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Tex. Government Code § 540.0701 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0701
§ 540.0701. ACUTE CARE SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH MOST COST-EFFECTIVE MODEL; MANAGED CARE SERVICE DELIVERY AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section and notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall provide Medicaid acute care services through the most cost-effective model of Medicaid capitated managed care as the commission determines. The commission shall require mandatory participation in a Medicaid capitated managed care program for all individuals eligible for Medicaid acute care benefits, but may implement alternative models or arrangements, including a traditional fee-for-service arrangement, if the commission determines the alternative would be more cost-effective or efficient.

(b) In determining whether a model or arrangement described by Subsection (a) is more cost-effective, the executive commissioner must consider:

(1) the scope, duration, and types of health benefits or services to be provided in a certain part of this state or to a certain recipient population;

(2) administrative costs necessary to meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements;

(3) the anticipated effect of market competition associated with the configuration of Medicaid service delivery models the commission determines; and

(4) the gain or loss to this state of a tax collected under Chapter 222, Insurance Code.

(c) If the commission determines that it is not more cost-effective to use a Medicaid managed care model to provide certain types of Medicaid acute care in a certain area or to certain recipients as prescribed by this section, the commission shall provide Medicaid acute care through a traditional fee-for-service arrangement.

(d) The commission shall determine the most cost-effective alignment of managed care service delivery areas. The executive commissioner may consider:

(1) the number of lives impacted;

(2) the usual source of health care services for residents in an area; and

(3) other factors that impact health care service delivery in the area.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.053
§ 8852.053. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 36.060, Water Code, a director is not entitled to receive compensation for performing the duties of a director.

(b) A director is entitled to receive reimbursement for the director's reasonable expenses incurred while engaging in activities on behalf of the district in accordance with Sections 36.060(b) and (c), Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142.0092 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 142 / Section 142.0092
§ 142.0092. CONSUMER COMPLAINT DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain records or documents relating to complaints directed to the department by consumers of home health, hospice, habilitation, or personal assistance services. The department shall organize the records or documents according to standard, statewide categories as determined by the department. In determining appropriate categories, the department shall make distinctions based on factors useful to the public in assessing the quality of services provided by a home and community support services agency, including whether the complaint:

(1) was determined to be valid or invalid;

(2) involved significant physical harm or death to a patient;

(3) involved financial exploitation of a patient; or

(4) resulted in any sanction imposed against the agency.

(b) The department shall make the information maintained under this section available to the public in a useful format that does not identify individuals implicated in the complaints.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7933A.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7933A / Section 7933A.0307
§ 7933A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Insurance Code § 402.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 402 / Section 402.102
§ 402.102. CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH REPORT CONCERNING NONRENEWAL, CANCELLATION, OR REVISION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 402.103, an insurer or health maintenance organization shall file a report of a material nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision of ceded reinsurance under Section 402.002, without regard to which party initiated the nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision, if:

(1) the entire cession has been canceled, nonrenewed, or revised, and ceded indemnity and loss adjustment expense reserves after the nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision represent less than 50 percent of the comparable reserves that would have been ceded had the nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision not occurred;

(2) an authorized or accredited reinsurer has been replaced by an unauthorized reinsurer on an existing cession, and the result of the revision affects more than 10 percent of the cession; or

(3) a collateral requirement previously established for an unauthorized reinsurer has been reduced, in that the requirement to collateralize incurred but unreported claim reserves has been waived for at least one unauthorized reinsurer newly participating in an existing cession, and the result of the revision affects more than 10 percent of the cession.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.204
§ 8852.204. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District."
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.015 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.015
§ 462.015. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OR TO COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall notify the association of the existence of an impaired insurer not later than the third day after the date the commissioner gives notice of the designation of impairment. The association is entitled to a copy of any complaint seeking an order of receivership with a finding of insolvency against a member insurer at the time the complaint is filed with a court.

(b) On the board's request, the commissioner shall provide the association with a statement of the net direct written premiums of each member insurer.
Tex. Local Government Code § 211.017 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 211 / Section 211.017
§ 211.017. CONTINUATION OF LAND USE IN NEWLY INCORPORATED AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality incorporated after September 1, 2003, may not prohibit a person from:

(1) continuing to use land in the area in the manner in which the land was being used on the date of incorporation if the land use was legal at that time; or

(2) beginning to use land in the area in the manner that was planned for the land before the 90th day before the effective date of the incorporation if:

(A) one or more licenses, certificates, permits, approvals, or other forms of authorization by a governmental entity were required by law for the planned land use; and

(B) a completed application for the initial authorization was filed with the governmental entity before the date of incorporation.

