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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.022 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.022
§ 46B.022.
Status: in_force

Art. 46B.022. EXPERTS: QUALIFICATIONS. (a) To qualify for appointment under this subchapter as an expert, a psychiatrist or psychologist must:

(1) as appropriate, be a physician licensed in this state or be a psychologist licensed in this state who has a doctoral degree in psychology; and

(2) have the following certification or training:

(A) as appropriate, certification by:

(i) the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with added or special qualifications in forensic psychiatry; or

(ii) the American Board of Professional Psychology in forensic psychology; or

(B) training consisting of:

(i) at least 24 hours of specialized forensic training relating to incompetency or insanity evaluations; and

(ii) at least eight hours of continuing education relating to forensic evaluations, completed in the 12 months preceding the appointment.

(b) In addition to meeting qualifications required by Subsection (a), to be appointed as an expert a psychiatrist or psychologist must have completed six hours of required continuing education in courses in forensic psychiatry or psychology, as appropriate, in either of the reporting periods in the 24 months preceding the appointment.

(c) A court may appoint as an expert a psychiatrist or psychologist who does not meet the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b) only if exigent circumstances require the court to base the appointment on professional training or experience of the expert that directly provides the expert with a specialized expertise to examine the defendant that would not ordinarily be possessed by a psychiatrist or psychologist who meets the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 2202.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2202 / Section 2202.152
§ 2202.152. EXAMINATION BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may require an examination of a joint underwriting association as often as the commissioner considers necessary. The association shall pay the reasonable costs of the examination on presentation to the association of a detailed account of the costs of the examination.

(b) The association's officers and employees may be examined under oath at any time and shall exhibit on request all books, records, accounts, documents, or agreements governing the association's operations.

(c) Instead of the examination, the commissioner may accept the report of an examination made by the insurance supervisory official of another state under the laws of that state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.205
§ 4054.205. WITHDRAWAL OF INSURER'S AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The department may withdraw from an insurer the authority under this subchapter to offer instruction and administer an examination.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.124 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.124
§ 425.124.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.124. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: RISK CONTROL TRANSACTIONS. Subject to Sections 425.126-425.132, an insurance company may use derivative instruments, as defined by Section 425.125, to engage in hedging transactions, replication transactions, and income generation transactions, as those terms are defined by Section 425.125.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3891.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3891 / Section 3891.153
§ 3891.153. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, sales and use taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3837.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3837 / Section 3837.002
§ 3837.002. WEST RANCH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The West Ranch Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Finance Code § 349.305 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 349 / Section 349.305
§ 349.305. EFFECT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SUBCHAPTER ON PERSON OTHER THAN REGISTRANT OR LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

A benefit provided to a person under Section 349.304 also applies to that person's employees or other agents, employers, predecessors, successors, and assigns but does not apply to any other person required to be licensed under this title.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 16 / Section 16.001
§ 16.001. EFFECT OF DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, a person is under a legal disability if the person is:

(1) younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person is married; or

(2) of unsound mind.

(b) If a person entitled to bring a personal action is under a legal disability when the cause of action accrues, the time of the disability is not included in a limitations period.

(c) A person may not tack one legal disability to another to extend a limitations period.

(d) A disability that arises after a limitations period starts does not suspend the running of the period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.001
§ 1085.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Parker County Hospital District.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.126 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.126
§ 1451.126. REIMBURSEMENT FOR PHYSICAL MODALITIES AND PROCEDURES BY HEALTH INSURER, ADMINISTRATOR, HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, OR PREFERRED PROVIDER BENEFIT PLAN ISSUER.
Status: in_force

(a) A health insurer or licensed third-party administrator may not deny reimbursement to a health care practitioner for the provision of covered services of physical modalities and procedures that are within the scope of the practitioner's practice if the services are performed in strict compliance with:

(1) laws and rules related to that practitioner's license; and

(2) the terms of the insurance policy or other coverage agreement.

(b) A health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan issuer may not deny reimbursement to a participating health care practitioner for services provided under a coverage agreement solely because of the type of practitioner providing the services if the services are performed in strict compliance with:

(1) laws and rules related to that practitioner's license; and

(2) the terms of the insurance policy or other coverage agreement.

(c) This section may not be construed to circumvent any contractual provider network agreement between a health insurer or third-party administrator and a licensed health care practitioner.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.107 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.107
§ 8.107. WHETHER INDORSEMENT, INSTRUCTION, OR ENTITLEMENT ORDER IS EFFECTIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) "Appropriate person" means:

(1) with respect to an indorsement, the person specified by a security certificate or by an effective special indorsement to be entitled to the security;

(2) with respect to an instruction, the registered owner of an uncertificated security;

(3) with respect to an entitlement order, the entitlement holder;

(4) if the person designated in Subdivision (1), (2), or (3) is deceased, the designated person's successor taking under other law or the designated person's personal representative acting for the estate of the decedent; or

(5) if the person designated in Subdivision (1), (2), or (3) lacks capacity, the designated person's guardian, conservator, or other similar representative who has power under other law to transfer the security or financial asset.

