the purchase, sale, lease, or other encumbrance.

(c) For purposes of determining a personal representative's authority with respect to a purchase, sale, lease, or other encumbrance of real property of a business that is part of an estate, a third party who deals in good faith with the representative with respect to the transaction may rely on the notice filed under Subsection (a) and an order entered under Section 351.202(a) and filed as part of the estate records maintained by the clerk of the court in which the estate is pending.
Tex. Transportation Code § 257.115 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 257 / Section 257.115
§ 257.115. DECLARATION OF BOND ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

The ex officio directors of a road district established under this subchapter by order shall declare the result of a district bond election and certify the result to the county judge of the county in the road district that has the greatest population.
Tex. Water Code § 54.733 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.733
§ 54.733. VOTED BUT UNISSUED BONDS.
Status: in_force

In the event any consolidating district has voted but unissued bonds payable in whole or in part from taxation and the consolidated district assumed the voted but unissued bonds and the consolidated district was authorized to levy taxes to pay for the bonds, then the consolidated district shall be authorized to issue the voted but unissued bonds in the name of the consolidated district and levy a uniform tax on all taxable property in the consolidated district to pay for the bonds.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.184 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.184
§ 155.184. CREDIT FOR TAX PAID.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may adopt rules providing for a credit or refund for tax paid on tobacco products if the tobacco products have become unfit for use or consumption or unsalable.

(b) The comptroller may not allow a credit or refund under this section unless the comptroller is satisfied that the tobacco products are unfit for use or consumption or unsalable or have been returned to the manufacturer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957A / Section 7957A.0305
§ 7957A.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. Business Organizations Code § 21.308 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.308
§ 21.308. PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a corporation's indebtedness that arises as a result of the declaration of a distribution and a corporation's indebtedness issued in a distribution are at parity with the corporation's indebtedness to its general, unsecured creditors.

(b) The indebtedness described by Subsection (a) shall be subordinated to the extent required by an agreement binding on the corporation on the date the indebtedness arises or if agreed to by the person to whom the indebtedness is owed or, with respect to indebtedness issued in a distribution, as provided by the corporation.

(c) The indebtedness described by Subsection (a) shall be secured to the extent required by an agreement binding on the corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.111
§ 1017.111. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.

(b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6022
§ 2306.6022. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the division. The file must include:

(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint;

(2) the date the complaint is received by the division;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, if the division closed the file without taking action other than to investigate the complaint.

(b) The division shall make available on its website the division's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution and shall provide copies of such information on request.

(c) The division, at least quarterly until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person who is a subject of the complaint of the status of the investigation unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.

(d) Unless otherwise confidential by law, the records of a license holder or other person that are required or obtained by the division or its agents or employees in connection with the investigation of a complaint are subject to the requirements of Chapter 552.

(e) The division director may allow an authorized employee of the division to dismiss a complaint if an investigation demonstrates that:

(1) a violation did not occur; or

(2) the subject of the complaint is outside the division's jurisdiction under this subchapter.

(f) An employee who dismisses a complaint under Subsection (e) shall report the dismissal to the division director and the board. The report must include a sufficient explanation of the reason the complaint was dismissed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.007
§ 843.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any information relating to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of an enrollee or applicant obtained by a health maintenance organization from the enrollee or applicant or from a physician or provider shall be held in confidence and may not be disclosed to any person except:

(1) to the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter or:

(A) Section 1367.053;

(B) Subchapter A, Chapter 1452;

(C) Subchapter B, Chapter 1507;

(D) Chapter 222, 251, or 258, as applicable to a health maintenance organization; or

(E) Chapter 1271 or 1272;

(2) with the express consent of the enrollee or applicant;

(3) in compliance with a statute or court order for the production or discovery of evidence; or

(4) in the event of a claim or litigation between the enrollee or applicant and the health maintenance organization in which the information is pertinent.