(b) For purposes of this section, a completed application is filed if the application includes all documents and other information designated as required by the governmental entity in a written notice to the applicant.

(c) This section does not prohibit a municipality from imposing:

(1) a regulation relating to the location of sexually oriented businesses, as that term is defined by Section 243.002;

(2) a municipal ordinance, regulation, or other requirement affecting colonias, as that term is defined by Section 2306.581, Government Code;

(3) a regulation relating to preventing imminent destruction of property or injury to persons;

(4) a regulation relating to public nuisances;

(5) a regulation relating to flood control;

(6) a regulation relating to the storage and use of hazardous substances;

(7) a regulation relating to the sale and use of fireworks; or

(8) a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms.

(d) A municipal ordinance or rule in conflict with this section is void.
Tex. Family Code § 54.0408 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.0408
§ 54.0408. REFERRAL OF CHILD EXITING PROBATION TO MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY OR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A juvenile probation officer shall refer a child who has been determined to have a mental illness or an intellectual disability to an appropriate local mental health authority or local intellectual and developmental disability authority at least three months before the child is to complete the child's juvenile probation term unless the child is currently receiving treatment from the local mental health authority or local intellectual and developmental disability authority of the county in which the child resides.
Tex. Transportation Code § 364.043 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 364 / Section 364.043
§ 364.043. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county, through the commissioners court, may issue, sell, and deliver negotiable bonds to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The county may use the bonds or the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, or equip in whole or in part a toll bridge or a related building, structure, or other facility under this chapter or may exchange the bonds for property to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Bonds issued under this chapter may be authorized by resolution or order from time to time.

(c) Except as required by Section 364.045, a county by resolution or order of its commissioners court may issue bonds under this chapter and use the bonds or proceeds from their sale as provided by this chapter without:

(1) holding an election to authorize that action;

(2) giving or publishing notice of the county's intent to take that action; or

(3) advertising or calling for competitive bids in connection with that action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.055
§ 3948.055. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.104
§ 1084.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including district facilities.

(b) On approval by the board, the rules may be published in booklet form at district expense and made available to any taxpayer on request.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 24.053 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 24 / Section 24.053
§ 24.053. ACCOUNT REVENUE SOURCE; DEDICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall deposit to the credit of the large county and municipality recreation and parks account:

(1) credits made to the department under Section 151.801, Tax Code, in an amount not to exceed the amount of the tax proceeds allocated by the legislature to the account under Section 151.801(c-1), Tax Code, to be used only for the purposes provided by that section; and

(2) money from any other source authorized by law.

(b) The department may deposit to the credit of the large county and municipality recreation and parks account:

(1) private contributions, grants, and donations received in connection with this subchapter or Subchapter D, Chapter 13; and

(2) federal funds received in connection with this subchapter or Subchapter D, Chapter 13.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.101
§ 425.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Assets" means the statutory accounting admitted assets of an insurance company. The term includes lawful money of the United States, whether in the form of cash or demand deposits in solvent banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, and branches of those entities, organized under the laws of the United States or a state of the United States, if held in accordance with the laws or regulations applicable to those entities. The term does not include the company's separate accounts that are subject to Chapter 1152.

(2) "Securities valuation office" means the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.001
§ 457.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means a mass transit authority created under this chapter or former Article 1118z-1, Revised Statutes.

(2) "Board" means the governing body of an authority.

(3) "Bond" includes a note.

(4) "Mass transit" means the transportation of passengers and hand-carried packages or baggage of a passenger by any means of surface, overhead, or underground transportation, other than an aircraft or taxicab.

(5) "Principal municipality" means the municipality of greatest population in a county to which this chapter applies.

(6) "Transit authority system" means:

(A) property owned or held by an authority for mass transit purposes; and

(B) facilities necessary or convenient for:

(i) the use of or access to mass transit by persons or vehicles; or

(ii) the protection or environmental enhancement of mass transit.

(7) "Unit of election" means a municipality, including the principal municipality, or the unincorporated area of a county.

