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Tex. Family Code § 264.754 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.754
§ 264.754. ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED PLACEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "low-risk criminal offense" means a nonviolent criminal offense, including a fraud-based offense, the department determines has a low risk of impacting:

(1) a child's safety or well-being; or

(2) the stability of a child's placement with a relative or other designated caregiver.

(b) Before placing a child with a proposed relative or other designated caregiver, the department must conduct an assessment to determine whether the proposed placement is in the child's best interest.

(c) If the department disqualifies a person from serving as a relative or other designated caregiver for a child on the basis that the person has been convicted of a low-risk criminal offense, the person may appeal the disqualification in accordance with the procedure developed under Subsection (d).

(d) The department shall develop:

(1) a list of criminal offenses the department determines are low-risk criminal offenses; and

(2) a procedure for appropriate regional administration of the department to review a decision to disqualify a person from serving as a relative or other designated caregiver that includes the consideration of:

(A) when the person's conviction occurred;

(B) whether the person has multiple convictions for low-risk criminal offenses; and

(C) the likelihood that the person will commit fraudulent activity in the future.

(e) The department shall:

(1) publish the list of low-risk criminal offenses and information regarding the review procedure developed under Subsection (d) on the department's Internet website; and

(2) provide prospective relative and other designated caregivers information regarding the review procedure developed under Subsection (d).
Tex. Transportation Code § 252.310 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 252 / Section 252.310
§ 252.310. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The county road engineer shall inspect for the county the progress of work on a county road construction and maintenance project awarded to a private contractor.
Tex. Education Code § 37.351 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.351
§ 37.351. FACILITIES STANDARDS COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district must ensure that each district facility complies with each school facilities standard, including performance standards and operational requirements, related to safety and security adopted under Section 7.061 or provided by other law or agency rule.

(b) A school district must develop and maintain documentation of the district's implementation of and compliance with school safety and security facilities standards for each district facility, including a good cause exception claimed under Section 37.353, and shall, if requested by the agency, provide that documentation to the agency in the manner prescribed by the agency.
Tex. Election Code § 276.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 276 / Section 276.009
§ 276.009. VOTING BY SEQUESTERED JUROR.
Status: in_force

(a) The judge of a court that has issued an order that a jury not be allowed to separate shall permit a juror reasonable time to vote on election day.

(b) The court may provide the juror with a means of transportation to and from the appropriate polling place.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0212 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0212
§ 32.0212. DELIVERY OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Sections 540.0502, 540.0701, and 540.0753, Government Code, the commission shall provide medical assistance for acute care services through the Medicaid managed care system implemented under Chapters 540 and 540A, Government Code, or another Medicaid capitated managed care program.
Tex. Local Government Code § 8.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 8 / Section 8.001
§ 8.001. AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A community may incorporate under this subchapter as a Type C general-law municipality if it:

(1) constitutes an unincorporated city, town, or village;

(2) contains 201 to 4,999 inhabitants; and

(3) meets the territorial requirements prescribed by Section 5.901.

(b) A community incorporating as a Type C general-law municipality adopts the commission form of government.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.0056
§ 437.0056. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt rules for the efficient enforcement of this chapter by the department in an area not regulated under this chapter by a county or public health district. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for granting and maintaining a permit in an area not regulated under this chapter by a county or public health district. The commissioner may refuse an application for a permit or suspend or revoke a permit in an area not regulated under this chapter by a county or public health district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1305.303 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.303
§ 1305.303. QUALITY OF CARE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A network shall develop and maintain an ongoing quality improvement program designed to objectively and systematically monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and services and to pursue opportunities for improvement. The quality improvement program must include return-to-work and medical case management programs.

(b) The network's governing body is ultimately responsible for the quality improvement program. The governing body shall:

(1) appoint a quality improvement committee that includes network providers;

(2) approve the quality improvement program;

(3) approve an annual quality improvement plan;

(4) meet at least annually to receive and review reports of the quality improvement committee or group of committees, and take action as appropriate; and

(5) review the annual written report on the quality improvement program.

(c) The quality improvement committee or committees shall evaluate the overall effectiveness of the quality improvement program as determined by commissioner rules.

(d) The quality improvement program must be continuous and comprehensive and must address both the quality of clinical care and the quality of services. The network shall dedicate adequate resources, including adequate personnel and information systems, to the quality improvement program.

(e) The network shall develop a written description of the quality improvement program that outlines the organizational structure of the program, the functional responsibilities of the program, and the frequency of committee meetings.

(f) The network shall develop an annual quality improvement work plan designed to reflect the type of services and the populations served by the network in terms of age groups, disease or injury categories, and special risk status, such as type of industry.

(g) The network shall prepare an annual written report to the department on the quality improvement program. The report must include:

(1) completed activities;

(2) the trending of clinical and service goals;

(3) an analysis of program performance; and

(4) conclusions regarding the effectiveness of the program.

(h) Each network shall implement a documented process for the selection and retention of contracted providers, in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner.

