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Tex. Transportation Code § 730.005 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 730 / Section 730.005
§ 730.005. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

Personal information obtained by an agency in connection with a motor vehicle record shall be disclosed for use in connection with any matter of:

(1) motor vehicle or motor vehicle operator safety;

(2) motor vehicle theft;

(3) motor vehicle emissions;

(4) motor vehicle product alterations, recalls, or advisories;

(5) performance monitoring of motor vehicles or motor vehicle dealers by a motor vehicle manufacturer;

(6) removal of nonowner records from the original owner records of a motor vehicle manufacturer to carry out the purposes of:

(A) the Automobile Information Disclosure Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1231 et seq.;

(B) 49 U.S.C. Chapters 301, 305, 323, 325, 327, 329, and 331;

(C) the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, 18 U.S.C. Sections 553, 981, 982, 2119, 2312, 2313, and 2322, 19 U.S.C. Sections 1646b and 1646c, and 42 U.S.C. Section 3750a et seq., all as amended;

(D) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq., as amended; and

(E) any other statute or regulation enacted or adopted under or in relation to a law included in Paragraphs (A)-(D);

(7) child support enforcement under Chapter 231, Family Code;

(8) enforcement by the Texas Workforce Commission under Title 4, Labor Code; or

(9) voter registration or the administration of elections by the secretary of state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.205
§ 1202.205. RECIPROCITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule may authorize an inspection of industrialized housing or buildings constructed in another state to be performed by an inspector of the equivalent regulatory agency of the other state.

(b) The commission by rule may authorize an inspection of industrialized housing or buildings constructed in this state for use in another state.

(c) The commission shall enter into a reciprocity agreement with the equivalent regulatory agency of the other state as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3913.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3913 / Section 3913.203
§ 3913.203. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.501 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.501
§ 348.501. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not act as a holder under this chapter unless the person:

(1) is an authorized lender or a credit union; or

(2) holds a license issued under this chapter.

(b) A person who is required to hold a license under this chapter must ensure that each office at which retail installment transactions are made, serviced, held, or collected under this chapter is licensed or otherwise authorized to make, service, hold, or collect retail installment transactions in accordance with this chapter and rules implementing this chapter.

(c) A license holder under this chapter who engages in the sale of a motor vehicle to be used as a principal dwelling must meet the surety bond or recovery fund fee requirements, as applicable, of the holder's residential mortgage loan originator under Section 180.058.

(d) A person may not use any device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this section.
Tex. Water Code § 13.153 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.153
§ 13.153. INITIATION, TRANSFER, OR TERMINATION OF SERVICE.
Status: in_force

A retail public utility may initiate, transfer, or terminate a customer's retail water or sewer service on receipt of a customer request by mail, by telephone, through an Internet website, or through another electronic transmission.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.051
§ 4001.051. ACTS CONSTITUTING ACTING AS AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies regardless of whether an insurer is incorporated under the laws of this state or another state or a foreign government.

(b) Regardless of whether the act is done at the request of or by the employment of an insurer, broker, or other person, a person is the agent of the insurer for which the act is done or risk is taken for purposes of the liabilities, duties, requirements, and penalties provided by this title or Chapter 21 if the person:

(1) solicits insurance on behalf of the insurer;

(2) receives or transmits other than on the person's own behalf an application for insurance or an insurance policy to or from the insurer;

(3) advertises or otherwise gives notice that the person will receive or transmit an application for insurance or an insurance policy;

(4) receives or transmits an insurance policy of the insurer;

(5) examines or inspects a risk;

(6) receives, collects, or transmits an insurance premium;

(7) makes or forwards a diagram of a building;

(8) takes any other action in the making or consummation of an insurance contract for or with the insurer other than on the person's own behalf; or

(9) examines into, adjusts, or aids in adjusting a loss for or on behalf of the insurer.

(c) This section does not authorize an agent to orally, in writing, or otherwise alter or waive a term or condition of an insurance policy or an application for an insurance policy.

(d) The referral by an unlicensed person of a customer or potential customer to an agent is not an act of an agent under this section unless the unlicensed person discusses specific insurance policy terms or conditions with the customer or potential customer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.102
§ 3897.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

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, including a project described by Subchapter C-1, or under Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1507.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.006
§ 1507.006. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A health carrier providing a standard health benefit plan must provide a proposed policyholder or policyholder with a written disclosure statement that:

(1) acknowledges that the standard health benefit plan being purchased does not provide some or all state-mandated health benefits;

(2) lists those state-mandated health benefits not included in the standard health benefit plan; and

(3) if the standard health benefit plan is issued to an individual policyholder, provides a notice that purchase of the plan may limit the policyholder's future coverage options in the event the policyholder's health changes and needed benefits are not available under the standard health benefit plan.

