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Tex. Finance Code § 157.030 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 157 / Section 157.030
§ 157.030. COMPLETION OF RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE ORIGINATION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) On disbursement of mortgage proceeds to or on behalf of the residential mortgage loan applicant, the residential mortgage loan originator who assisted the applicant in obtaining the residential mortgage loan is considered to have completed the performance of the loan originator's services for the applicant and owes no additional duties or obligations to the applicant with respect to the loan.

(b) This section does not limit or preclude the liability of a residential mortgage loan originator for:

(1) failing to comply with this chapter, Chapter 156, or a rule adopted under this chapter or Chapter 156;

(2) failing to comply with a provision of or duty arising under an agreement with a residential mortgage loan applicant under this chapter or Chapter 156; or

(3) violating any other state or federal law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3860.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3860 / Section 3860.004
§ 3860.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) Each improvement project or service authorized by this chapter is essential to carry out a public purpose.

(d) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to:

(1) further the public purposes of developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) develop or expand transportation and commerce.

(e) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the area as a residential neighborhood and a commercially viable area;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;

(4) promote and benefit commercial development and commercial areas in the district; and

(5) promote and develop public transportation and pedestrian facilities and systems using new and alternative means that are attractive, safe, and convenient, including securing expanded and improved transportation and pedestrian facilities and systems, to:

(A) address the problem of traffic congestion in the district, the need to control traffic and improve pedestrian safety, and the limited availability of money; and

(B) benefit the land and other property in the district and the residents, employers, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district and the public.

(f) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(g) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Government Code § 4006.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4006 / Section 4006.152
§ 4006.152. FEE FOR EXCEEDING LIMITED OFFERING EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an offeror who:

(1) has filed a notice to claim a limited offering exemption;

(2) paid less than the maximum fee prescribed by Section 4006.052; and

(3) offered a greater amount of securities in the offering than authorized pursuant to the formula prescribed by Section 4006.052.

(b) An offeror may:

(1) file an amended notice disclosing the amount of securities offered; and

(2) pay:

(A) three times the difference between the fee initially paid and the fee that should have been paid; and

(B) interest on that amount computed at the rate provided by Section 302.002, Finance Code, from the date the commissioner received the original notice until the date the commissioner received the amended notice.

(c) An amended notice filed under Subsection (b) is retroactive to the date of the initial filing of the notice to claim the exemption.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3901.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3901 / Section 3901.054
§ 3901.054. DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

Section 49.052, Water Code, applies to the members of the board of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9079.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9079 / Section 9079.0202
§ 9079.0202. NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of a bond election must be posted at three public places in the district for at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.053 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.053
§ 501.053. CORPORATION NONPROFIT; NET EARNINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation is nonprofit, and the corporation's net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses may not benefit an individual, firm, or corporation, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) If the board of directors determines that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the corporation's expenses, bonds, and other obligations, any net earnings of the corporation subsequently accruing shall be paid to the corporation's authorizing unit.
Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 7810 — TX Code / Code wl / Chapter 3 / Section 7810
§ 7810. POWERS.
Status: in_force

Such districts, when established, shall have full power to erect, construct, maintain, repair and reconstruct dams, bulkheads, jetties, locks, gates, or any other character of improvement or construction necessary to the accomplishment of any such purpose, and to make such construction without the boundaries of the district, where same may be deemed necessary to the preservation, or the improvement of the purity and irrigable quality of such waters; and may issue bonds in payment therefor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.606 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.606
§ 460.606. TAX INCREMENT ACCOUNT; USE OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority that enters into an agreement with a municipality to provide services to a public transportation financing area must establish a tax increment account and maintain the account as a fiduciary of the municipality.

(b) The taxes to be deposited into the tax increment account may be disbursed from the account only to:

(1) compensate the authority for maintenance and operating expenses of providing services to the public transportation financing area, including compensation for expansion, improvement, rehabilitation, or enhancement amounts owed for previous years' maintenance and operating expenses for the public transportation financing area;

(2) compensate the authority for any capital cost incurred for the benefit of the public transportation financing area;

(3) notwithstanding Section 321.506, Tax Code, satisfy claims of holders of tax increment bonds, notes, or other obligations issued or incurred for projects or services that directly or indirectly benefit the public transportation financing area through the expansion, improvement, rehabilitation, or enhancement of transportation service by the authority under the service plan; and

(4) pay any capital recovery fee required by the authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 546.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 546 / Section 546.052
§ 546.052. IMPROPER USE OF TEST RESULTS; REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO TESTING.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan issuer may not use genetic information or the refusal of an applicant to submit to a genetic test to reject, deny, limit, cancel, refuse to renew, increase the premiums for, or otherwise adversely affect eligibility for or coverage under the plan.
Tex. Government Code § 653.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 653 / Section 653.008
§ 653.008. FILING AND CUSTODY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) One original of each bond shall be filed with the secretary of state.

(b) One original of each bond shall be filed with the comptroller.

(c) One original of each bond shall be filed with the state agency covered by the bond.