(i) The quality improvement program must provide for a peer review action procedure for providers, as described by Section 151.002, Occupations Code.

(j) The network shall have a medical case management program with certified case managers. Case managers shall work with treating doctors, referral providers, and employers to facilitate cost-effective care and employee return-to-work.
Tex. Utilities Code § 252.008 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 252 / Section 252.008
§ 252.008. EASEMENTS; INDEMNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A cable operator is responsible for obtaining all rights-of-way and easements necessary for the installation, operation, and maintenance of the operator's pole attachments.

(b) An electric cooperative is not required to obtain or expand a right-of-way or easement to accommodate a pole attachment requested by a cable operator.

(c) An electric cooperative is not liable if a cable operator is prevented from placing or maintaining a pole attachment because the cable operator did not obtain a necessary right-of-way or easement.

(d) A cable operator shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the electric cooperative and the cooperative's members, directors, officers, agents, and employees from and against any liability resulting from the cable operator's failure to obtain a necessary right-of-way or an easement for a pole attachment.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1505.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.004
§ 1505.004. EXECUTION OF POLICY.
Status: in_force

An authorized person may execute an insurance policy subject to this chapter on behalf of the participating health insurers.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 51.04 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 51 / Section 51.04
§ 51.04. STOCKING RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) All employees handling distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages being stocked in the minibar must be at least 18 years of age.

(b) A minibar may not be restocked or replenished during any hours that a mixed beverage permittee may not sell alcoholic beverages at the location as provided by Section 105.03 of this code and it may contain no more than 40 individual containers of alcoholic beverages at any one time.

(c) A minibar may only be maintained, serviced, or stocked with alcoholic beverages by a person who is an employee of the holder of a mixed beverage permit, and no other person shall be authorized to add alcoholic beverages to a minibar or, with the exception of a registered hotel guest consumer, to remove alcoholic beverages from a minibar.

(d) A mixed beverage permit holder who operates a minibar shall adhere to standards of quality and purity of alcoholic beverages prescribed by the commission and shall destroy any alcoholic beverages contained in a minibar on the date which is considered by the manufacturer of the alcoholic beverage to be the date the product becomes inappropriate for sale to a consumer.
Tex. Election Code § 31.097 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.097
§ 31.097. EARLY VOTING.
Status: in_force

(a) An election services contract may provide that the county election officer's deputies may serve as deputy early voting clerks even if the officer is not to serve as the early voting clerk or supervise early voting.

(b) If the county election officer is to serve as the early voting clerk or is to provide deputies to serve as deputy early voting clerks, the officer's written order appointing a permanent or temporary deputy of the officer as a deputy early voting clerk is sufficient, without the necessity for an appointment by any other authority.

(c) A permanent deputy of the county election officer is not subject to the eligibility requirements of this subsection. For a temporary deputy of the officer to be eligible for appointment as a deputy early voting clerk, the deputy must have the qualifications for appointment as a presiding election judge except that:

(1) an appointee is not required to be a qualified voter of any particular territory other than the county served by the county election officer or the political subdivision in which the election is held; and

(2) if an employee of the contracting political subdivision is appointed, the appointee's status as an employee does not disqualify the appointee from serving in an election in which an officer of the political subdivision is a candidate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.051
§ 1301.051. PLUMBING BY PROPERTY OWNER IN HOMESTEAD.
Status: in_force

A property owner is not required to be licensed under this chapter to perform plumbing in the property owner's homestead.
Tex. Insurance Code § 826.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 826 / Section 826.059
§ 826.059. SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS; TAX-QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.
Status: in_force

The conversion plan may allocate to a tax-qualified employee benefit plan nontransferable subscription rights to purchase not more than 10 percent of the capital stock of the resulting company.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.009 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 71 / Section 71.009
§ 71.009. LICENSE FEES.
Status: in_force

The fee for a license authorized by this chapter is in the following amount or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more:

(1) $10.75 for a resident trapper's license;

(2) $200.75 for a nonresident trapper's license;

(3) $50.75 for a resident retail fur buyer's license;

(4) $200.75 for a nonresident retail fur buyer's license;

(5) $100.75 for a resident wholesale fur dealer's license;

(6) $400.75 for a nonresident wholesale fur dealer's license; and

(7) $50.75 for a fur-bearing animal propagation permit.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.004
§ 1251.004. CERTAIN PAYMENTS BY INSURERS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as reimbursement for the cost of services that otherwise would have been provided by the insurer, an insurer may not pay to any individual, firm, corporation, or group entity a fee or allowance for services related to:

(1) a group accident and health insurance policy; or

(2) a blanket accident and health insurance policy.