(b) An indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is effective if:

(1) it is made by the appropriate person;

(2) it is made by a person who has power under the law of agency to transfer the security or financial asset on behalf of the appropriate person, including, in the case of an instruction or entitlement order, a person who has control under Section 8.106(c)(2) or (d)(2); or

(3) the appropriate person has ratified it or is otherwise precluded from asserting its ineffectiveness.

(c) An indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order made by a representative is effective even if:

(1) the representative has failed to comply with a controlling instrument or with the law of the state having jurisdiction of the representative relationship, including any law requiring the representative to obtain court approval of the transaction; or

(2) the representative's action in making the indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order or using the proceeds of the transaction is otherwise a breach of duty.

(d) If a security is registered in the name of or specially indorsed to a person described as a representative, or if a securities account is maintained in the name of a person described as a representative, an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order made by the person is effective even though the person is no longer serving in the described capacity.

(e) Effectiveness of an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is determined as of the date the indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is made, and an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order does not become ineffective by reason of any later change of circumstances.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7887.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7887 / Section 7887.0304
§ 7887.0304. 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. Insurance Code § 1131.852 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.852
§ 1131.852. CONTINUATION OF GROUP LIFE INSURANCE DURING LABOR DISPUTE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN POLICIES.
Status: in_force

An insurer may not deliver or issue for delivery a policy subject to this subchapter unless the policy provides that if the employees covered by the policy stop work because of a labor dispute, coverage continues under the policy, on timely payment of the premium, for each employee who:

(1) is covered under the policy on the date the work stoppage begins;

(2) continues to pay the employee's individual contribution, subject to the conditions provided by this subchapter; and

(3) assumes and pays during the work stoppage the contribution due from the employer, subject to the conditions provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 508.156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.156
§ 508.156. DETERMINATE SENTENCE PAROLE.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the release of a person who is transferred under Section 152.0016(g), 152.00161(e), 245.051(c), or 245.151(e), Human Resources Code, to the department for release on parole, a parole panel shall review the person's records and may interview the person or any other person the panel considers necessary to determine the conditions of parole. The panel may impose any reasonable condition of parole on the person that the panel may impose on an adult inmate under this chapter.

(b) The panel shall furnish the person with a written statement clearly describing the conditions and rules of parole. The person must accept and sign the statement as a precondition to release on parole.

(c) While on parole, the person remains in the legal custody of the state and shall comply with the conditions of parole ordered by a panel under this section.

(d) The period of parole for a person released on parole under this section is the term for which the person was sentenced less calendar time served at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or in the custody of a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department following a commitment under Section 54.04011(c)(2), Family Code, and in a juvenile detention facility in connection with the conduct for which the person was adjudicated.

(e) If a parole panel revokes the person's parole, the panel may require the person to serve the remaining portion of the person's sentence in the institutional division. The remaining portion of the person's sentence is computed without credit for the time from the date of the person's release to the date of revocation. The panel may not recommit the person to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or to the custody of a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department.

(f) For purposes of this chapter, a person released from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or the custody of a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department on parole under this section is considered to have been convicted of the offense for which the person has been adjudicated.
Tex. Estates Code § 1163.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1163 / Section 1163.004
§ 1163.004. METHOD OF PROOF FOR SECURITIES AND OTHER ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The proof required by Section 1163.003(a)(3) must be by:

(1) an official letter from the bank or other depository where the securities or other assets are held for safekeeping, and if the depository is the guardian, the official letter must be signed by a representative of the depository other than the depository verifying the annual account;

(2) a certificate of an authorized representative of a corporation that is surety on the guardian's bonds;

(3) a certificate of the clerk or a deputy clerk of a court of record in this state; or

(4) an affidavit of any other reputable person designated by the court on request of the guardian or other interested party.

(b) A certificate or affidavit described by Subsection (a) must:

(1) state that the affiant has examined the assets that the guardian exhibited to the affiant as assets of the estate for which the annual account is made;

(2) describe the assets by reference to the account or in another manner that sufficiently identifies the assets exhibited; and

(3) state the time and the place the assets were exhibited.

(c) Instead of attaching a certificate or an affidavit, the guardian may exhibit the securities to the judge of the court, who shall endorse on the annual account, or include in the judge's order with respect to the account, a statement that the securities shown to the judge as on hand were exhibited to the judge and that the securities were the same as those shown in the account, or note any variance. If the securities are exhibited at a location other than where the securities are deposited for safekeeping, that exhibit is at the guardian's own expense and risk.

(d) The judge of the court may require:

(1) additional evidence of the existence and custody of the securities and other personal property as the judge considers proper; and

(2) the guardian at any time to exhibit the securities to the judge or another person designated by the judge at the place where the securities are held for safekeeping.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1701.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.053
§ 1701.053. FILING FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall collect a fee in an amount determined by the commissioner for the filing of the form of a document under this chapter.

