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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.182 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.182
§ 242.182. RESPITE CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution licensed under this chapter may provide respite care for an elderly person or a person with a disability according to a plan of care.

(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules for the regulation of respite care provided by an institution licensed under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.008
§ 425.008. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES.
Status: in_force

A foreign company shall invest the company's assets in:

(1) securities or property of the same classes in which the law of this state permits a domestic insurance company to invest; or

(2) securities permitted by other law of this state and approved by the commissioner as being of substantially the same grade as securities or property in which a domestic insurance company is permitted to invest.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 302.006 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 302 / Section 302.006
§ 302.006. MEMBERS' VOTING RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

A member of a professional association is entitled to cast a vote at a meeting of the members as provided by the certificate of formation of the association.
Tex. Education Code § 59.01 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 59 / Section 59.01
§ 59.01. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Health care professional staff members or students" means:

(A) physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care providers who:

(i) are appointed to the faculty or employed by or volunteer for The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech University System, the Texas State University System, the University of Houston System, Stephen F. Austin State University, or the University of North Texas System; and

(ii) either:

(a) are appointed or employed on a full-time basis; or

(b) are appointed or volunteer on a part-time basis and who devote their total professional service to providing health services or provide services to patients by assignment from the department chairman; and

(B) interns, residents, fellows, medical students, dental students, veterinary students, students of osteopathic medicine, nursing students, pharmacy students, and students of any other health care profession that requires a license, certificate, or other authorization under Title 3, Occupations Code, participating in a patient-care program in The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech University System, the Texas State University System, the University of Houston System, Stephen F. Austin State University, or the University of North Texas System.

(2) "Health care liability claim" means a cause of action against a physician or health care professional for treatment, lack of treatment, or other claimed departure from accepted standards of medical care, health care, or veterinary care, or safety or professional or administrative services directly related to health care, which proximately results in injury to or death of a patient, whether the claim or cause of action sounds in tort or contract.

(3) "Board" means the board of regents of The University of Texas System, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System, the board of regents of the Texas State University System, the board of regents of the University of Houston System, the board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University, or the board of regents of the University of North Texas System.

(4) "Fund" means the health care professional liability fund.

(5) "Charitable care or services" means all care or services provided for free or at discounted amounts at or below actual costs based on the ability of the beneficiary to pay and specifically includes all care and services provided to beneficiaries covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

(6) "Medical and dental unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.107
§ 11002.107. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 11002.104; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.

(b) If the district's exercise of its eminent domain power requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or altering the construction of any electric transmission or electric distribution line, conduit, pole, or facility, the district must bear the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or altering the construction of any electric transmission or electric distribution line to provide a comparable replacement without enhancing the facility, after deducting from the cost the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 254.085 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 254 / Section 254.085
§ 254.085. REGISTRATION OF REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the comptroller shall register refunding obligations on surrender and cancellation of the obligations to be refunded.

(b) The comptroller shall register refunding obligations without the surrender and cancellation of the obligations to be refunded if:

(1) the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding obligations requires that:

(A) the obligations be sold at public or private sale; and

(B) the proceeds from the sale be deposited:

(i) in a place where the obligations to be refunded are payable; or

(ii) with the comptroller; and

(2) the refunding obligations are issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the obligations to be refunded to the option or maturity date of the obligations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7911.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7911 / Section 7911.001
§ 7911.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 545.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.553 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.553
§ 801.553. TERMS; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the equine dental provider advisory committee are appointed for staggered six-year terms. The terms of the members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the presiding officer of the board shall appoint a new member to fill the unexpired term.

(c) An advisory committee member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms.
Tex. Insurance Code § 32.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 32 / Section 32.101
§ 32.101. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to insurers who comprise the top 25 insurance groups in the national market and who issue residential property insurance or personal automobile insurance policies in this state, including a Lloyd's plan, a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, a county mutual insurance company, a farm mutual insurance company, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the FAIR Plan Association, and the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association.
Tex. Education Code § 51.302 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.302
§ 51.302. AMERICAN OR TEXAS HISTORY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a college or university receiving state support or state aid from public funds may not grant a baccalaureate degree or a lesser degree or academic certificate to any person unless the person has credit for six semester hours or its equivalent in American History. A student is entitled to submit as much as three semester hours of credit or its equivalent in Texas History in partial satisfaction of this requirement. The college or university may determine that a student has satisfied this requirement in whole or part on the basis of credit granted to the student by the college or university for a substantially equivalent course completed at another accredited college or university, or on the basis of the student's successful completion of an advanced standing examination administered on the conditions and under the circumstances common for the college or university's advanced standing examinations. The college or university may grant as much as three semester hours of credit or its equivalent toward satisfaction of this requirement for substantially equivalent work completed by a student in the program of an approved senior R.O.T.C. unit.

