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Tex. Government Code § 814.603 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.603
§ 814.603. SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system may make a supplemental payment as provided by this section to persons whose annuities are described by Section 814.107, 814.207, 814.305, or 814.601(a) and that are based on service retirements, disability retirements, or deaths. A supplemental payment made under this section is in addition to the regular monthly annuity payment. Supplemental payments under this section must comply with Section 811.006.

(b) The board of trustees shall determine the amount and timing of a supplemental payment and the manner in which the payment is made.

(c) The retirement system shall pay any supplemental payment made under this section from the retirement annuity reserve account and may transfer to that account from the state accumulation account any portion of the amount that exceeds the amount in the retirement annuity reserve account available to finance this supplemental payment and that is actuarially determined to be necessary to finance the supplemental payment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.072
§ 501.072. OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A board of directors is subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, and the public information law, Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0051 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0051
§ 152.0051. COMPOSITION OF JUVENILE BOARD.
Status: in_force

The juvenile board of a county that has a family district court is composed of:

(1) the county judge;

(2) the judge of each family district court;

(3) the judge of each other district court in the county; and

(4) the judge of each other court in the county that has jurisdiction over juvenile matters.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2751.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2751 / Section 2751.053
§ 2751.053. HEARING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a premium rate may be fixed and forms adopted for personal property title insurance under this chapter, the department must provide reasonable notice and a hearing must be afforded to title insurance companies, title insurance agents, and the public.

(b) A hearing under this section is subject to Subchapter B, Chapter 40, and is handled as a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code, in the manner prescribed by that subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 542.0103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 542 / Section 542.0103
§ 542.0103. ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT RATE OR METHODOLOGY.
Status: in_force

(a) The pilot program must be designed to test the use of innovative payment rates and methodologies for the provision of long-term services and supports to achieve the goals of the pilot program. The payment methodologies must include:

(1) the payment of a bundled amount without downside risk to a comprehensive long-term services and supports provider for some or all services delivered as part of a comprehensive array of long-term services and supports;

(2) enhanced incentive payments to comprehensive long-term services and supports providers based on the completion of predetermined outcomes or quality metrics; and

(3) any other payment model the commission approves.

(b) An alternative payment rate or methodology may be used for a managed care organization and comprehensive long-term services and supports provider only if the organization and provider agree in advance and in writing to use the rate or methodology.

(c) In developing an alternative payment rate or methodology, the commission, managed care organizations, and comprehensive long-term services and supports providers shall consider:

(1) the historical costs of long-term services and supports, including Medicaid fee-for-service rates;

(2) reasonable cost estimates for new services under the pilot program; and

(3) whether an alternative payment rate or methodology is sufficient to promote quality outcomes and ensure a provider's continued participation in the pilot program.

(d) An alternative payment rate or methodology may not reduce the minimum payment a provider receives for delivering long-term services and supports under the pilot program to an amount that is less than the fee-for-service reimbursement rate the provider received for delivering those services before participating in the pilot program.
Tex. Government Code § 33.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 33 / Section 33.025
§ 33.025. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may file an application in a district court or, if appropriate, with a special master or special court of review, to enforce a subpoena issued by the commission under this chapter.

(b) A special master or special court of review may enforce by contempt a subpoena issued by the commission, the special master, or the special court of review.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 75A.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 75A / Section 75A.004
§ 75A.004. SIGNED AGREEMENT AND WARNING.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of limitation of liability under Section 75A.002(a)(2), a written agreement and warning statement is considered effective and enforceable if it:

(1) is signed before the agritourism participant participates in an agritourism activity;

(2) is signed by the agritourism participant or, if the agritourism participant is a minor, the agritourism participant's parent, managing conservator, or guardian;

(3) is in a document separate from any other agreement between the agritourism participant and the agritourism entity other than a different warning, consent, or assumption of risk statement;

(4) is printed in not less than 10-point bold type; and

(5) contains the following language:

I UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AN AGRITOURISM ENTITY IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY TO OR DEATH OF AN AGRITOURISM PARTICIPANT RESULTING FROM AGRITOURISM ACTIVITIES. I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE ACCEPTED ALL RISK OF INJURY, DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND OTHER LOSS THAT MAY RESULT FROM AGRITOURISM ACTIVITIES.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4022.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4022 / Section 4022.0303
§ 4022.0303. 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. Transportation Code § 452.541 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.541
§ 452.541.
Status: in_force

Sec. 452.541. BOARD MEMBERSHIP: RESIDENCY IN AUTHORITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a member of a subregional board must be a qualified voter residing in the authority.

