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Tex. Transportation Code § 547.352 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.352
§ 547.352. ADDITIONAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

In addition to other equipment required by this chapter:

(1) a bus, truck, trailer, or semitrailer that is at least 80 inches wide shall be equipped with:

(A) two clearance lamps on the front, one at each side;

(B) two clearance lamps on the rear, one at each side;

(C) four side marker lamps, one on each side at or near the front and one on each side at or near the rear;

(D) four reflectors, one on each side at or near the front and one on each side at or near the rear; and

(E) hazard lamps that meet the requirements of Section 547.331;

(2) a bus or truck that is at least 30 feet long shall be equipped with hazard lamps that meet the requirements of Section 547.331;

(3) a trailer or semitrailer that is at least 30 feet long shall be equipped with:

(A) two side marker lamps, one centrally mounted on each side with respect to the length of the vehicle;

(B) two reflectors, one centrally mounted on each side with respect to the length of the vehicle; and

(C) hazard lamps that meet the requirements of Section 547.331;

(4) a pole trailer shall be equipped with:

(A) two side marker lamps, one at each side at or near the front of the load;

(B) one reflector at or near the front of the load;

(C) one combination marker lamp that:

(i) emits an amber light to the front and a red light to the rear and side; and

(ii) is mounted on the rearmost support for the load to indicate the maximum width of the trailer; and

(D) hazard lamps that meet the requirements of Section 547.331, if the pole trailer is at least 30 feet long or at least 80 inches wide;

(5) a truck-tractor shall be equipped with:

(A) two clearance lamps, one at each side on the front of the cab; and

(B) hazard lamps that meet the requirements of Section 547.331, if the truck-tractor is at least 30 feet long or at least 80 inches wide; and

(6) a vehicle at least 80 inches wide may be equipped with:

(A) not more than three front identification lamps without glare; and

(B) not more than three rear identification lamps without glare.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 62.058 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 62 / Section 62.058
§ 62.058. FRAUD PREVENTION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and implement rules for the prevention and detection of fraud in the child health plan program.
Tex. Estates Code § 51.202 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 51 / Section 51.202
§ 51.202. REQUEST FOR NOTICE OF FILING OF PLEADING.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after an application is filed to commence a probate proceeding, including a proceeding for the probate of a will, the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, or a determination of heirship, a person interested in the estate may file with the county clerk a written request to be notified of all, or any specified, motions, applications, or pleadings filed with respect to the proceeding by any person or by one or more persons specifically named in the request. A person filing a request under this section is responsible for payment of the fees and other costs of providing a requested notice, and the clerk may require a deposit to cover the estimated costs of providing the notice. Thereafter, the clerk shall send to the requestor by regular mail a copy of any requested document.

(b) A county clerk's failure to comply with a request under this section does not invalidate any proceeding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5001.021 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5001 / Section 5001.021
§ 5001.021. COMMISSION; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a commission consisting of five elected commissioners.

(b) Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms of office, with two or three commissioners' terms expiring January 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(c) One commissioner is elected from each Aransas County commissioners precinct and one commissioner is elected from the district at large.
Tex. Government Code § 488.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 488 / Section 488.001
§ 488.001. COALITION ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

The Southeast Texas Biotechnology Park Coalition is established. The coalition is composed of public and private health-related institutions, and other private for-profit and nonprofit and governmental institutions, and is established for the purpose of developing, funding, and operating a biotechnology research and development park to be known as the Southeast Texas Biotechnology Park.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.455 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.455
§ 1369.455. PRORATION OF DISPENSING FEE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan that prorates a cost-sharing amount as required by Section 1369.454 may not prorate the fee paid to the pharmacy for dispensing the drug for which the cost-sharing amount was prorated.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.0041 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.0041
§ 302.0041. CHILD-CARE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may make grants available on a one-time basis to local workforce development boards to enable the boards to design and implement child-care demonstration projects.

(b) A local workforce development board that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant to design and implement a demonstration project that:

(1) expands child-care services in underserved rural local workforce development areas, including:

(A) home-based child-care services;

(B) child-care services at nontraditional times, including services that accommodate the child-care needs of parents who work shift-schedules, evenings, and weekends; or

(C) services to link child-care programs, prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, and the federal Head Start program;

(2) creates or expands existing pilot programs, based on demonstration models from other states, that provide strategies for successfully recruiting and retaining child-care providers;

(3) creates pilot programs designed to assist low-income, at-risk parents receiving child-care services provided by the commission for extended periods who may benefit from career counseling and employment location services that promote the potential for career advancement; or

(4) develops initiatives that foster school readiness in young children and encourage pre-reading and problem-solving skills in those children.

(c) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a local workforce development board must:

(1) conduct the demonstration project for which the grant is made in a manner that allows replication of the project in whole or part by other local workforce development boards to address similar child-care service needs in underserved local workforce development areas; and

(2) use the grant to develop direct child-care services that, at the conclusion of the demonstration project, may be funded.