(8) "Transportation disadvantaged" has the meaning assigned by Section 451.001.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7908A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7908A / Section 7908A.0306
§ 7908A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 7908A.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 7908A.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) A new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 7908A.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.401
§ 651.401. FIRST CALL; REMOVAL OF BODY.
Status: in_force

(a) First call occurs at the beginning of a relationship between a funeral director and a person authorized by Section 711.002, Health and Safety Code, to control the disposition of the decedent's remains.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a funeral director must direct the pickup of a dead human body under this chapter.

(c) A dead human body may be transferred without a funeral director directing the transfer at the direction of a justice of the peace or other law enforcement official.

(d) A funeral director may direct an unlicensed person, a provisional license holder, or an embalmer in the removal of a dead human body. A funeral director who directs the removal of a dead human body by an unlicensed person is strictly accountable for compliance with the requirements of this chapter. If an unlicensed person, a provisional license holder, or an embalmer inadvertently encounters a family member or other person with whom funeral arrangements are normally made, the person shall restrict communication with the family member or other person to:

(1) identifying the person's employer; and

(2) making any disclosure to the family member or other person that is required by federal or state law or regulation.
Tex. Government Code § 322.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 322 / Section 322.017
§ 322.017. EFFICIENCY REVIEW OF STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2056.001.

(b) The board periodically may review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of the policies, management, fiscal affairs, and operations of state agencies.

(c) The board shall report the findings of the review and analysis to the governor and the legislature.

(d) The legislature may consider the board's reports in connection with the legislative appropriations process.

(e) Until the board has completed a review and analysis under this section, all information, documentary or otherwise, prepared or maintained in conducting the review and analysis or preparing the review report, including intra-agency and interagency communications and drafts of the review report or portions of those drafts, is excepted from required public disclosure as audit working papers under Section 552.116. This subsection does not affect whether information described by this subsection is confidential or excepted from required public disclosure under a law other than Section 552.116.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.301
§ 912.301. REPORT REGARDING CONDITION OF COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may, at any time the commissioner determines advisable, compel written reports from a county mutual insurance company regarding the company's condition.

(b) The commissioner may require that the report be verified under oath by a responsible officer of the company.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373B.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373B / Section 373B.006
§ 373B.006. QUALIFICATIONS OF PURCHASERS OR LESSEES OF HOUSING UNITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A community land trust may sell housing units only to families with a yearly income at the time of sale at or below 80 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for housing units located on one or more tracts of land owned by the community land trust that constitute a contiguous geographic area or are located in the same platted subdivision, the trust may sell not more than 20 percent of the housing units to families with a yearly income at the time of sale that exceeds the amount provided by Subsection (a) but does not exceed 120 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.

(c) At least 25 percent of the housing units sold by the trust must be sold to families with a yearly income at the time of sale at or below 60 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.

(d) A community land trust may lease housing units only to families with a yearly income at the time of lease at or below 60 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), for housing units located on one or more tracts of land owned by the community land trust that constitute a contiguous geographic area or are located in the same platted subdivision, the trust may lease not more than 20 percent of the housing units to families with a yearly income at the time of lease that exceeds the amount provided by Subsection (d) but does not exceed 80 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.
Tex. Tax Code § 42.06 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 42 / Section 42.06
§ 42.06. NOTICE OF APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) To exercise the party's right to appeal an order of an appraisal review board, a party other than a property owner must file written notice of appeal within 15 days after the date the party receives the notice required by Section 41.47 or, in the case of a taxing unit, by Section 41.07 that the order appealed has been issued. To exercise the right to appeal an order of the comptroller, a party other than a property owner must file written notice of appeal within 15 days after the date the party receives the comptroller's order. A property owner is not required to file a notice of appeal under this section.

(b) A party required to file a notice of appeal under this section other than a chief appraiser who appeals an order of an appraisal review board shall file the notice with the chief appraiser of the appraisal district for which the appraisal review board is established. A chief appraiser who appeals an order of an appraisal review board shall file the notice with the appraisal review board. A party who appeals an order of the comptroller shall file the notice with the comptroller.

(c) If the chief appraiser, a taxing unit, or a county appeals, the chief appraiser, if the appeal is of an order of the appraisal review board, or the comptroller, if the appeal is of an order of the comptroller, shall deliver a copy of the notice to the property owner whose property is involved in the appeal within 10 days after the date the notice is filed.

(d) On the filing of a notice of appeal, the chief appraiser shall indicate where appropriate those entries on the appraisal records that are subject to the appeal.