(b) Each applicant for initial coverage must sign the disclosure statement provided by the health carrier under Subsection (a) and return the statement to the health carrier. Under a group policy or contract, the term "applicant" means the employer.

(c) A health carrier must:

(1) retain the signed disclosure statement in the health carrier's records; and

(2) on request from the commissioner, provide the signed disclosure statement to the department.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2201.257 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2201 / Section 2201.257
§ 2201.257. PAYMENT OF PREMIUM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Premiums paid for coverage of risks located in this state by a purchasing group or any group member are subject to taxation at the same rate and subject to the same interest, fines, and penalties for nonpayment that apply to premiums paid for similar coverage by other insureds.

(b) Title 3 is used to compute applicable tax rates for a purchasing group or any group member that pays premiums for coverage of risks located in this state to:

(1) an insurer holding a certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state; or

(2) a risk retention group authorized to engage in business in this state.

(c) To the extent that a purchasing group or group member pays premiums as described by Subsection (b), the insurer or risk retention group receiving those premiums shall remit the tax to the department.

(d) Chapter 225 is used to compute applicable tax rates for a purchasing group or any group member that pays premiums for coverage of risks located in this state to an eligible surplus lines insurer. If a purchasing group or member pays those premiums, the surplus lines agent shall report and remit the tax. If the agent does not remit the tax, the purchasing group shall remit the tax.
Tex. Government Code § 411.2032 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.2032
§ 411.2032. TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BY LICENSE HOLDERS IN PRIVATE VEHICLES ON CERTAIN CAMPUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Campus" means all land and buildings owned or leased by an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education.

(2) "Institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) An institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state may not adopt or enforce any rule, regulation, or other provision or take any other action, including posting notice under Section 30.06 or 30.07, Penal Code, prohibiting or placing restrictions on the storage or transportation of a firearm or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle by a person, including a student enrolled at that institution, who holds a license to carry a handgun under this subchapter and lawfully possesses the firearm or ammunition:

(1) on a street or driveway located on the campus of the institution; or

(2) in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area located on the campus of the institution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 453.306 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 453 / Section 453.306
§ 453.306. INCONTESTABILITY.
Status: in_force

Bonds are incontestable after they are:

(1) approved by the attorney general;

(2) registered by the comptroller; and

(3) sold and delivered to the purchaser.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.153 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.153
§ 351.153. EXCEPTION TO OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality described by Section 351.152(5), (6), (29), or (58).

(b) Section 351.151(2)(B) does not apply to a facility that otherwise meets the requirements of a qualified convention center facility under Section 351.151.

(c) Section 351.151(3)(A) does not apply to a hotel that otherwise meets the requirements of a qualified hotel under Section 351.151.
Tex. Education Code § 56.487 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.487
§ 56.487. APPLICATION PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The coordinating board shall establish application procedures for the program. The procedures may require an officer of the applicable high school or school district to verify the eligibility of a student to receive a scholarship under the program.

(b) The coordinating board may permit a student to establish initial eligibility based on the student's class rank at the end of the student's seventh semester in high school. The board may revoke an initial scholarship awarded to a student who subsequently loses eligibility based on the student's class rank on graduation from high school.

(c) The coordinating board may consider applications received after the application deadline only if sufficient funding for scholarships remains after the board awards scholarships to all eligible students who applied on or before the deadline.

(d) The coordinating board shall establish procedures to notify each eligible student of the receipt of a scholarship under the program and to enable an institution of higher education to verify the award of a scholarship to a student who is enrolled at that institution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293A.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293A / Section 293A.054
§ 293A.054. INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING; INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall require each institutional health care provider located in the county to submit to the county a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections.

(b) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may inspect the records of an institutional health care provider to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of Subsection (a).
Tex. Estates Code § 113.202 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 113 / Section 113.202
§ 113.202. PAYMENT OF MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

A multiple-party account may be paid, on request, to any one or more of the parties.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1207.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1207 / Section 1207.004
§ 1207.004. TERMINATION OF ENROLLMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other requirement of a group health benefit plan, the plan issuer shall permit an individual who is enrolled in the plan under Section 1207.002(a)(1), and any family member of the individual enrolled under Section 1207.002(c), to terminate enrollment in the plan not later than the 60th day after the date on which the individual provides satisfactory proof to the issuer that the individual is no longer:

(1) a recipient of medical assistance under the state Medicaid program; or

(2) a participant in the health insurance premium payment reimbursement program under Section 32.0422, Human Resources Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other requirement of a group health benefit plan, the plan issuer shall permit an individual who is enrolled in the plan under Section 1207.002(a)(2), and any family member of the individual enrolled under Section 1207.002(c), to terminate enrollment in the plan not later than the 60th day after the date on which the individual provides a written request to disenroll from the plan because the individual no longer wishes to participate in the health insurance premium assistance program under Section 62.059, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8861.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8861 / Section 8861.001
§ 8861.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Menard County Underground Water District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9016.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9016 / Section 9016.107
§ 9016.107. COSTS OF LINE RELOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is solely responsible for the expense associated with the relocation of any district water line required by:

(1) the county or a municipality; or

(2) a state or federal highway authority, including the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.

