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Tex. Insurance Code § 38.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.004
§ 38.004. BALANCE BILLING PROHIBITION REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall, each biennium, conduct a study on the impacts of S.B. No. 1264, Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, on Texas consumers and health coverage in this state, including:

(1) trends in billed amounts for health care or medical services or supplies, especially emergency services, laboratory services, diagnostic imaging services, and facility-based services;

(2) comparison of the total amount spent on out-of-network emergency services, laboratory services, diagnostic imaging services, and facility-based services by calendar year and provider type or physician specialty;

(3) trends and changes in network participation by providers of emergency services, laboratory services, diagnostic imaging services, and facility-based services by provider type or physician specialty, including whether any terminations were initiated by a health benefit plan issuer, administrator, or provider;

(4) trends and changes in the amounts paid to participating providers;

(5) the number of complaints, completed investigations, and disciplinary sanctions for billing by providers of emergency services, laboratory services, diagnostic imaging services, or facility-based services of enrollees for amounts greater than the enrollee's responsibility under an applicable health benefit plan, including applicable copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles;

(6) trends in amounts paid to out-of-network providers;

(7) trends in the usual and customary rate for health care or medical services or supplies, especially emergency services, laboratory services, diagnostic imaging services, and facility-based services; and

(8) the effectiveness of the claim dispute resolution process under Chapter 1467.

(b) In conducting the study described by Subsection (a), the department shall collect settlement data and verdicts or arbitration awards, as applicable, from parties to mediation or arbitration under Chapter 1467.

(c) The department may not publish a particular rate paid to a participating provider in the study described by Subsection (a), identifying information of a physician or health care provider, or non-aggregated study results. Information described by this subsection is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(d) The department:

(1) shall collect data quarterly from a health benefit plan issuer or administrator subject to Chapter 1467 to conduct the study required by this section; and

(2) may utilize any reliable external resource or entity to acquire information reasonably necessary to prepare the report required by Subsection (e).

(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall prepare and submit a written report on the results of the study under this section, including the department's findings, to the legislature.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8041.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8041 / Section 8041.0304
§ 8041.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Water Code § 7.191 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.191
§ 7.191. NOTICE OF CONVICTION.
Status: in_force

In addition to a sentence that may be imposed under this subchapter, a person other than an individual that has been adjudged guilty of an offense may be ordered by the court to give notice of the conviction to any person the court considers appropriate.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0505 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0505
§ 544.0505. ANNUAL REPORT ON CERTAIN FRAUD AND ABUSE RECOVERIES.
Status: in_force

Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the amount of money recovered during the preceding 12-month period as a result of investigations and recovery efforts made under Subchapter H and Section 544.0502 by special investigative units or entities with which a managed care organization contracts under Section 544.0352(a)(2). The report must specify the amount of money each managed care organization retained under Section 544.0502(d).
Tex. Transportation Code § 1006.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.001
§ 1006.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority.

(2) "Economic motor vehicle theft" means motor vehicle burglary or theft, including theft of a catalytic converter attached to a motor vehicle, committed for financial gain.

(3) "Insurer" means any insurance company writing any form of motor vehicle insurance in this state, including an interinsurance or reciprocal exchange, mutual company, mutual association, or Lloyd's plan.

(4) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer designed for use with a self-propelled vehicle. The term does not include a vehicle that runs exclusively on fixed rails or tracks or a piece of equipment operated solely on private property.

(5) "Motor vehicle burglary or theft" includes economic motor vehicle theft.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3981.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3981 / Section 3981.0307
§ 3981.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Transportation Code § 203.032 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 203 / Section 203.032
§ 203.032. PRECEDENCE OF COMMISSION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an order of the commission under Section 203.031 supersedes a conflicting rule or ordinance of a state agency or subdivision of this state or any county or municipality, including a home-rule municipality.

(b) An order of the commission under Section 203.031(a)(2) or (4) does not supersede a conflicting rule or ordinance of a municipality, including a home-rule municipality, or a conflicting ordinance, resolution, or order of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more or a county adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, unless the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration notifies the department that enforcement of the rule, ordinance, resolution, or order would impair the ability of the state or the department to receive funds for highway construction or maintenance from the federal government.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply when the department owns the access rights.
Tex. Insurance Code § 38.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.201
§ 38.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "designated statistical agent" means an organization designated or contracted with by the commissioner under Section 38.202.
Tex. Property Code § 75.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 75 / Section 75.002
§ 75.002. TRANSFER AND PURCHASE OF MINERAL INTEREST ON MINERAL PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

A person purchasing mineral proceeds of an owner whose name has been reported or is reportable to the comptroller shall provide documentation required by the comptroller to substantiate that the transfer is executed by the reported owner or the reported owner's legal agent.
Tex. Family Code § 262.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.007
§ 262.007. POSSESSION AND DELIVERY OF MISSING CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer who, during a criminal investigation relating to a child's custody, discovers that a child is a missing child and believes that a person may flee with or conceal the child shall take possession of the child and provide for the delivery of the child as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) An officer who takes possession of a child under Subsection (a) shall deliver or arrange for the delivery of the child to a person entitled to possession of the child.