(d) Each state agency is responsible for custody of the bond.
Tex. Estates Code § 1022.008 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.008
§ 1022.008. TRANSFER OF CONTESTED GUARDIANSHIP OF THE PERSON OF A MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If an interested person contests an application for the appointment of a guardian of the person of a minor or an interested person seeks the removal of a guardian of the person of a minor, the judge, on the judge's own motion, may transfer all matters related to the guardianship proceeding to a court of competent jurisdiction in which a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under the Family Code is pending.

(b) The probate court that transfers a proceeding under this section to a court with proper jurisdiction over suits affecting the parent-child relationship shall send to the court to which the transfer is made the complete files in all matters affecting the guardianship of the person of the minor and certified copies of all entries in the judge's guardianship docket. The transferring court shall keep a copy of the transferred files. If the transferring court retains jurisdiction of the guardianship of the estate of the minor or of another minor who was the subject of the suit, the court shall send a copy of the complete files to the court to which the transfer is made and shall keep the original files.

(c) The court to which a transfer is made under this section shall apply the procedural and substantive provisions of the Family Code, including Sections 155.005 and 155.205, in regard to enforcing an order rendered by the court from which the proceeding was transferred.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.043 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 86 / Section 86.043
§ 86.043. DETERMINING GAS-OIL RATIO.
Status: in_force

The commission may fix and determine the gas-oil ratio of all oil wells in the state but none of the provisions of this chapter may be construed to authorize the limitation of the production of marginal wells below the amount fixed by statute. If a restriction imposed by the commission on the production of oil from an oil well operates to increase the gas-oil ratio of the well so as to then classify it as a gas well under the provisions of this chapter, the well nevertheless shall be considered to be an oil well.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8495.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8495 / Section 8495.004
§ 8495.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8495.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 74.404 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.404
§ 74.404. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept gifts and grants from any source in aid of the conduct and operation of The University of Texas Nursing School (System-wide) or the branch nursing schools.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.112 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.112
§ 401.112. LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL LICENSE APPLICATION AND CONSIDERATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in making a licensing decision on a specific license application to process or dispose of low-level radioactive waste from other persons, shall consider:

(1) site suitability, geological, hydrological, and meteorological factors, and natural hazards;

(2) compatibility with present uses of land near the site;

(3) socioeconomic effects on surrounding communities of operation of the licensed activity and of associated transportation of low-level radioactive waste;

(4) the need for and alternatives to the proposed activity, including an alternative siting analysis prepared by the applicant;

(5) the applicant's qualifications, including:

(A) financial and technical qualifications and compliance history under the method for using compliance history developed by the commission under Section 5.754, Water Code, for an application to the commission; and

(B) the demonstration of financial qualifications under Section 401.108;

(6) background monitoring plans for the proposed site;

(7) suitability of facilities associated with the proposed activities;

(8) chemical, radiological, and biological characteristics of the low-level radioactive waste and waste classification under Section 401.053;

(9) adequate insurance of the applicant to cover potential injury to any property or person, including potential injury from risks relating to transportation;

(10) training programs for the applicant's employees;

(11) a monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting program;

(12) spill detection and cleanup plans for the licensed site and related to associated transportation of low-level radioactive waste;

(13) decommissioning and postclosure care plans;

(14) security plans;

(15) worker monitoring and protection plans;

(16) emergency plans; and

(17) a monitoring program for applicants that includes prelicense and postlicense monitoring of background radioactive and chemical characteristics of the soils, groundwater, and vegetation.

(b) An applicant for the specific license must submit with the application information necessary for the commission to consider the factors under Subsection (a).

(c) The commission by rule shall provide specific criteria for the different types of licensed low-level radioactive waste activities for the listed factors and may include additional factors and criteria that the commission determines necessary for full consideration of a license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3981.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3981 / Section 3981.0503
§ 3981.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The principal amount of bonds secured by ad valorem taxes issued by the district in aggregate may not exceed 10 percent of the assessed value of all real property in the district.

(d) The outstanding principal amount of bonds secured by contract payments meeting the requirements of Section 3981.0504(2) issued by the district in the aggregate may not exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the assessed value of all real property in all districts making payments under the contract.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.166 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.166
§ 651.166. USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and implement a policy requiring the executive director and commission employees to research and propose appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions. The technological solutions must:

(1) ensure that the public is able to easily find information about the commission on the Internet;

(2) ensure that persons who want to use the commission's services are able to:

(A) interact with the commission through the Internet; and

(B) access any service that can be provided effectively through the Internet; and

(3) be cost-effective and developed through the commission's planning processes.
Tex. Education Code § 52.87 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 52 / Section 52.87
§ 52.87. MANDAMUS.
Status: in_force

The performance of official duties prescribed by this subchapter and by former Section 50b-3 and Sections 50b-4, 50b-5, 50b-6, and 50b-7, Article III, Texas Constitution, in reference to the payment of the bonds, may be enforced in a court of competent jurisdiction by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 439.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 439 / Section 439.012
§ 439.012. MANUFACTURE AND SALE.
Status: in_force