(d) Child-care services that may continue to be funded under Subsection (c)(2) at the conclusion of the demonstration project may be funded through existing local workforce development board resources for child-care services or other local resources.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 691 / Section 691.025
§ 691.025. PROCEDURE AFTER DEATH.
Status: in_force

(a) If a body is not claimed for burial immediately after death, the body shall be embalmed within 24 hours.

(b) For 72 hours after death, the person in charge of the institution having charge or control of the body shall make due effort to find a relative of the deceased and notify the relative of the death. If the person is not able to find a relative, the person shall file with the county clerk an affidavit stating that the person has made a diligent inquiry to find a relative and stating the inquiry the person made.

(c) A body that is not claimed for burial within 48 hours after a relative receives notification shall be delivered as soon as possible to the commission or the commission's representative.

(d) A relative of the deceased may claim the body within 60 days after the body has been delivered to an institution or other entity authorized to receive the body. The body shall be released without charge.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.004
§ 1506.004. BONDS NOT PAYABLE FROM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) A bond issued under this subchapter:

(1) is not a debt of the municipality;

(2) may be a charge only on the revenue pledged for the payment of the bond; and

(3) may not be included in determining the power of the municipality to issue bonds payable from taxation.

(b) A bond issued under this subchapter must contain on its face the following provision: "The holder of this obligation is not entitled to demand payment of this obligation out of any money raised by taxation."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.302
§ 1094.302. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.

(b) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3985.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3985 / Section 3985.0305
§ 3985.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 122.352 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.352
§ 122.352. POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to not interfere with the interstate commerce of hemp or the transshipment of hemp through this state.
Tex. Education Code § 33.055 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.055
§ 33.055. FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS NOT USED AS EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A child's fingerprint card made under Section 33.053 or a photograph of a child made or kept under Section 33.054 may not be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding in which the child is a defendant or in any case under Title 3, Family Code, in which the child is alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct or in conduct indicating a need for supervision.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to the use by a law enforcement agency for an official purpose of a photograph published in a school annual.

(c) This subchapter does not prevent the use of a videotape or photograph taken to monitor the activity of students for disciplinary reasons or in connection with a criminal prosecution or an action under Title 3, Family Code.
Tex. Education Code § 31.0215 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0215
§ 31.0215. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT PURCHASES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall, as early as practicable during each biennium, notify each school district and open-enrollment charter school of the estimated amount to which the district or charter school will be entitled under Section 31.0211 during the next fiscal biennium.

(b) The commissioner shall allow a school district or open-enrollment charter school to place an order for instructional materials before the beginning of a fiscal biennium and to receive instructional materials before payment. The commissioner shall limit the cost of an order placed under this section to 80 percent of the estimated amount to which a school district or open-enrollment charter school is estimated to be entitled as provided by Subsection (a) and shall first credit any balance in a district or charter school instructional materials and technology account to pay for an order placed under this section.

(c) The commissioner shall make payments for orders placed under this section as funds become available to the instructional materials and technology fund and shall prioritize payment of orders placed under this section over reimbursement of purchases made directly by a school district or open-enrollment charter school.

(d) The commissioner shall ensure that publishers of instructional materials are informed of any potential delay in payment and that payment is subject to the availability of appropriated funds. A publisher may decline to accept an order placed under this section.

(e) Chapter 2251, Government Code, does not apply to purchases of instructional materials under this section.
Tex. Education Code § 51.0065 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0065
§ 51.0065. APPLICABILITY OF ACROSS-THE-BOARD SALARY INCREASE.
Status: in_force

An institution of higher education that has adopted a pay-for-performance program that is in effect when an across-the-board salary increase for state employees made by an appropriation act of the legislature takes effect is entitled to receive any appropriation made for purposes of the across-the-board salary increase, and may use the amount appropriated for an across-the-board salary increase or for increases in compensation under the institution's pay-for-performance program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8149.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8149 / Section 8149.101
§ 8149.101. 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. Utilities Code § 101.007 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 101 / Section 101.007
§ 101.007. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This subtitle shall be construed liberally to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation of gas utilities to the extent that this construction preserves the validity of this subtitle and its provisions.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.022 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.022
§ 68.022. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

Proceedings for judicial review of a board decision shall be brought in a district court in Brazoria County.
Tex. Government Code § 501.156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.156
§ 501.156. STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) From funds appropriated for purposes of correctional managed health care, the committee may provide student loan repayment assistance for medical and mental health care physicians and other staff providing correctional managed health care. The repayment assistance may be applied to any student loan received through any lender for education at a public or accredited private institution of higher education in the United States, including loans for undergraduate, graduate, and medical education.

(b) The committee may adopt rules to implement this section, including rules governing eligibility for the loan repayment assistance and the terms of contracts between the committee and recipients of the loan repayment assistance. In adopting those rules, the committee shall consider the requirements of Subchapter J, Chapter 61, Education Code, and the rules of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopted under that subchapter.