(c) If a person entitled to possession of the child is not immediately available to take possession of the child, the law enforcement officer shall deliver the child to the Department of Family and Protective Services. Until a person entitled to possession of the child takes possession of the child, the department may, without a court order, retain possession of the child not longer than five days after the date the child is delivered to the department. While the department retains possession of a child under this subsection, the department may place the child in foster care. If a parent or other person entitled to possession of the child does not take possession of the child before the sixth day after the date the child is delivered to the department, the department shall proceed under this chapter as if the law enforcement officer took possession of the child under Section 262.104.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.054
§ 1045.054. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7988.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7988 / Section 7988.006
§ 7988.006. 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. Government Code § 41.312 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 41 / Section 41.312
§ 41.312. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons are immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter or Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code:

(1) a member of the board of directors;

(2) a member of the executive board;

(3) the chief of the unit;

(4) the counselor serving the unit; and

(5) any other employee or officer of the unit.

(b) A court shall immediately dismiss any action asserting a claim against a person described by Subsection (a) that arose from the person's good faith conduct.

(c) This section does not affect a defense, immunity, or jurisdictional bar available to a person described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 25.0018 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0018
§ 25.0018. RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) When a retired or former judge is appointed as a visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the administrative file as a part of the proceedings in the cause a record that gives the visiting judge's name and shows that:

(1) the judge of the court was disqualified, absent, or disabled to try the cause;

(2) the visiting judge was appointed; and

(3) the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly administered to the visiting judge and filed with the regional presiding judge.

(b) "Administrative file" means a file kept by the court clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause number.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.105
§ 173.105. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer shall call at least one meeting of the board each year and may hold other meetings as the presiding officer determines are appropriate.
Tex. Estates Code § 356.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.051
§ 356.051. SALE OF CERTAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) After approval of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims, the personal representative of an estate promptly shall apply for a court order to sell, at public auction or privately, for cash or on credit for a term not to exceed six months, all estate property that is liable to perish, waste, or deteriorate in value, or that will be an expense or disadvantage to the estate if kept.

(b) The following may not be included in a sale under Subsection (a):

(1) property exempt from forced sale;

(2) property that is the subject of a specific legacy; and

(3) personal property necessary to carry on a farm, ranch, factory, or other business that is thought best to operate.

(c) In determining whether to order the sale of an asset under Subsection (a), the court shall consider:

(1) the personal representative's duty to take care of and manage the estate in the manner a person of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence would manage the person's own affairs; and

(2) whether the asset constitutes an asset that a trustee is authorized to invest under Subchapter F, Chapter 113, Property Code, or Chapter 117, Property Code.
Tex. Family Code § 161.1031 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.1031
§ 161.1031. MEDICAL HISTORY REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A parent who signs an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights under Section 161.103 regarding a biological child must also prepare a medical history report that addresses the medical history of the parent and the parent's ancestors.

(b) The Department of Family and Protective Services, in cooperation with the Department of State Health Services, shall adopt a form that a parent may use to comply with this section. The form must be designed to permit a parent to identify any medical condition of the parent or the parent's ancestors that could indicate a predisposition for the child to develop the condition.

(c) The medical history report shall be used in preparing the health, social, educational, and genetic history report required by Section 162.005 and shall be made available to persons granted access under Section 162.006 in the manner provided by that section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1806.058 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1806 / Section 1806.058
§ 1806.058. PARTICIPATING POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter, Subtitle C, and Subchapter A, Chapter 5, may not be construed to prohibit:

(1) a stock company, mutual insurance company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, or Lloyd's plan from operating under this subchapter, Subchapter A, Chapter 5, and Subtitle C; or

(2) a stock company, mutual insurance company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, or Lloyd's plan from issuing participating policies.

(b) An insurer must obtain commissioner approval before distributing a policyholder dividend if the dividend amount exceeds 10 percent of surplus. The commissioner may not approve a distribution of profits or dividends until the insurer has adequate reserves. The reserves must be computed on the same basis for all classes of insurers operating under this subchapter, Subtitle C, and Subchapter A, Chapter 5.

(c) The insurer must notify the commissioner in writing of each distribution if the insurer's policyholder dividend amount is not greater than 10 percent of surplus.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6905.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6905 / Section 6905.105
§ 6905.105. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall have regular meetings at times specified by board resolution and shall have special meetings when called by the board president or by any three directors.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 296.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 296 / Section 296.051
§ 296.051. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MANDATORY PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by an institutional health care provider in the county only in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.508 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.508
§ 12.508. REFUSAL OF LICENSE OR PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Notice" includes a certified letter sent from the department by the United States Postal Service to the applicant at the last address supplied to the department by the applicant or verbal notice to the applicant by a representative of the department.