(b) The district will not unreasonably delay any requested line relocation.
Tex. Finance Code § 182.009 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 182 / Section 182.009
§ 182.009. APPLICATION OF GENERAL CORPORATE LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) The Business Organizations Code applies to a trust association as if it were a for-profit corporation, and to a limited trust association as if it were a limited liability company, to the extent not inconsistent with this subtitle or the proper business of a state trust company, except that:

(1) a reference to the secretary of state means the banking commissioner unless the context requires otherwise; and

(2) the right of shareholders or participants to cumulative voting in the election of directors or managers exists only if granted by the state trust company's certificate of formation.

(b) Unless expressly authorized by this subtitle or a rule of the finance commission, a state trust company may not take an action authorized by a law listed under Subsection (a) regarding its corporate status, capital structure, or a matter of corporate governance, of the type for which a law listed under Subsection (a) would require a filing with the secretary of state if the state trust company were a filing entity, without submitting the filing to the banking commissioner for prior written approval of the action.

(c) The finance commission may adopt rules to alter or supplement the procedures and requirements of the laws listed by Subsection (a) applicable to an action taken under this chapter by a state trust company.

(d) In this subtitle, a reference to a term or phrase listed in a subdivision of Section 1.006, Business Organizations Code, includes a synonymous term or phrase referenced by the same subdivision in Section 1.006 of that code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.004
§ 1085.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Parker County, Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8463.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8463 / Section 8463.201
§ 8463.201. 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. Insurance Code § 1131.453 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.453
§ 1131.453. PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

The policyholder must pay the premium for the policy from:

(1) the creditor's funds;

(2) charges collected from the insured debtors; or

(3) both the creditor's funds and charges collected from the insured debtors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.053
§ 3883.053. INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The initial board consists of the following voting directors:

Pos. No. Name of Director

1 Dan Arnold

2 Kirk Pfeffer

3 David Dacote

4 Jim Casey

5 Steve Alvis

6 Gregory D. Compean

7 Ramon Garza

(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors appointed for positions 1 through 4 expire June 1, 2011, and the terms of directors appointed for positions 5 through 7 expire June 1, 2013.

(c) Section 3883.052 does not apply to this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.105
§ 460.105. OPERATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may:

(1) acquire, construct, develop, plan, own, operate, and maintain a public transportation system in the territory of the authority, including the territory of a political subdivision or municipality partially located in the territory of the authority;

(2) contract with a municipality, county, or other political subdivision for the authority to provide public transportation services outside the authority;

(3) lease all or part of the public transportation to, or contract for the operation of all or a part of the public transportation system by, an operator;

(4) contract with a political subdivision or governmental entity to provide public transportation services inside the authority consistent with rules and regulations established by the authority, including capital, maintenance, operation, and other costs specifically approved and audited by the authority; and

(5) acquire, construct, develop, plan, own, operate, maintain, or manage a public transportation system or project not located in the territory of the authority if the system or project provides a service, benefit, or convenience to the people in the territory of the authority.

(b) An authority shall determine routes of the public transportation system or approve routes submitted to the authority.

(c) A private operator who contracts with an authority under this chapter is not a public entity for purposes of any law of this state except that an independent contractor of the authority that performs a function of the authority is liable for damages only to the extent that the authority would be liable if the authority or entity itself were performing the function.
Tex. Family Code § 201.204 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.204
§ 201.204. GENERAL POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may refer a complex case back to the referring court for final disposition after recommending temporary orders for the protection of a child.

(b) An associate judge may render and sign any pretrial order.

(c) An associate judge may recommend to the referring court any order after a trial on the merits.

(d) An associate judge may hear and render an order in a suit for the adoption of a child for whom the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has been named managing conservator.

(e) An associate judge may hear and render an order in a suit referred to the associate judge by a juvenile court under Section 51.04, subject to the limitations placed on the associate judge's authority in the order of referral.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.060
§ 1026.060. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator.

(c) The district administrator and any assistant administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(d) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
Tex. Government Code § 81.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.001
§ 81.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the State Bar Act.