(c) A physician may not receive loan repayment assistance under both this section and Subchapter J, Chapter 61, Education Code.

(d) Not later than December 1 of each state fiscal year, the committee shall submit a report to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor on the use of funds under this section for the preceding fiscal year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.204
§ 1020.204. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.101
§ 174.101. RECOGNITION OF BARGAINING AGENT FOR FIRE FIGHTERS.
Status: in_force

A public employer shall recognize an association selected by a majority of the fire fighters of the fire department of a political subdivision as the exclusive bargaining agent for the fire fighters of that department unless a majority of the fire fighters withdraw the recognition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1806.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1806 / Section 1806.155
§ 1806.155. INSURER LIABILITY ON POLICY ISSUED WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If an insurer or an insurer's agent issues an insurance policy without authority and the policyholder sustains a loss or damage covered under the policy, the insurer is liable to the policyholder under the policy in the same manner and to the same extent as if the insurer had been authorized to issue the policy, although the policy was issued in violation of this code.

(b) This section may not be construed to give an insurer the authority to issue an insurance policy or contract other than as provided by this code.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.2275 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.2275
§ 162.2275. REFUND FOR CERTAIN METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a metropolitan rapid transit authority operating under Chapter 451, Transportation Code, that is a party to a contract governed by Section 34.008, Education Code, is entitled to a refund of taxes paid under this subchapter for diesel fuel used to provide services under the contract and may file a refund claim with the comptroller for the amount of those taxes.

(b) The refund claim under Subsection (a) must contain information regarding:

(1) vehicle mileage;

(2) hours of service provided;

(3) fuel consumed;

(4) the total number of student passengers per route; and

(5) the total number of non-student passengers per route.

(c) If in any month of a school year the number of non-student passengers is greater than five percent of the total passengers for any single route under a contract governed by Section 34.008, Education Code, the metropolitan rapid transit authority is not entitled to a refund of taxes paid under this subchapter for the route for that month.

(d) A metropolitan rapid transit authority that requests a refund under this section shall maintain all supporting documentation relating to the refund until the sixth anniversary of the date of the request.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1064.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1064 / Section 1064.112
§ 1064.112. CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with any state, the United States, an agency or political subdivision of those entities, or a charitable or other private entity inside or outside the district for the district to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants or of persons for whom the public or private entity has an obligation to provide care.
Tex. Government Code § 442.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.103
§ 442.103. LEASE OF LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may lease any land or improvement that is part of a historic site described by Subchapter C to a municipality, county, special district, nonprofit organization, or political subdivision. After the execution of the lease, the leased area may not be referred to as a state facility and state funds may not be used to operate or maintain the property.

(b) The conditions and duration of the lease agreement are determined by the agreement of the commission and the lessee.
Tex. Government Code § 830.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 830 / Section 830.004
§ 830.004. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A governing board may provide for contributions to any type of investment authorized by Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 403), as it existed on January 1, 1981, and may arrange the purchase of annuity contracts from any insurance or annuity company that is qualified to do business in this state.

(b) If a governing board has more than one component institution, agency, or unit under its jurisdiction, the governing board may provide a separate optional retirement program for each component or may place two or more components under a single program.

(c) An institution of higher education may establish a governmental excess benefit arrangement as provided by Section 415(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 415(m)) for the purpose of providing to participants in the optional retirement program any portion of a participant's benefits that would otherwise be payable under the terms of the program except for the limitation on benefits imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 415). The governing board of an institution of higher education may take any action necessary to establish and implement a governmental excess benefit arrangement authorized in accordance with this subsection.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.053 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.053
§ 6.053. ASSISTANCE TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

The chief appraiser shall, if requested by the emergency management authorities of a federal, state, or local government agency, provide information and assistance pertinent to disaster mitigation or recovery, including assisting in the estimation of damage from an actual or potential disaster event.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3814.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3814 / Section 3814.156
§ 3814.156. OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.157 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.157
§ 36.157. USE AS EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to testimony or records resulting in a case involving an allegation of engaging in the business of insurance without a license.

(b) On certification by the commissioner under official seal, testimony taken or records produced under this subchapter or acquired in response to a request for information under Section 101.104 and held by the department are admissible in evidence in a case without:

(1) prior proof of correctness; and

(2) proof, other than the certificate of the commissioner, that the testimony or records were received from the person testifying or producing the records.

(c) The certified records, or certified copies of the records, are prima facie evidence of the facts disclosed by the records.

(d) This section does not limit any other provision of this subchapter or any law that makes provision for the admission or evidentiary value of certain evidence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1060.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1060 / Section 1060.052
§ 1060.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

At least 30 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively have general circulation in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 61.405 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.405
§ 61.405. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

The coordinating board may appoint such advisory committees as deemed useful for the effective administration of this subchapter.