(2) "Finally convicted" includes a final judgment of guilt, deferred adjudication, a plea of nolo contendere, or a plea of guilty.

(b) The department may refuse to issue or transfer an original or renewal license, permit, or tag if the applicant or transferee:

(1) has been finally convicted of a violation under this code or a rule adopted or a proclamation issued under this code;

(2) is liable to the state under Section 12.301; and

(3) has failed to fully pay the amount due under Section 12.301 after the department has issued notice of liability to the applicant or transferee.

(c) The contested case provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Sections 2001.051-2001.178, Government Code) do not apply to the refusal to issue, transfer, or renew a license, permit, or tag under this section.

(d) Expired.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.612 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.612
§ 9.612. TIMELINESS OF NOTIFICATION BEFORE DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), whether a notification is sent within a reasonable time is a question of fact.

(b) In a transaction other than a consumer transaction, a notification of disposition sent after default and 10 days or more before the earliest time of disposition set forth in the notification is sent within a reasonable time before the disposition.
Tex. Finance Code § 125.501 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 125 / Section 125.501
§ 125.501. RENTAL OF SAFE DEPOSIT BOX.
Status: in_force

A credit union or federal credit union may maintain and rent safe deposit boxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.102
§ 1121.102. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the district and the money and resources of the district.
Tex. Family Code § 4.103 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 4 / Section 4.103
§ 4.103. AGREEMENT BETWEEN SPOUSES CONCERNING INCOME OR PROPERTY FROM SEPARATE PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

At any time, the spouses may agree that the income or property arising from the separate property that is then owned by one of them, or that may thereafter be acquired, shall be the separate property of the owner.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.018 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.018
§ 68.018. PILOT REVIEW BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board shall establish a pilot review board, consisting of two branch pilots and three members of the marine industry who reside in Brazoria County, to hear and review complaints against pilots and to make recommendations to the board concerning the complaints.
Tex. Government Code § 403.601 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.601
§ 403.601. PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this subchapter are to:

(1) create new, high-paying permanent jobs and construction jobs in this state;

(2) encourage financially positive economic development in this state;

(3) provide a temporary competitive economic incentive for attracting certain large-scale economic development projects to this state that, in the absence of this subchapter, would likely locate in another state or nation;

(4) encourage energy and water infrastructure development, including new and expanded dispatchable electric generation facilities;

(5) make this state a national and international leader in new and innovative technologies;

(6) encourage the establishment of certain advanced manufacturing industry sectors critical to national defense and health care;

(7) create new wealth, raise personal income, and foster long-term expansion of state and local tax bases;

(8) provide growing and sustainable economic opportunity for the residents of this state; and

(9) incentivize the preceding objectives in a balanced, transparent, and accountable manner.
Tex. Government Code § 81.032 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.032
§ 81.032. DEPUTY CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk of the supreme court, with the permission of the court, may employ a deputy to assist the clerk in discharging the duties imposed on the clerk by this chapter or by rules promulgated under this chapter.

(b) The board of directors of the state bar shall set the deputy's salary. The salary shall be paid from state bar funds.
Tex. Labor Code § 502.066 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 502 / Section 502.066
§ 502.066. REQUIRED EXAMINATION OF INJURED EMPLOYEE; REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The division may require an employee who claims to have been injured to submit to an examination by the division or a person acting under the division's authority at a reasonable time and place in this state.

(b) On the request of an employee or the system, the employee, the institution, or the system is entitled to have a physician or chiropractor selected by the employee, the institution, or the system, as appropriate, present to participate in an examination under Subsection (a) or Section 408.004.

(c) An employee is not entitled to compensation during or for a period in which the employee refuses to submit to an examination under Subsection (a) or Section 408.004.

(d) The system or the institution may have an injured employee examined at a reasonable time and at a place suitable to the employee's condition and convenient and accessible to the employee by a physician or chiropractor selected by the system or the institution. The system or the institution shall pay for an examination under this subsection and for the employee's reasonable expenses incident to the examination. The employee is entitled to have a physician or chiropractor selected by the employee present to participate in an examination under this subsection.

(e) The system or the institution shall pay the fee set by the division for the services of a physician or chiropractor selected by the employee under Subsection (b) or (d).
Tex. Local Government Code § 216.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 216 / Section 216.014
§ 216.014. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board may file in district court a verified petition setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be filed within 20 days after the date the decision is rendered by the board.

(b) On the filing of the petition, the court may issue a writ of certiorari directed to the board to review the decision of the board and shall prescribe in the writ the time within which a return must be made, which must be longer than 10 days and may be extended by the court.

(c) The board is not required to return the original papers acted on by it, but it shall be sufficient to return certified or sworn copies of the papers. The return must concisely set forth all other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds of the decision appealed from and must be verified.

(d) The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the decision brought up for review.

(e) Costs may not be allowed against the board unless it appears to the court that the board acted with gross negligence, in bad faith, or with malice in making the decision appealed from.