(c) The governing board of a general academic teaching institution that offers a joint baccalaureate degree program under a contract with a foreign college or university may exempt a student enrolled in the joint degree program from the course requirement prescribed by Subsection (b) if the student:

(1) enrolled in the foreign college or university before enrolling in the joint degree program or is otherwise considered to be primarily a student of the foreign college or university; and

(2) successfully completes the American Way course described by Section 51.301(d) at the institution the student attends or, with the approval of that institution, at another general academic teaching institution that offers the course.

(d) A college or university receiving state support or state aid from public funds that does not offer at least three semester credit hours or the equivalent in Texas History to undergraduate students shall enter into an agreement with another postsecondary educational institution to offer to the college or university's undergraduate students at least three semester credit hours or the equivalent in Texas History.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.104
§ 402.104. POWERS AND DUTIES REGARDING EXAMINATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall develop and maintain an examination that may include a written or practical test. The department shall administer or arrange for the administration and validation of the examination.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 377 (H.B. 2699), Sec. 6(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 377 (H.B. 2699), Sec. 6(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) The practical test must be administered by one or more qualified proctors selected and assigned by the department.

(e) The commission by rule shall establish the qualifications for a proctor. The rules must:

(1) require a proctor to be licensed in good standing as a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser;

(2) specify the number of years a proctor must be licensed as a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser; and

(3) specify the disciplinary actions or other actions that disqualify a person from serving as a proctor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 306.055 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 306 / Section 306.055
§ 306.055. TAX BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not issue any bonds payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes.

(b) The board may receive and expend the proceeds of bonds that are payable from taxes and have been issued by the governing body of the municipality for park purposes after the bonds have been authorized at an election held in the manner required by law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.168 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.168
§ 81.168. RELEASE FROM DETENTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The magistrate or master shall order the release of a person under a protective custody order if the magistrate or master determines after the hearing under Section 81.165 that no probable cause exists to believe that the person presents a substantial risk of serious harm to himself or others.

(b) Arrangements shall be made to return a person released under Subsection (a) to:

(1) the location at which the person was apprehended;

(2) the person's place of residence in this state; or

(3) another suitable location.

(c) The head of a facility shall discharge a person held under a protective custody order if:

(1) the head of the facility does not receive notice within 72 hours after detention begins, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, the period prescribed by Section 81.165(b) for an extreme weather emergency, and the duration of a public health disaster, that a probable cause hearing was held and the person's continued detention was authorized;

(2) a final court order for the management of a person with a communicable disease has not been entered within the time prescribed by Section 81.154; or

(3) the health authority or commissioner determines that the person no longer meets the criteria for protective custody prescribed by Section 81.162.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8168.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8168 / Section 8168.101
§ 8168.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by general law applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.256 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.256
§ 2306.256. AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop and implement a program to preserve affordable housing in this state.

(b) Through the program, the department shall:

(1) maintain data on housing projected to lose its affordable status;

(2) develop policies necessary to ensure the preservation of affordable housing in this state;

(3) advise other program areas with respect to the policies; and

(4) assist those other program areas in implementing the policies.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1052.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.251
§ 1052.251. DISCIPLINARY POWERS OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) On a determination that a ground for discipline exists under Section 1052.252, the board shall:

(1) revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration;

(2) reprimand a certificate holder; or

(3) impose an administrative penalty on a person under Subchapter I, Chapter 1051.

(b) The board may place on probation a person whose certificate of registration is suspended. If the suspension is probated, the board may require the person to:

(1) report regularly to the board on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the board; or

(3) continue or review professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the board in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7971A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7971A / Section 7971A.0304
§ 7971A.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. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.351 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.351
§ 55A.351. NOTICE OF EXPUNCTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) When an expunction order issued under Subchapter E or F is final, the clerk of the court shall send a copy of the order to the Crime Records Service of the Department of Public Safety, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, and to each official or agency or other governmental entity of this state or of any political subdivision of this state listed in the order.

(b) The copy of the order must be sent by secure electronic mail, electronic transmission, or facsimile transmission or otherwise by certified mail, return receipt requested.

