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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.0201
§ 437.0201. REGULATION OF FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS UNDER TEMPORARY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "farmers' market" and "food" have the meanings assigned by Section 437.020.

(b) The department or a local health department may issue a temporary food establishment permit to a person who sells food at a farmers' market, subject to Section 437.0065.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 339 (S.B. 932), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) This section does not apply to a farmers' market in a county:

(1) that has a population of less than 50,000; and

(2) over which no local health department has jurisdiction.

(e) The executive commissioner, a state enforcement agency, or a local government authority, including a local health department, may not adopt a rule requiring a farmers' market to pay a permit fee for:

(1) conducting a cooking demonstration if the demonstration is conducted for a bona fide educational purpose; or

(2) providing samples of food.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.511 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.511
§ 151.511. REDETERMINATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The comptroller may decrease the amount of a determination at any time before the determination becomes final.

(b) The comptroller may increase the amount of a determination that is not final if the additional claim is asserted by the comptroller at or before a hearing on a redetermination.

(c) If an additional claim is asserted, the petitioner is entitled to a 30-day continuance of the hearing to permit the petitioner to obtain and present evidence applicable to the items on which the additional claim is based.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 42(a)(3), eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2311.0207 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2311 / Section 2311.0207
§ 2311.0207. REGULATION OF LEGACY CHARGERS.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules to regulate electric vehicle supply equipment in operation before January 1, 2024, that:

(1) has never had a metering system in place capable of measuring electricity transferred from the charging station to the vehicle; or

(2) is not capable of measuring the time elapsed while actively charging a vehicle and calculating a fee for the charging session.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3981.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3981 / Section 3981.0304
§ 3981.0304. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.

(b) A district may not add or exclude land unless the city consents to the addition or exclusion.
Tex. Education Code § 51.952 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.952
§ 51.952. STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of a medical and dental unit may require a student enrolled at a medical and dental unit to have in effect during the calendar year of enrollment a health insurance policy for health care services received by the student.

(b) The governing board of a medical and dental unit shall determine the minimum coverage standards for health insurance required under this section.

(c) If the student agrees in writing, the medical and dental unit shall provide a reasonable estimate of the cost of the health insurance coverage within the student's cost of education for financial aid purposes.

(d) If a governing board of a medical and dental unit requires health insurance coverage for students under Subsection (a), a student may be provisionally enrolled at the medical and dental unit for one academic session without the coverage in order to allow the student time to obtain the coverage.

(e) The governing board of a medical and dental unit may adopt such other rules and regulations as it determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(f) In this section, "governing board" and "medical and dental unit" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3865.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3865 / Section 3865.201
§ 3865.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, hotel occupancy taxes, sales and use taxes, revenue from economic development agreements under Chapter 380 or 381, Local Government Code, other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 487.607 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.607
§ 487.607. RELIEF PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT.
Status: in_force

The department shall actively recruit physicians to participate in the program as relief physicians. The department shall concentrate on recruiting physicians involved in an accredited residency program in general pediatrics, general internal medicine, and general family medicine, physicians registered on the department's locum tenens registry, physicians employed at a medical school, and physicians working for private locum tenens groups.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8469.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8469 / Section 8469.001
§ 8469.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Aubrey, Texas.

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

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means the Venable Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.604 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.604
§ 161.604. RATE OF FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) For cigarettes or cigarette tobacco products sold, used, consumed, or distributed in this state, as provided by Section 161.603, during the 2013 calendar year, the fee is imposed at the rate of 2.75 cents for:

(1) each non-settling manufacturer cigarette; and

(2) each 0.09 ounces of non-settling manufacturer cigarette tobacco product described by Section 161.602(3).

(b) Beginning in January 2014, and in January of each subsequent year, the comptroller shall adjust the rate of the fee by increasing the rate in effect on the date the adjustment is made by the greater of:

(1) three percent; or

(2) the actual total percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, during the preceding calendar year, calculated by comparing the CPI-U for December of the preceding calendar year with the CPI-U for December a year earlier.

