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Tex. Government Code § 2155.382 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.382
§ 2155.382. PAYMENT BY WARRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) After the comptroller approves financial information and purchase information, when advance approval of that information is required by rule of the comptroller, the comptroller shall draw a warrant on the state treasury for:

(1) the amount due on the invoice; or

(2) the amount on the invoice that has been allowed.

(b) The comptroller shall complete the procedures for drawing the warrant not later than the eighth day after the date of receiving the necessary information. If a payment is not due until after the eighth day, the comptroller may delay drawing a warrant if the delay will maximize the state's cash flow.

(c) The comptroller may issue the warrant directly to the vendor. The comptroller, when appropriate, may combine into a single warrant payments that the state owes to a vendor under more than one invoice, including payments to the vendor made on behalf of more than one state agency.

(d) The comptroller may allow or require a state agency to schedule payments that the comptroller will make to a vendor. The comptroller shall prescribe the circumstances under which advance scheduling of payments is allowed or required. The comptroller shall require advance scheduling of payments when it is advantageous to the state.

(e) The comptroller may require vendors to provide payment addresses, vendor identification numbers, and other account information directly to the comptroller.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 154.072 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 154 / Section 154.072
§ 154.072. STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON DISPUTES REFERRED.
Status: in_force

The Texas Supreme Court shall determine the need and method for statistical reporting of disputes referred by the courts to alternative dispute resolution procedures.
Tex. Government Code § 615.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 615 / Section 615.044
§ 615.044. APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) An eligible survivor or the eligible survivor's legal representative whose claim for payment is denied may appeal the denial to the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

(b) An appeal under this section is considered to be an appeal of a contested case under Chapter 2001 and shall be conducted as provided by Section 815.511.

(c) Judicial review of a decision under this section is under the substantial evidence rule as provided by Chapter 2001.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7904.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7904 / Section 7904.153
§ 7904.153. 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. Local Government Code § 81.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 81 / Section 81.001
§ 81.001. COMPOSITION, PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the commissioners court are the county judge and the county commissioners.

(b) If present, the county judge is the presiding officer of the commissioners court. This subsection does not apply to a meeting held under Section 551.127, Government Code, if the county judge is not located at the physical space made available to the public for the meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3843.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3843 / Section 3843.051
§ 3843.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of 11 directors who serve staggered terms of four years with five or six directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The board by resolution may increase or decrease the number of directors on the board, but only if a majority of the board finds that it is in the best interest of the district to do so. The board may not:

(1) increase the number of directors to more than 15; or

(2) decrease the number of directors to fewer than five.

(c) Sections 49.053, 49.054, 49.056, 49.057, 49.058, and 49.060, Water Code, apply to the board.

(d) Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the board to the extent that subchapter does not conflict with this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1954.257 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1954 / Section 1954.257
§ 1954.257. DUTIES REGARDING EMPLOYEE OR AGENT.
Status: in_force

A person engaged in an asbestos-related activity shall ensure that each employee or agent who will come in contact with asbestos or who will be responsible for the activity:

(1) is familiar with federal, state, and local standards for asbestos removal, encapsulation, and enclosure;

(2) has completed the applicable training course relating to asbestos control and abatement developed and approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the department under Section 1954.256; and

(3) is supplied with approved equipment in good working order for the protection of the person, the public, and the environment.
Tex. Government Code § 2170.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2170 / Section 2170.057
§ 2170.057. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop a system of billings and charges for services provided in operating and administering the consolidated telecommunications system that allocates the total state cost to each entity served by the system based on proportionate usage. The department shall set and charge a fee to each entity that receives services provided under this chapter in an amount sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of providing the service. Revenue derived from the collection of fees imposed under this subsection may be appropriated to the department for:

(1) developing statewide information resources technology policies and planning under Chapter 2054; and

(2) providing shared information resources technology services under Chapter 2054.

(b) The comptroller shall establish in the state treasury a revolving fund account for the administration of this chapter. The account shall be used as a depository for money received from entities served. Receipts attributable to the centralized capitol complex telephone system shall be deposited into the account but separately identified within the account.