(b) The fee may not exceed:

(1) $100 for filing the form of a new or amended document that is not exempt from review under Section 1701.005(b); and

(2) $50 for filing the form of a new or amended document that is exempt from review under Section 1701.005(b).
Tex. Family Code § 54.0407 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.0407
§ 54.0407.
Status: in_force

Sec. 54.0407. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: COUNSELING REQUIRED. If a child is found to have engaged in delinquent conduct constituting an offense under Section 42.09 or 42.092, Penal Code, the juvenile court shall order the child to participate in psychological counseling for a period to be determined by the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8078.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8078 / Section 8078.0403
§ 8078.0403. 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. Insurance Code § 38.353 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.353
§ 38.353. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to the issuer of a group health benefit plan, including:

(1) an insurance company;

(2) a group hospital service corporation;

(3) a fraternal benefit society;

(4) a stipulated premium company;

(5) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange; or

(6) a health maintenance organization.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision in Chapter 1551, 1575, 1579, or 1601 or any other law, and except as provided by Subsection (e), this subchapter applies to:

(1) a basic coverage plan under Chapter 1551;

(2) a basic plan under Chapter 1575;

(3) a primary care coverage plan under Chapter 1579; and

(4) basic coverage under Chapter 1601.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), this subchapter applies to a small employer health benefit plan provided under Chapter 1501.

(d) This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) standard health benefit plans provided under Chapter 1507;

(2) children's health benefit plans provided under Chapter 1502;

(3) health care benefits provided under a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(4) Medicaid managed care programs operated under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code, as applicable;

(5) Medicaid programs operated under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; or

(6) the state child health plan operated under Chapter 62 or 63, Health and Safety Code.

(e) The commissioner by rule may exclude a type of health benefit plan from the requirements of this subchapter if the commissioner finds that data collected in relation to the health benefit plan would not be relevant to accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 54.1176 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.1176
§ 54.1176. PAPERS TRANSMITTED TO JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) At the conclusion of a hearing, the magistrate shall transmit to the judge any papers relating to the case, including:

(1) the magistrate's findings and recommendations; and

(2) a statement that notice of the findings and recommendations and of the right to a hearing before the judge has been given to all parties.

(b) The judge shall adopt, modify, or reject the magistrate's recommendations not later than the third working day after the date the judge receives the recommendations. If the judge does not take action in the time provided by this subsection, the recommendations of the magistrate are adopted by the judge.

(c) The judge shall send written notice of any modification or rejection of the magistrate's recommendations to each party to the case.
Tex. Government Code § 443.0101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443 / Section 443.0101
§ 443.0101. CAPITOL FUND.
Status: repealed

(a) Money and securities donated to the board shall be held in trust outside the treasury by the comptroller in a special fund to be known as the Capitol fund. The comptroller shall manage and invest the fund on behalf of the board as directed or agreed to by the board.

(b) Interest, dividends, and other income of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The proceeds from the sale of unused surplus property under Section 443.006(b) shall be deposited in the fund.

(c) The executive director shall submit to the board a detailed annual report on the fund. That report shall describe the status of the fund and shall list all donations to the fund, including the name of each donor, and all disbursements from the fund, including the purpose of each disbursement.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1462, Sec. 10, eff. June 17, 2001.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 915, Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2011.
Tex. Water Code § 49.104 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.104
§ 49.104. ALTERNATIVE ELECTION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions and requirements of the Election Code and general laws, any two or more districts situated in the same county and in which substantially all of the land is being or has been developed as part of a single community development plan and which are served by common water supply and waste disposal systems may by mutual agreement designate a common election office and common early and regular polling places within one or more of the districts, but outside the boundaries of one or more of the districts, for the conduct of director election proceedings and early and regular balloting in director elections. This alternative election procedure may only be used if the common election office and polling places so designated:

(1) are within buildings open to the public;

(2) are within the boundaries of at least one of the districts;

(3) meet the requirements of the Election Code and general laws as polling places; and

(4) are located not more than five miles from any portion of the boundaries of any of the participating districts.

(b) Such districts may also agree on and designate a common election officer and common early and regular voting officials for some or all of the director elections to be simultaneously conducted at a common location, any of whom may be nonelective employees of one or more of the districts, so long as the early and regular voting officials are qualified voters within at least one of the districts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7954.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7954 / Section 7954.101
§ 7954.101. 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 § 1048.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1048 / Section 1048.155
§ 1048.155. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed:

(1) during a period in which revenue bonds of the district are outstanding; or

(2) more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.258 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.258
§ 1100.258. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) the transfer and issuance of the bonds; and

(3) any profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Family Code § 110.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 110 / Section 110.003
§ 110.003. NO SEPARATE OR ADDITIONAL FILING FEE.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court may not require:

(1) a separate filing fee in a suit joined with a suit for dissolution of marriage under Title 1; or

(2) an additional filing fee if more than one form of relief is requested in a suit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.001
§ 6904.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Aquilla Water Supply District.