(b-1) The adjusted rate of the fee determined under Subsection (b) takes effect on February 1 of the year in which the adjusted rate is determined and remains in effect until January 31 of the following year.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the rate of the fee on the cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products of a subsequent participating manufacturer shall, for calendar months beginning before the effective date of a credit amendment, be calculated by substituting 0.75 cents for 2.75 cents in Subsection (a). For calendar months beginning on or after the effective date of a credit amendment, the rate of the fee on the cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products of subsequent participating manufacturers shall be the same as the rate that applies for those months to the cigarettes of non-settling manufacturers who are not subsequent participating manufacturers.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.504 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.504
§ 2210.504. COMMISSIONER ACTION ON PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner disapproves or modifies a filing under Section 2210.503, and after notice and hearing, the commissioner by order shall approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed adjustment to the maximum liability limits.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and Sections 2210.501(c), 2210.502(a)-(c), and 2210.503, the commissioner may not approve adjustments of maximum liability limits to amounts lower than the amounts prescribed under Section 2210.501(b).
Tex. Education Code § 55.1796 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1796
§ 55.1796. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY; ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of Texas Woman's University may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property and facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for a health sciences center, to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter, not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of $100 million.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of Texas Woman's University, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.

(c) In lieu of financing a project described by Subsection (a) for Texas Woman's University, the board may finance in the manner prescribed by that subsection an alternative project for deferred maintenance, infrastructure, or construction at the university in an amount not to exceed the total of the amount authorized for the project and any unspent amount from projects authorized for the university under this chapter. The board shall notify the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of an alternative project financed as provided by this subsection.

(d) For financing of an alternative project as provided by Subsection (c) in an amount that exceeds $25 million, the board must receive prior written approval from the governor and Legislative Budget Board. A request for approval of financing of an alternative project is considered approved unless the governor or the Legislative Budget Board issues a written disapproval not later than the 30th business day after the date of the receipt of the request.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1052.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.005
§ 1052.005. ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN PERSONS NOT REPRESENTED TO BE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to a person:

(1) who does not represent that the person is a landscape architect or use a business or professional title that uses a form of the phrase "landscape architect"; and

(2) who is a landscape architect licensed or registered in another state or country who:

(A) does not open or maintain a business in this state; and

(B) complies with the requirements of Subsection (b).

(b) A person described by Subsection (a) who agrees to perform or represents that the person is able to perform a professional service involved in the practice of landscape architecture may perform a landscape architectural service in this state only if, in performing the service, the person:

(1) employs a landscape architect registered under this chapter as a consultant; or

(2) acts as a consultant of a landscape architect registered in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.115
§ 1090.115. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay all or part of the costs of the care and treatment in the hospital, the amount of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the costs of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient's care and support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to the person's financial ability.

(d) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from any relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue any appropriate orders.

(f) A final order of the board may be appealed to the district court. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.062
§ 1083.062. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may employ any doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees as considered necessary for the efficient operation of the district or may provide that the district administrator has the authority to employ those persons.
Tex. Government Code § 436.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.201
§ 436.201. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The following local governmental entities are eligible for a grant under this subchapter:

(1) a municipality or county that is a defense community;

(2) a regional planning commission that has a defense community within its boundaries;

(3) a public junior college district that is wholly or partly located in a defense community;

(4) a campus or education extension center of the Texas State Technical College System that is located in a defense community;

(5) a defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code; and

(6) a political subdivision that has the power of a defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code.