(c) To provide an adequate cash flow as necessary for purposes of this chapter, using state agencies and other entities, on proper notification, shall make monthly payments into the telecommunications revolving fund account from appropriated or other available money. The legislature may appropriate money for operating the system directly to the department, in which case the revolving fund account shall be used to receive money due from local governmental entities and other agencies to the extent that their money is not subject to legislative appropriation.

(d) The department shall maintain in the revolving fund account sufficient amounts to pay the bills of the consolidated telecommunications system and the centralized capitol complex telephone system.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.653 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.653
§ 2001.653. VERIFICATION OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the fifth day after the date the governing body receives a petition for an election, the governing body shall submit the petition for verification to the county clerk if the petition is applicable to a county or justice precinct or to the municipal secretary if the petition is applicable to a municipality.

(b) The officer to whom the petition is submitted for verification shall determine whether the petition is signed by the required number of registered voters of the political subdivision in which the election is requested.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the petition is submitted to the officer for verification, the officer shall certify in writing to the governing body whether the petition is valid or invalid. If the officer determines that the petition is invalid, the officer shall state all reasons for that determination.
Tex. Education Code § 87.551 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 87 / Section 87.551
§ 87.551. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) East Texas State University is a coeducational institution of higher education with its main campus located in the City of Commerce. The university is a component of The Texas A&M University System and is under the management and control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.

(b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning the university as are conferred on the board by law concerning Texas A&M University.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0060 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0060
§ 540.0060. COMPLAINT SYSTEM GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Department of Insurance, in conjunction with the commission, shall establish complaint system guidelines for Medicaid managed care organizations.

(b) The guidelines must require that information regarding a Medicaid managed care organization's complaint process be made available to a recipient in an appropriate communication format when the recipient enrolls in the Medicaid managed care program.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0108
§ 550.0108. PUBLIC INFORMATION; INTERNET POSTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Records relating to the award of a contract or grant to the State Commission on National and Community Service, or to grants that entity awards, and records relating to other uses of the awarded funds are public information subject to Chapter 552.

(b) If the commission contracts with or awards a grant to the State Commission on National and Community Service under Section 550.0104, the commission shall provide a link on the commission's Internet website to that entity's Internet website. The entity's Internet website must provide:

(1) a list of the names of each person to whom the entity awards a grant from money appropriated from the account and the amount and purpose of the grant; and

(2) information regarding the methods by which the public may request information about those grants.
Tex. Education Code § 7.023 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 7 / Section 7.023
§ 7.023. AGENCY EMPLOYMENT POLICY.
Status: in_force

A decision of the agency relating to employment shall be made without regard to a person's race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.
Tex. Government Code § 2167.0021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2167 / Section 2167.0021
§ 2167.0021. BEST VALUE STANDARD FOR LEASE OF SPACE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall lease space for the use of a state agency on the basis of obtaining the best value for the state.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules establishing guidelines for the determination of best value in a lease contract. In determining the best value, the commission may consider:

(1) the cost of the lease contract;

(2) the condition and location of lease space;

(3) utility costs;

(4) access to public transportation;

(5) parking availability;

(6) security;

(7) telephone service availability;

(8) indicators of probable lessor performance under the contract, such as the lessor's financial resources and the lessor's experience;

(9) compliance with the architectural barriers law, Article 9102, Revised Statutes; and

(10) other relevant factors.

(c) This section does not prohibit the commission from leasing space from the offeror that offers the space at the lowest cost if the commission determines that doing so obtains the best value for the state.
Tex. Education Code § 54.055 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.055
§ 54.055. RECLASSIFICATION BASED ON ADDITIONAL OR CHANGED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the basis of additional or changed information, an institution of higher education may reclassify as a resident or nonresident of this state under this subchapter a person who has previously been classified as a resident or nonresident under this subchapter.