(b-1) A state or local agency with an e-mail address that is identified under Article 55A.253 or 55A.256 must accept a copy of an expunction order that is provided in an electronic format by the clerk of the court.

(b-2) The clerk of the court may not charge a fee to electronically transmit a copy of the expunction order to an official or agency or other governmental entity for which an e-mail address or other means of electronic transmission is provided in the applicable petition or application.

(b-3) The clerk of the court shall charge a fee of $25 for each official, agency, or other governmental entity that is listed in the applicable petition or application and that is unable to receive an electronic transmission under Subsection (b-2).

(c) In sending the order under Subsection (a) to a governmental entity listed in the order, the clerk may elect to substitute hand delivery for certified mail, but the clerk must receive a receipt for that hand-delivered order.

(d) Any returned receipts received by the clerk from copies of the order shall be maintained in the file on the proceedings under Article 55A.356(b).
Tex. Local Government Code § 204.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 204 / Section 204.003
§ 204.003. MICROFILM PRODUCED UNDER PRIOR LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) All microfilm produced before June 1, 1990, under prior law is validated to the extent the microfilm was produced in the manner and according to the standards prescribed by prior law.

(b) In rules adopted under Section 204.004, the commission may establish procedures for the retrospective certification of uncertified or improperly certified microfilm produced before April 1, 1990, that otherwise meets the standards prescribed by prior law.
Tex. Government Code § 124.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 124 / Section 124.006
§ 124.006. COURTESY SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) A veterans treatment court program that accepts placement of a defendant may transfer responsibility for supervising the defendant's participation in the program to another veterans treatment court program that is located in the county where the defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the county where the defendant works or resides. The defendant's supervision may be transferred under this section only with the consent of both veterans treatment court programs and the defendant.

(b) A defendant who consents to the transfer of the defendant's supervision must agree to abide by all rules, requirements, and instructions of the veterans treatment court program that accepts the transfer.

(c) If a defendant whose supervision is transferred under this section does not successfully complete the program, the veterans treatment court program supervising the defendant shall return the responsibility for the defendant's supervision to the veterans treatment court program that initiated the transfer.

(d) If a defendant is charged with an offense in a county that does not operate a veterans treatment court program, the court in which the criminal case is pending may place the defendant in a veterans treatment court program located in the county where the defendant works or resides or in a county adjacent to the county where the defendant works or resides, provided that a program is operated in that county and the defendant agrees to the placement. A defendant placed in a veterans treatment court program in accordance with this subsection must agree to abide by all rules, requirements, and instructions of the program.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.095 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.095
§ 63.095. TESTING OF SAMPLES ON REQUEST.
Status: in_force

In accordance with the rules of the director, any person may submit a sample of a commercial fertilizer to the director for analysis. The results of the analysis shall be for informational purposes only, may not identify the manufacturer, and may not be published.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4026.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4026 / Section 4026.0203
§ 4026.0203. INITIAL DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The initial board consists of the following directors:

(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2027, and the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire June 1, 2029.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 170.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 170 / Section 170.001
§ 170.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002.

(2) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state.

(3) "Viable" means the stage of fetal development when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician based on the particular facts of the case, an unborn child possesses the capacity to live outside its mother's womb after its premature birth from any cause. The term does not include a fetus whose biparietal diameter is less than 60 millimeters.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.225 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.225
§ 242.225. DATE OF REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

The department shall pay Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement claims that are made electronically not later than the 30th day after the date the claim is made.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 22.026 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 22 / Section 22.026
§ 22.026. PUBLICATION OF PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Publication or dissemination by a news medium or communication service provider of information, documents, or items privileged under this subchapter is not a waiver of the journalist's privilege.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3805.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3805 / Section 3805.101
§ 3805.101. DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has:

(1) all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created;

(2) the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions of a district created under Chapter 375, Local Government Code;

(3) the powers, duties, and contracting authority specified by Subchapters H and I, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(4) the powers given to a corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain the projects described by that chapter; and

(5) the powers of a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.256 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.256
§ 3892.256. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the district shall impose and collect taxes on all property in the district uniformly, for maintenance and operation of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.010
§ 161.010. IMMUNIZATION EDUCATION; STATEWIDE COALITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a continuous statewide education program to educate the public about the importance of immunizing children and the risks and contraindications of an immunization.

(b) The department shall increase coordination among public and private local, regional, and statewide entities that have an interest in immunizations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3861.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3861 / Section 3861.110
§ 3861.110. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.