(b) An individual who does not reside in the authority may be appointed to the board under Section 452.562(c)(1) if the individual is a qualified voter of and resides in a municipality that:

(1) has entered into a contract with the authority to receive services; and

(2) has adopted a sales tax to participate in the funding of a transportation project being planned, developed, or operated by the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0204
§ 5010.0204. COMMISSIONER'S OATH AND BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 10th day after the date of the commissioner's election, each commissioner shall:

(1) take and subscribe an oath of office with conditions in the oath as provided by law for members of the commissioners court of a county; and

(2) enter into a good and sufficient bond in the amount of $1,000 payable to the district, conditioned on the faithful performance of the commissioner's duties as a commissioner.

(b) The bond of a commissioner must be approved by the board.
Tex. Election Code § 20.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 20 / Section 20.006
§ 20.006. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee of a voter registration agency may not make a determination about a person's eligibility for registration other than a determination of whether the person is of voting age or is a United States citizen.

(b) A person's age or citizenship may be determined by the employee only if the age or citizenship can be readily determined from information filed with the agency by the person for purposes other than voter registration.

(c) A person shall be offered voter registration assistance as provided by this chapter even if the person's age or citizenship cannot be determined.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81D.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81D / Section 81D.006
§ 81D.006. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall impose on an employer who violates this chapter an administrative penalty in an amount equal to $50,000 for each violation, unless the employer, as applicable:

(1) hires the applicant for employment or offers a contract to the applicant for a contract position; or

(2) reinstates the employee or contractor and provides the employee or contractor with back pay from the date the employer took the adverse action and makes every reasonable effort to reverse the effects of the adverse action, including reestablishing employee benefits for which the employee or contractor otherwise would have been eligible if the adverse action had not been taken.

(b) If, following an investigation under Section 81D.004, the commission determines that the employer violated this chapter, the commission may recover from the employer reasonable investigative costs incurred by the commission in conducting the investigation, regardless of whether the employer has taken an action described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3849.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3849 / Section 3849.102
§ 3849.102. EXERCISE OF POWERS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers of:

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

(2) a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.077 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.077
§ 42.077. NOTICE OF ACTION AGAINST FACILITY OR FAMILY HOME.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department revokes or suspends a facility's license or a family home's listing or registration, the department shall publish notice of this action:

(1) in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the facility or family home is located; or

(2) on the department's Internet website along with other information regarding child-care services.

(a-1) If notice is published in a newspaper under Subsection (a), the newspaper shall place the notice in the section in which advertisements for day-care services are normally published.

(b) If a person who operates a facility or family home that has had its license, listing, or registration revoked or suspended later applies for a new license, listing, or registration to operate the same facility or family home, the department shall charge the person an application fee set by the executive commissioner by rule in an amount necessary to reimburse the department for the cost of the notice relating to that facility or family home.

(c) The department shall pay for publication of the notice from funds appropriated to the department for licensing and regulating child-care facilities and for listing, registering, and regulating family homes and from appeal and application fees collected under Subsection (b) and appropriated to the department.

(d) A facility or family home that has its license, listing, or registration revoked or suspended shall mail notification of this action by certified mail to the parents or guardian of the child served by the facility or family home. The facility or family home shall mail the notification within five days of the effective date of the revocation or suspension of the license, listing, or registration.

(d-1) If the department determines that the license of a residential child-care facility should be revoked or suspended, the facility shall mail notification of the action or proposed action by certified mail to a parent of each child served by the facility, if the person's parental rights have not been terminated, and to the child's managing conservator, as appropriate. The residential child-care facility shall mail the notification not later than the fifth day after the date the facility is notified of the department's determination that revocation or suspension of the license is appropriate.

(e) When the most recent federal census shows that more than one-half of the population in a municipality or in a commissioners precinct in a county in which a family home whose listing or registration has been revoked or suspended is located is of Hispanic origin or Spanish-speaking, the department shall publish the notice under Subsection (a) in both English and Spanish.
Tex. Insurance Code § 601.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 601 / Section 601.004
§ 601.004. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HEALTH INFORMATION; STRICTER RULES NOT PRECLUDED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the authority of the department or another state agency to adopt stricter rules governing the treatment of health information by a covered entity if another law gives the department or agency that authority, including a law or rule of this state related to the privacy of individually identifiable health information under Subtitle F, Title II, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), as amended.
Tex. Labor Code § 62.161 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 62 / Section 62.161
§ 62.161. SHELTERED WORKSHOPS.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit charitable organization that is engaged in evaluating, training, and employment services for clients with disabilities and that complies with federal regulations covering those activities is considered to have complied with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8847.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8847 / Section 8847.103
§ 8847.103. WELLS EXEMPT FROM REGULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not require a permit for a well incapable of producing more than 25,000 gallons of groundwater a day.