(b) A reclassification does not apply to an academic term if the reclassification is made on or after the census date of that term.
Tex. Insurance Code § 35.0041 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 35 / Section 35.0041
§ 35.0041. CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY BY PLAN SPONSOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The plan sponsor of a health benefit plan, including a vision or dental benefit plan, may, on behalf of a party enrolled in the plan, give consent under Section 35.004(c)(1)(A).

(b) Before consenting on behalf of a party, a plan sponsor must:

(1) provide the party with the statements required by Sections 35.004(c)(2) and (c)(3)(A);

(2) confirm that the party routinely uses electronic communications during the normal course of employment; and

(3) provide the party an opportunity to opt out of delivery by electronic means.
Tex. Labor Code § 407.131 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407 / Section 407.131
§ 407.131. PREFERENCE.
Status: in_force

The benefit payments made by the association or the surety under this chapter are entitled to the same preference over other debts of the impaired employer or the impaired employer's estate as provided by law to benefit payments owed by the employer or employer's estate to the person entitled to the benefits.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 434.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 434 / Section 434.022
§ 434.022. SELF-RISING FLOUR.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "self-rising flour" means a combination of flour, salt, and chemical leavening ingredients. The flour must be at least of the "straight" grade, and the chemical leavening ingredients must be bicarbonate of soda and:

(1) calcium acid phosphate;

(2) sodium aluminum sulphate;

(3) cream of tartar;

(4) tartaric acid; or

(5) a combination of those ingredients.

(b) A self-rising flour or other compound by that name must produce when sold not less than one-half percent by weight of available carbon dioxide gas and may not contain more than 3-1/2 percent chemical leavening ingredients.

(c) A self-rising flour or other compound by that name that does not meet the requirements of Subsection (b) is adulterated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.204
§ 3872.204. TAXES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

On voter approval and adoption of the order described by Section 3872.203, the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined area or designated property to provide money to construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Finance Code § 93.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 93 / Section 93.002
§ 93.002. ENLARGEMENT OF POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission by rule may expand the powers of savings banks to accommodate or take advantage of changing technology and to enable domestic savings banks to respond to the needs of and convenience demanded by consumers and businesses through on-premises or off-premises operations.

(b) The finance commission may not authorize a domestic savings bank to offer a financial service prohibited to a domestic savings bank by a law of this state other than this subtitle.

(c) In adopting a rule under this section, the finance commission shall consider the need to:

(1) promote a stable environment for financial institutions;

(2) provide the public with convenient, safe, and competitive financial services; and

(3) allow for economic development in the state.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.251 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 9 / Section 9.251
§ 9.251. ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, activities that do not constitute transaction of business in this state include:

(1) maintaining or defending an action or suit or an administrative or arbitration proceeding, or effecting the settlement of:

(A) such an action, suit, or proceeding; or

(B) a claim or dispute to which the entity is a party;

(2) holding a meeting of the entity's managerial officials, owners, or members or carrying on another activity concerning the entity's internal affairs;

(3) maintaining a bank account;

(4) maintaining an office or agency for:

(A) transferring, exchanging, or registering securities the entity issues; or

(B) appointing or maintaining a trustee or depositary related to the entity's securities;

(5) voting the interest of an entity the foreign entity has acquired;

(6) effecting a sale through an independent contractor;

(7) creating, as borrower or lender, or acquiring indebtedness or a mortgage or other security interest in real or personal property;

(8) securing or collecting a debt due the entity or enforcing a right in property that secures a debt due the entity;

(9) transacting business in interstate commerce;

(10) conducting an isolated transaction that:

(A) is completed within a period of 30 days; and

(B) is not in the course of a number of repeated, similar transactions;

(11) in a case that does not involve an activity that would constitute the transaction of business in this state if the activity were one of a foreign entity acting in its own right:

(A) exercising a power of executor or administrator of the estate of a nonresident decedent under ancillary letters issued by a court of this state; or

(B) exercising a power of a trustee under the will of a nonresident decedent, or under a trust created by one or more nonresidents of this state, or by one or more foreign entities;

(12) regarding a debt secured by a mortgage or lien on real or personal property in this state:

(A) acquiring the debt in a transaction outside this state or in interstate commerce;

(B) collecting or adjusting a principal or interest payment on the debt;

(C) enforcing or adjusting a right or property securing the debt;

(D) taking an action necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the mortgagee in the security; or

(E) engaging in any combination of transactions described by this subdivision;

(13) investing in or acquiring, in a transaction outside of this state, a royalty or other nonoperating mineral interest;

(14) executing a division order, contract of sale, or other instrument incidental to ownership of a nonoperating mineral interest;

(15) owning, without more, real or personal property in this state; or

(16) acting as a governing person of a domestic or foreign entity that is registered to transact business in this state.
Tex. Estates Code § 306.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 306 / Section 306.002
§ 306.002. GRANTING OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the court hearing an application under Chapter 301 shall grant:

(1) the administration of a decedent's estate if the decedent died intestate; or

(2) the administration of the decedent's estate with the will annexed if the decedent died leaving a will but:

(A) the will does not name an executor; or

(B) the executor named in the will:

(i) is deceased;

(ii) fails to accept and qualify before the 21st day after the date the will is probated; or

(iii) fails to present the will for probate before the 31st day after the date of the decedent's death and the court finds there was no good cause for that failure.

(b) The court may not grant any administration of an estate unless a necessity for the administration exists, as determined by the court.

(c) The court may find other instances of necessity for an administration based on proof before the court, but a necessity is considered to exist if:

(1) there are two or more debts against the estate;

(2) there is a desire for the county court to partition the estate among the distributees;

(3) the administration is necessary to receive or recover funds or other property due the estate; or

(4) the administration is necessary to prevent real property in a decedent's estate from becoming a danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.056 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 58 / Section 58.056
§ 58.056. MONEY FOR LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The authority may accept gifts and grants of money from the federal government, local governments, private corporations, or other persons for use in the agricultural loan guarantee program. The legislature may appropriate money for the program.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.112 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.112
§ 1001.112. PARENT-TAUGHT DRIVER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is eligible under Subsection (b) may conduct a driver education course approved under Section 1001.1017 for another person who is required to complete a driver education course to obtain a Class C license. In conducting the course, the person must use course materials provided by a parent-taught driver education provider.

(b) A person is eligible to conduct a driver education course for another person as provided by Subsection (a) if the person:

(1) is either:

(A) a parent, stepparent, foster parent, legal guardian, grandparent, or step-grandparent of the other person; or

(B) an individual who:

(i) has been designated on a form prescribed by the department for purposes of this section by a parent or legal guardian of the other person or by a judge of a court with jurisdiction over the other person;

(ii) is at least 25 years of age;

(iii) does not charge a fee for conducting the course; and

(iv) has at least seven years of driving experience;

(2) has possessed a valid license for the preceding three years that has not been suspended, revoked, or forfeited in the past three years for an offense that involves the operation of a motor vehicle;

(3) has not been convicted of:

(A) criminally negligent homicide; or

(B) driving while intoxicated in the past seven years; and

(4) has not been convicted during the preceding three years of:

(A) three or more moving violations described by Section 542.304, Transportation Code, including violations that resulted in a collision; or

(B) two or more moving violations described by Section 542.304, Transportation Code, that resulted in a collision.

(c) A person conducting a driver education course under this section may provide the classroom instruction portion, the behind-the-wheel instruction portion, or both portions.

(d) The department may not require for a course conducted under this section that:

(1) the classroom instruction be provided in a room with particular characteristics or equipment; or

(2) the vehicle used for the behind-the-wheel instruction have equipment other than the equipment otherwise required by law for operation of the vehicle on a highway while the vehicle is not being used for driver training.

(e) A parent-taught driver education provider may administer to an applicant the highway sign and traffic law parts of the examination as provided by Section 521.1655(a-1), Transportation Code, through electronic means.

(f) The department may not charge a fee for the submission of proof of:

(1) completion of a course conducted under this section; or

(2) passage of an examination administered under Subsection (e).