(b) An eligible local governmental entity may be awarded a grant if the commission determines that the entity may be adversely or positively affected by an anticipated, planned, announced, or implemented action of the United States Department of Defense to close, reduce, increase, or otherwise realign defense worker jobs or facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7210.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7210 / Section 7210.004
§ 7210.004. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code, apply to the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.656 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.656
§ 33.656. PROJECTS THAT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING.
Status: in_force

To qualify for funding under this subchapter, a project must:

(1) be sponsored by a coastal county;

(2) be located within the sponsoring coastal county along or adjacent to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, an inland bay, or a connecting channel between the Gulf of Mexico and an inland bay;

(3) be accessible by public roads or a common carrier ferry;

(4) be identified and approved for funding by a coastal county and the land office; and

(5) require more than $5 million to complete, as estimated by the land office, unless the project implements a building set-back line established under Section 33.607.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.524 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.524
§ 43.524. DISPOSITION OF CONSERVATION PERMIT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) After deducting any collection fee, an agent of the department shall send to the department the net receipts from the sale of conservation permits.

(b) The department may use the net receipts from the sale of conservation permits for the sole purpose of acquiring, leasing, or developing state lands, paying principal and interest on Texas Park Development Bonds, or operating land or facilities under the department's control.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9994 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9994
§ 61.9994. AWARD OF GRANTS.
Status: in_force

In awarding grants under the program, the board shall give priority to applicants that propose to:

(1) enhance or leverage existing degree programs that graduate professionals described by Section 61.9991;

(2) establish or maintain a program that serves a rural or underserved area;

(3) partner with:

(A) another institution of higher education to develop a joint program; or

(B) a public school to implement early recruitment in high school;

(4) establish or maintain a program that incentivizes professionals described by Section 61.9991 to serve in their field or a related field of study for at least three consecutive years following graduation in an inpatient or outpatient behavioral health facility or program that receives state funding;

(5) establish or maintain a degree or certificate program to educate professionals in specialties that face significant workforce shortages, including those described by Section 61.601; or

(6) establish or maintain psychiatric fellowship programs that serve correctional facilities or inpatient psychiatric facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8314.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8314 / Section 8314.0306
§ 8314.0306. 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 the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any 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 8314.0103 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 or among 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) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8314.0103. 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) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8314.0104 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.

(j) Any 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8017A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8017A / Section 8017A.0201
§ 8017A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8017A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11006.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11006 / Section 11006.001
§ 11006.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the South Texas Water Authority.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

(3) "Cities" means the cities of Agua Dulce, Bishop, Driscoll, and Kingsville.

(4) "Director" means a member of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8071.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8071 / Section 8071.0501
§ 8071.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.253
§ 1073.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 48.211 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 48 / Section 48.211
§ 48.211. REPORT TO GUARDIANSHIP COURT.
Status: in_force

If the elderly person or person with a disability has a guardian, a written notification of the findings of the investigation shall be sent to the court to which the guardian is accountable.
Tex. Education Code § 26.0061 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 26 / Section 26.0061
§ 26.0061. RIGHT TO REQUEST INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of each school district shall establish a process by which a parent of a student, as indicated on the student registration form at the student's campus, may request an instructional material review under Section 31.0252 for a subject area in the grade level in which the student is enrolled.

(b) A process established under Subsection (a):

(1) may not require more than one parent of a student to make the request;

(2) must provide for the board of trustees of the school district to determine if the request will be granted, either originally or through an appeal process; and

(3) may permit the requesting parent to review the instructional material directly before the district conducts an instructional material review under Section 31.0252.

(c) If the parents of at least 25 percent of the students enrolled at a campus present to the board of trustees of the school district in which the campus is located a petition for the board to conduct an instructional material review under Section 31.0252, the board shall, subject to Subsection (d), conduct the review, unless the petition is presented by the parents of less than 50 percent of the students enrolled at the campus and, by a majority vote, the board denies the request. A review conducted under this subsection shall include a review of instructional materials for each subject area or grade level specified in the petition.

(d) The board of trustees of a school district is not required to conduct a review under this section for a specific subject area or grade level at a specific district campus more than once per school year.

(e) Parental access to instructional material provided by an instructional material review conducted under this section is in addition to any other right to access instructional material granted by this title or school district policy.

(f) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.401 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.401
§ 843.401. FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

A director, officer, member, employee, or partner of a health maintenance organization who receives, collects, disburses, or invests funds in connection with the activities of the health maintenance organization is responsible for the funds in a fiduciary relationship to the enrollees.