(b) Subsection (a) does not limit an insurer's right to:

(1) pay dividends;

(2) return a premium to a group or a combination of groups;

(3) provide for a rate stabilization fund with combinations of groups; or

(4) pay compensation, including a commission, to a licensed agent.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.0235 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.0235
§ 775.0235. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN TERRITORY ON REQUEST OF MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall remove territory from a district as provided by this section, on request of a municipality, if the territory:

(1) was included in the corporate limits of the municipality at the time the territory was first included in the district;

(2) is included in any part of a district that is composed of two or more territories that are not contiguous to each other; and

(3) is surrounded on at least three sides by territory inside the municipal boundaries of a municipality with a population of 400,000 or more.

(b) The board shall, on request of the municipality, immediately disannex the territory from the district and shall cease to provide further services to the residents of that territory.

(c) On request by the municipality, in connection with a disannexation under Subsection (b), the board shall immediately disannex all territory in the district that is included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction and shall cease to provide further services to the residents of such additional territory.

(d) The disannexation of territory under this section does not diminish or impair the rights of the holders of any outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations of the district.

(e) If territory is disannexed under this section, the municipality shall compensate the district in an amount equal to the disannexed territory's pro rata share of the district's indebtedness at the time the territory is disannexed. The district shall apply compensation received from a municipality under this subsection exclusively to the payment of the disannexed territory's pro rata share of the district's indebtedness.

(f) On the district's request, a municipality shall purchase from the district at fair market value any real or personal property used to provide emergency services in territory disannexed under this section. If any part of the indebtedness for which the district receives compensation under Subsection (e) was for the purchase of the real or personal property that the municipality purchases under this subsection, the fair market value of that property for the purpose of this subsection is reduced by a percentage equal to the disannexed territory's pro rata share under Subsection (e).
Tex. Local Government Code § 159.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 159 / Section 159.006
§ 159.006. DUPLICATE STATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

If a person has filed a financial statement under one provision of this subchapter covering the preceding calendar year, the person is not required to file a financial statement required under another provision of this subchapter to cover that same year if, before the deadline for filing the statement under the other provision, the person notifies the county clerk in writing that the person has already filed a financial statement under this subchapter to cover that year.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.0615 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1956 / Section 1956.0615
§ 1956.0615. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may assess an administrative penalty not to exceed $500 against a person for each knowing and wilful violation of this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.356 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.356
§ 1103.356. RENEWAL OF APPRAISER TRAINEE LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A person may renew a license as an appraiser trainee by:

(1) paying the renewal fee established by the board;

(2) providing evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of any required continuing education; and

(3) meeting any other renewal requirement established by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8029.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8029 / Section 8029.0402
§ 8029.0402. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 462 / Section 462.011
§ 462.011. CONSENT TO MEDICATION.
Status: in_force

Consent to the administration of prescription medication given by a patient receiving treatment in a treatment facility licensed by the department under Chapter 464 or by a person authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient is valid only if:

(1) the consent is given voluntarily and without coercive or undue influence;

(2) the patient and, if appropriate, the patient's representative authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient are informed in writing that consent may be revoked; and

(3) the consent is evidenced in the patient's clinical record by a signed form prescribed by the treatment facility or by a statement of the treating physician or a person designated by the physician that documents that consent was given by the appropriate person and the circumstances under which the consent was obtained.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8151.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8151 / Section 8151.0301
§ 8151.0301. 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. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.977 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.977
§ 43.977. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules required to implement the program.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0056
§ 544.0056. EXPUNCTION OF CHILD'S CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DIAGNOSIS IN CERTAIN RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Chemical dependency" has the meaning assigned by Section 461A.002, Health and Safety Code.

(2) "Child" means an individual who is 13 years of age or younger.

(b) After a chemical dependency treatment provider is finally convicted of an offense in which an element of the offense involves submitting a fraudulent claim for reimbursement for services under Medicaid, the commission or other health and human services agency that operates a portion of Medicaid shall expunge or provide for the expunction of a child's diagnosis of chemical dependency that the provider made and that has been entered in any:

(1) appropriate official record of the commission or agency;

(2) applicable medical record that is in the commission's or agency's custody; and

(3) applicable record of a company with which the commission contracts for processing and paying Medicaid claims.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0411 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0411
§ 152.0411. CASTRO COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Castro and Swisher counties is composed of the county judges, the district judges in Castro and Swisher counties, and the judge of any statutory court designated as a juvenile court in the counties.

(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman.

(c) The commissioners courts of the counties shall pay the members of the juvenile board an annual salary set by the commissioners court at not less than $1,200, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the counties. The counties shall apportion and pay the salary according to the method determined by the counties.

(d) The counties shall apportion and pay the juvenile board costs, other than the judge's salaries, according to the method determined by the counties.

(e) The commissioners courts shall pay the salaries and expenses of juvenile probation personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as essential to provide services to children from the general funds or any other available funds of the counties.

(f) A member of the juvenile board is not liable in civil damages or for criminal prosecution for an action taken by the juvenile board.

(g) The juvenile board shall appoint an advisory council composed of five citizens from different parts of Castro and Swisher counties.

(h) Sections 152.0004 and 152.0005(b) do not apply to the juvenile board in Castro and Swisher counties.