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Tex. Labor Code § 204.0652 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 204 / Section 204.0652
§ 204.0652. SURPLUS CREDIT RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission does not compute a surplus credit under Section 204.0651, the commission may use any portion of the surplus under Section 204.065 that is not used to pay bond obligations to compute an annual surplus credit rate for an employer entitled to an experience rate on the computation date.

(b) The surplus credit rate is computed by multiplying the surplus ratio computed under Section 204.066 by the employer's general and replenishment tax rates for the preceding year.

(c) The surplus credit rate shall be subtracted from the sum of the general and replenishment tax rates. The remainder may not be less than zero. The results shall be rounded to the nearest hundredth.

(d) An employer may not receive a surplus credit rate if any delinquent contributions are due on the computation date, but is eligible for a surplus credit rate beginning on the calendar quarter following the quarter in which the delinquent contributions are paid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.004
§ 1025.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Justice of the Peace Precinct No. 4 of Wichita County, Texas, as those boundaries existed on June 14, 1973.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.154
§ 2203.154. PUNITIVE DAMAGES EXCLUDED.
Status: in_force

The association may not issue or renew a medical liability insurance policy for a physician or health care provider under this chapter that includes coverage for punitive damages assessed against the physician or health care provider.
Tex. Local Government Code § 342.901 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 342 / Section 342.901
§ 342.901. FIRE SUPPRESSION STANDARDS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a general law municipality that:

(1) has a population of less than 4,000;

(2) is located in a county that:

(A) has a population of more than 1.2 million; and

(B) is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 600,000; and

(3) is served by a district governed by Chapter 51, Water Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing body of a municipality may by ordinance establish water flow and water pressure standards sufficient to provide adequate pressure to fire suppression systems and require a district described by Subsection (a)(3) that provides water service in the municipality to take reasonable measures to comply with those standards.

(c) Before a municipality adopts an ordinance under this section, the municipality and the district described by Subsection (a)(3) that is subject to the proposed ordinance shall establish the scope of and estimate the costs associated with any capital improvements necessary to comply with the proposed ordinance.

(d) A district described by Subsection (a)(3) may recover the costs associated with complying with an ordinance adopted under this section through a surcharge assessed only to customers served in the municipality to the extent that:

(1) complying with the ordinance results in additional capital improvement costs for the district; and

(2) the ordinance establishes water flow and water pressure standards inside municipal boundaries that are more stringent than water flow and water pressure standards required outside municipal boundaries.

(e) To the extent of a conflict between this section and any other law, this section controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8442.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8442 / Section 8442.051
§ 8442.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.151
§ 1105.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The district administrator shall prepare for approval by the board an annual budget that corresponds to the district's fiscal year.

(b) Not later than August 31 of each year, the board shall publish notice of a public hearing on the proposed budget. The notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Terry County at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1271 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1271
§ 152.1271. JASPER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Jasper County is included in the East Texas Juvenile Board. The juvenile board is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Jasper, Newton, Sabine, or San Augustine County.

(b) The judge of the 1st Judicial District is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative officer. The juvenile board shall elect a county judge on the board to serve as vice-chairman.

(c) The Commissioners Court of Jasper County may pay the county judge of Jasper County additional annual compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court.

(d) The commissioners courts of the counties included on the board may pay the district judges on the board additional annual compensation in an amount set by a majority of the county commissioners of the four counties. The commissioners court of each county shall pay the compensation to the district judges in accordance with the ratio that the population of the county bears to the total population of the four counties.

(e) The compensation paid to the county and district judges is for the added duties imposed on the judges and shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the counties.

(f) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the East Texas Juvenile Board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987A / Section 7987A.0305
§ 7987A.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. Human Resources Code § 161.154 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.154
§ 161.154. RESPITE SERVICES CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall contract with at least three eligible community-based organizations or local governmental entities selected by the department to:

(1) provide respite services; and

(2) facilitate access to respite services.

(b) The department may award a contract under this section only after issuing a request for proposals for the contract.

(c) A community-based organization or local governmental entity is eligible to contract under this section only if the organization or entity has experience in and an existing procedure for:

(1) coordinating support services for multiple groups of persons who need support services, including persons with a physical or intellectual disability and elderly persons;

(2) connecting caregivers with respite services providers;

(3) maintaining and providing information regarding available respite services; and

(4) conducting public awareness activities regarding available respite services.