(b) A health maintenance organization is entitled to claim the statutory privilege against disclosure that the physician or provider who provides the information to the health maintenance organization is entitled to claim.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 144.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 144 / Section 144.005
§ 144.005. COURT RECORDS CONCERNING ORDER.
Status: in_force

The court shall seal records concerning an order issued under this chapter and ensure that the court's records are not open for inspection by any person except the former mental patient or on further order of the court after notice to the former mental patient and a finding of good cause. The institution of a suit or bringing of a claim by or on behalf of the former mental patient or the former patient's assignee or insurer constitutes good cause.
Tex. Government Code § 401.048 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.048
§ 401.048. ANNUAL BUDGETS.
Status: in_force

A reference in this subchapter or in Chapter 322 to a biennial budget or a regular legislative session means an annual budget or an annual budget session if a constitutional amendment is adopted providing for annual budget sessions of the legislature.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.107
§ 4002.107. WRITTEN EMPLOYEE COMPLAINT PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the commissioner or board concerning an employee or former employee. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall maintain the information listed in Section 4007.051 for files maintained under that section for complaints against persons registered under this title.

(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall make information available describing the board's procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition unless the notice would jeopardize a law enforcement investigation.
Tex. Penal Code § 46.04 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 46 / Section 46.04
§ 46.04. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an offense if he possesses a firearm:

(1) after conviction and before the fifth anniversary of the person's release from confinement following conviction of the felony or the person's release from supervision under community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision, whichever date is later; or

(2) after the period described by Subdivision (1), at any location other than the premises at which the person lives.

(a-1) A person who is a member of a criminal street gang, as defined by Section 71.01, commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft.

(b) A person who has been convicted of an offense under Section 22.01, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor and involving a member of the person's family or household, commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm before the fifth anniversary of the later of:

(1) the date of the person's release from confinement following conviction of the misdemeanor; or

(2) the date of the person's release from community supervision following conviction of the misdemeanor.

(c) A person, other than a peace officer, as defined by Section 1.07, actively engaged in employment as a sworn, full-time paid employee of a state agency or political subdivision, who is subject to an order issued under Section 6.504 or Chapter 85, Family Code, under Article 17.292 or Subchapter A, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or by another jurisdiction as provided by Chapter 88, Family Code, commits an offense if the person possesses a firearm after receiving notice of the order and before expiration of the order.

(d) In this section, "family," "household," and "member of a household" have the meanings assigned by Chapter 71, Family Code.

(e) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the third degree. An offense under Subsection (a-1), (b), or (c) is a Class A misdemeanor.

(f) For the purposes of this section, an offense under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States is, except as provided by Subsection (g), a felony if, at the time it is committed, the offense:

(1) is designated by a law of this state as a felony;

(2) contains all the elements of an offense designated by a law of this state as a felony; or

(3) is punishable by confinement for one year or more in a penitentiary.

(g) An offense is not considered a felony for purposes of Subsection (f) if, at the time the person possesses a firearm, the offense:

(1) is not designated by a law of this state as a felony; and

(2) does not contain all the elements of any offense designated by a law of this state as a felony.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.843 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.843
§ 242.843. COVERT USE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE; LIABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OR INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subchapter, the placement and use of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident is considered to be covert if:

(1) the placement and use of the device is not open and obvious; and

(2) the institution and the department are not informed about the device by the resident, by a person who placed the device in the room, or by a person who is using the device.

(b) The department and the institution may not be held to be civilly liable in connection with the covert placement or use of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0032 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0032
§ 25.0032. LOCATION OF PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 507 (S.B. 40), Sec. 17, eff. June 7, 2019.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including a specific provision in this chapter for a particular court or county that requires a statutory probate court to conduct its proceedings at the county seat, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a statutory probate court in that county from conducting its proceedings at the county seat, the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts, with the approval of the judge of the affected statutory probate court, may designate for the proceedings an alternate location:

(1) in the county; or

(2) outside the county at the location the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts determines is closest in proximity to the county seat that allows the court to safely and practicably conduct its proceedings, provided the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region for the designated location approves.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.361 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.361
§ 451.361. EXCHANGE OF BONDS FOR EXISTING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

An authority's revenue bonds may be exchanged, in lieu of cash, for the property of all or part of an existing transit authority system to be acquired by the authority. If the property is owned by a corporation that will dissolve simultaneously with the exchange, the authority may acquire the stock of the corporation.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 72.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 72 / Section 72.002
§ 72.002. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A business record required to be retained by a law of this state may be destroyed at any time after the third anniversary of the date the business record was created.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if a law or rule applicable to the business record prescribes a different retention period or procedure for disposal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3859.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3859 / Section 3859.207
§ 3859.207. PROPERTY OF CERTAIN UTILITIES EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENT AND IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including equipment or facilities, of:

(1) an electric utility as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or

(4) a cable operator as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522.