(b) A well meeting the criteria established under Section 36.117, Water Code, including a well used for dewatering and monitoring in the production of coal and lignite, is exempt from permit requirements, regulations, and fees imposed by the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2258.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2258 / Section 2258.023
§ 2258.023. PREVAILING WAGE RATES TO BE PAID BY CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The contractor who is awarded a contract by a public body or a subcontractor of the contractor shall pay not less than the rates determined under Section 2258.022 to a worker employed by it in the execution of the contract.

(b) A contractor or subcontractor who violates this section shall pay to the state or a political subdivision of the state on whose behalf the contract is made, $60 for each worker employed for each calendar day or part of the day that the worker is paid less than the wage rates stipulated in the contract. A public body awarding a contract shall specify this penalty in the contract.

(c) A contractor or subcontractor does not violate this section if a public body awarding a contract does not determine the prevailing wage rates and specify the rates in the contract as provided by Section 2258.022.

(d) The public body shall use any money collected under this section to offset the costs incurred in the administration of this chapter.

(e) A municipality is entitled to collect a penalty under this section only if the municipality has a population of more than 10,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8808.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8808 / Section 8808.157
§ 8808.157. ELECTION RESULTS FOR MERGER WITH WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters voting in an election under Section 8808.155 both in the area of the water control and improvement district and in the territory of the district outside that area vote in favor of the ballot proposition, the proposed merger agreement takes effect.

(b) If a majority of the voters voting in an election under Section 8808.155 either in the area of the water control and improvement district or in the territory of the district outside that area do not vote in favor of the ballot proposition:

(1) the proposed merger agreement does not take effect; and

(2) the board may not hold a subsequent election to confirm a proposed merger agreement between the same water control and improvement district and the district before the first anniversary of the election date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3910.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3910 / Section 3910.153
§ 3910.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1048.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1048 / Section 1048.060
§ 1048.060. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the affairs of the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.908 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.908
§ 271.908. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES FOR CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "civil works project" and "local governmental entity" have the meanings assigned by Section 271.181.

(b) A local governmental entity may contract with a private entity to act as the local governmental entity's agent in the design, development, financing, maintenance, operation, or construction, including oversight and inspection, of:

(1) a civil works project; or

(2) an improvement to real property.

(c) A local governmental entity contracting under this section shall:

(1) select the private entity based on the private entity's qualifications and experience; and

(2) enter into a project development agreement with the private entity.

(d) The selected private entity shall comply with:

(1) Chapters 1001 and 1051, Occupations Code;

(2) all laws relating to procurement of professional services under Chapter 2254, Government Code; and

(3) all laws relating to procurement under this chapter that apply to the local governmental entity that selected the private entity.
Tex. Education Code § 95.31 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 95 / Section 95.31
§ 95.31. ACQUISITION OF LAND; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may acquire land, including the improvements thereupon, needed for the proper operation of a system university. The acquisition may be by grant, purchase, lease, exchange, gift, devise, or by condemnation.

If the board and the landowner cannot agree on the sale and purchase of the land, the board may request the attorney general to proceed to condemn the land as provided by law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.614 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.614
§ 161.614. RULES.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may issue rules and regulations as necessary to carry out or enforce this subchapter.
Tex. Election Code § 127.124 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.124
§ 127.124. EARLY PROCESSING OF BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority adopting an electronic voting system for use in an election in which ballots are processed at a central counting station may provide by resolution, order, or other official action that processing the electronic system ballots will begin while the polls are open for voting on election day.

(b) The authority shall state in the official action the intervals during the day at which the ballots are to be delivered from the polling places to the central counting station for processing.

(c) The boxes in which the ballots are delivered to the counting station may be returned to the polling places for use in subsequent deliveries. If a box to be reused is a sealed ballot box authorized by Subchapter C, the authority responsible for distributing election supplies to the polling places, or the authority's designee, shall lock and seal the box at the counting station in the same manner as for the initial locking and sealing of the box and then deliver it to the appropriate polling place.

(d) The precinct election records shall be delivered to the central counting station in the last ballot box delivered from the polling place to the counting station.

(e) The authority may restrict early ballot processing to ballots voted at particular polling places by designating the polling places in the official action providing for the early processing. The authority may restrict the early processing to activities preparatory to the counting of ballots by stating in the official action the activities that are to be performed before the closing of the polls.

(f) Early processing of ballots under this section does not affect the time at which the results of the election may be disclosed.

(g) If the counting of ballots begins before the polls close, the provisions applicable to absences from the polling place by election officers while the polls are open apply to the personnel serving at the central counting station. The presiding judge shall supervise the absences.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3819.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3819 / Section 3819.153
§ 3819.153. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3819.152, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district for the:

(1) maintenance and operation of the district and the improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or

(2) provision of a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8475.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8475 / Section 8475.152
§ 8475.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8475.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.