(d) The department shall include in each contract with a respite services coordinator provisions requiring the coordinator to:

(1) subject to the availability of money, provide vouchers for respite services to caregivers participating in the program who are not eligible for respite services provided through other programs; and

(2) connect caregivers participating in the program with available respite services.

(e) The department shall provide each community-based organization or local governmental entity with which the department contracts under this subchapter with:

(1) technical assistance; and

(2) policy and program development support.

(f) The department shall monitor a contractor's performance under a contract entered into under this subchapter using clearly defined and measurable performance objectives.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.251
§ 1101.251. DEFINITION OF COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "committee" means the Texas Real Estate Broker-Lawyer Committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7996A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996A / Section 7996A.0201
§ 7996A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7996A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9701.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9701 / Section 9701.152
§ 9701.152. ALLOCATION OF EARNED INTEREST.
Status: in_force

The Red Bluff District shall annually distribute interest earned on the principal amount as follows:

(1) one-third to the Red Bluff District; and

(2) two-thirds to the member districts, to be allocated among the member districts in the same percentages as each member district's pro rata share of water under the master contract between the Red Bluff District and the member districts dated March 8, 1934.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.041 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.041
§ 60.041. LOOP RESALE TARIFF.
Status: in_force

(a) An incumbent local exchange company that on September 1, 1995, serves one million or more access lines or that on or before September 1, 1995, elects regulation under Chapter 58 shall file a usage sensitive loop resale tariff.

(b) An incumbent local exchange company shall file a usage sensitive loop resale tariff not later than the 60th day after the date a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority is granted under Chapter 54 if the company:

(1) serves fewer than one million access lines; and

(2) is not an electing company under Chapter 58.

(c) The commission shall conduct an appropriate proceeding to determine the rates and terms of the resale tariff not later than the 180th day after the date the tariff is filed.

(d) The commission may not approve a usage sensitive rate unless the rate recovers:

(1) the total long run incremental cost of the loop on an unseparated basis; and

(2) an appropriate contribution to joint and common costs.

(e) Except as provided by Section 60.044, a person may not purchase from the resale tariff unless the person is the holder of:

(1) a certificate of convenience and necessity;

(2) a certificate of operating authority; or

(3) a service provider certificate of operating authority.

(f) In this section, "loop resale" means the purchase of the local distribution channel or loop facility from the incumbent local exchange company to resell to end user customers.
Tex. Water Code § 36.053 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.053
§ 36.053. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a majority of the membership of the board constitutes a quorum for any meeting, and a concurrence of a majority of the entire membership of the board is sufficient for transacting any business of the district.

(b) For the purposes of making a final decision on a permit or permit amendment application by a board composed of 10 or more directors, a concurrence of a majority of the directors eligible to vote is sufficient for taking an action on the application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.116
§ 1013.116. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick or injured person for whom that county, municipality, or public hospital has an obligation to provide care, as provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall seek reimbursement under Article 104.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, for the district's care and treatment of a person who is confined in a Castro County jail facility and is not a district resident.
Tex. Government Code § 443.0231 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443 / Section 443.0231
§ 443.0231. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.
Status: in_force

Chapter 2054 does not apply to the board.
Tex. Government Code § 782.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 782 / Section 782.006
§ 782.006. COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall appoint a commission for each cultural basin the governor designates.

(b) A commission shall meet quarterly and at other times as called by a majority of the commission members or the commission chairman.
Tex. Government Code § 443.0072 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443 / Section 443.0072
§ 443.0072. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO OTHER BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

In regard to any buildings, contents, or grounds over which the board has jurisdiction, the board has the same powers and duties it has in regard to the Capitol and the General Land Office Building, except as expressly limited by law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.507 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.507
§ 651.507. EFFECT OF MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission or an administrative law judge employed by the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall review each disciplinary proceeding to determine whether the license holder has previously violated the same provision of this chapter or rule adopted under this chapter. If it is determined that the license holder has previously violated the same provision of this chapter or rule adopted under this chapter, the commission or administrative law judge shall impose a disciplinary action that is more severe than that imposed on the previous occasion.

(b) In a disciplinary proceeding involving multiple violations of this chapter, the commission or the administrative law judge shall impose a disciplinary action that is more severe than the disciplinary action that would be imposed cumulatively for each of the individual violations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0302
§ 3965.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may not construct or finance an improvement project, other than a water, sewer, or drainage facility or road, unless the governing body of the city by ordinance or resolution consents to the construction or financing.