DMSO may be manufactured in this state and may be sold in this state for human use when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician or dispensed by a licensed pharmacist as prescribed by a licensed physician.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.065 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.065
§ 32.065. PERMITS FOR SURVEYS OR INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

If land other than public school land is not under a valid lease or committed to a contract for development, the board may issue a permit for a geological, geophysical, or other survey or investigation of that land that will encourage the development of the land for oil, gas, or other minerals. The permit may be issued for the consideration and under the terms and conditions the board considers to be in the best interest of the state.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 143A.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 143A / Section 143A.002
§ 143A.002. CENSORSHIP PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A social media platform may not censor a user, a user's expression, or a user's ability to receive the expression of another person based on:

(1) the viewpoint of the user or another person;

(2) the viewpoint represented in the user's expression or another person's expression; or

(3) a user's geographic location in this state or any part of this state.

(b) This section applies regardless of whether the viewpoint is expressed on a social media platform or through any other medium.
Tex. Local Government Code § 175.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 175 / Section 175.002
§ 175.002. RIGHT TO PURCHASE CONTINUED COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person to whom this chapter applies is entitled to purchase continued health benefits coverage for the person and the person's dependents as provided by this chapter unless the person is eligible for group health benefits coverage through another employer. The coverage shall be provided under the group health insurance plan or group health coverage plan provided by or through the employing political subdivision to its employees.

(b) To receive continued coverage under this chapter, the person must inform the employing political subdivision, not later than the day on which the person retires from the political subdivision, that the person elects to continue coverage.

(c) If the person elects to continue coverage for the person and on any subsequent date elects to discontinue such coverage, the person is no longer eligible for coverage under this chapter.

(d) If the person elects to continue coverage for any dependent and on any subsequent date elects to discontinue such coverage, the dependent is no longer eligible for coverage under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 543A.0151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 543A / Section 543A.0151
§ 543A.0151. COLLECTING CERTAIN INFORMATION; REPORTS TO CERTAIN HOSPITALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for identifying:

(1) potentially preventable admissions and readmissions of enrollees and recipients, including preventable admissions to long-term care facilities;

(2) potentially preventable ancillary services provided to or ordered for enrollees and recipients;

(3) potentially preventable emergency room visits by enrollees and recipients; and

(4) potentially preventable complications experienced by enrollees and recipients.

(b) The commission shall collect data from hospitals on present-on-admission indicators for purposes of this section.

(c) The commission shall establish a program to provide to each hospital in this state that participates in the child health plan program or Medicaid a report regarding the hospital's performance with respect to each potentially preventable event described by Subsection (a). To the extent possible, the report should include all potentially preventable events across all child health plan program and Medicaid payment systems. A hospital shall distribute the information in the report to physicians and other health care providers providing services at the hospital.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a report provided to a hospital under Subsection (c) is confidential and not subject to Chapter 552.

(e) The commission may release information in a report described by Subsection (c):

(1) not earlier than one year after the date the report is provided to the hospital; and

(2) only after deleting any data that relates to a hospital's performance with respect to a particular diagnosis-related group or an individual patient.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.414 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.414
§ 154.414. LIQUIDATION OF BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF PERSON FOLLOWING SEIZURE OF MONEY AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

After an order issued under Section 154.412(a) becomes final and unappealable, the commissioner may petition a district court in Travis County or in the county in which a person required to hold a permit under this chapter resides to request the issuance of an order to show cause why the business and affairs of that person should not be liquidated and a receiver appointed by the court for that purpose if:

(1) the person:

(A) failed to deposit money in accordance with Subchapter F;

(B) misappropriated, converted, or illegally withheld or failed or refused to pay on demand money entrusted to that person that belongs to the beneficiary under a prepaid funeral benefits contract; or

(C) allowed the person's permit to lapse or had the permit revoked under this chapter and did not make adequate provision for the administration of the money deposited with the person for prepaid funeral benefits contracts in accordance with the contract and applicable law, including rules; and

(2) the person failed or refused to correct the violation before the 31st day after the date the person received written notice from the commissioner.
Tex. Education Code § 38.0031 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.0031
§ 38.0031. CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY PLAN FOR STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall establish a committee to develop a plan for integrating technology into the classroom to help accommodate students with dyslexia. The plan must:

(1) determine the classroom technologies that are useful and practical in assisting public schools in accommodating students with dyslexia, considering budget constraints of school districts; and

(2) develop a strategy for providing those effective technologies to students.

(b) The agency shall provide the plan and information about the availability and benefits of the technologies identified under Subsection (a)(1) to school districts.

(c) A member of the committee established under Subsection (a) is not entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the member under this section unless agency funds are available for that purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 548.307 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 548 / Section 548.307
§ 548.307. ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODOLOGY FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule may establish procedures for testing and enforcing vehicle emissions standards by use of alternative testing methodology that meets or exceeds United States Environmental Protection Agency requirements in a county participating in an early action compact under Subchapter H, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code.