(c) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations to maintain or repair an existing improvement project only if the governing body of the city by ordinance or resolution consents to the issuance.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.508 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.508
§ 301.508. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If the person does not pay the penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the executive director may refer the matter to the attorney general for collection of the penalty.
Tex. Government Code § 24.500 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.500
§ 24.500.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.500. 354TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HUNT AND RAINS COUNTIES). (a) The 354th Judicial District is composed of Hunt and Rains counties.

(b) Section 24.108, relating to the 8th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 354th District Court.
Tex. Occupations Code § 569.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 569 / Section 569.003
§ 569.003. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

An insurer reporting under this subchapter, its agents or employees, or the board or its employees or representatives are not liable for damages in a suit brought by any person or entity for reporting as required by this subchapter or for any other action taken under this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.304 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.304
§ 393.304. FALSE OR MISLEADING REPRESENTATION OR STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

A credit services organization or a representative of the organization may not:

(1) make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of the organization, including:

(A) guaranteeing to "erase bad credit" or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete; and

(B) guaranteeing an extension of consumer credit regardless of the person's credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements for obtaining the extension; or

(2) make, or advise a consumer to make, a statement relating to a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that the person knows, or should know by the exercise of reasonable care, to be false or misleading to a:

(A) consumer reporting agency; or

(B) person who has extended consumer credit to a consumer or to whom a consumer is applying for an extension of consumer credit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3986.0107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3986 / Section 3986.0107
§ 3986.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 201.251 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 201 / Section 201.251
§ 201.251. LIABILITY OF PRODUCER AND PURCHASER.
Status: in_force

(a) The tax imposed by this chapter is the primary liability of the producer and, except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, is a liability of the first purchaser and each subsequent purchaser. Failure of the first purchaser to pay the tax does not relieve the producer or a subsequent purchaser from liability for the tax. A purchaser of gas produced in the state shall satisfy himself that the tax on that gas has been or will be paid by the person liable for the tax.

(b) The first purchaser is not liable for the tax imposed by this chapter on gas for which the producer is required to pay the tax as provided by Section 201.2041 of this code, unless the first purchaser purchases the gas for resale or resells the gas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8072.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8072 / Section 8072.0106
§ 8072.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

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

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.111 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.111
§ 382.111. INSPECTIONS; POWER TO ENTER PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government has the same power and is subject to the same restrictions as the commission under Section 382.015 to inspect the air and to enter public or private property in its territorial jurisdiction to determine if:

(1) the level of air contaminants in an area in its territorial jurisdiction and the emissions from a source meet the levels set by:

(A) the commission; or

(B) a municipality's governing body under Section 382.113; or

(2) a person is complying with this chapter or a rule, variance, or order issued by the commission.

(b) A local government shall send the results of its inspections to the commission when requested by the commission.
Tex. Local Government Code § 337.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 337 / Section 337.014
§ 337.014. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The authority of a corporation may not preempt the police powers of any sponsoring entity or any other laws regulating or empowering sponsoring entities to regulate the activities of the corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0304
§ 3800.0304. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9007.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9007 / Section 9007.052
§ 9007.052. DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person seeking to represent a single-member precinct of the district must own land in the precinct the person seeks to represent.

(b) A person seeking to represent the district at large must own land in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 13.013 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 13 / Section 13.013
§ 13.013. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

The savings and mortgage lending commissioner or the savings and mortgage lending commissioner's designee shall provide to agency employees, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for office or employment under this chapter, including information regarding a person's responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Government Code § 862.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 862 / Section 862.001
§ 862.001. PARTICIPATION BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, "department" means a department or other organization that:

(1) performs emergency services, including a volunteer fire department, as defined by Section 614.101; and

(2) is not a for-profit entity.

(a-1) The governing body of a department may, in the manner provided for taking official action by the body, elect to participate in the pension system. The governing body of a department shall notify the executive director as soon as practicable of an election made under this subsection. Except as provided by Subsection (b), an election to participate under this subsection is irrevocable.

(b) The state board may adopt rules that allow the governing body of a participating department to revoke its election to participate in the pension system under Subsection (a-1) in a manner that maintains an actuarially sound pension system.