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Tex. Labor Code § 207.046 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.046
§ 207.046. INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual is not disqualified for benefits under this subchapter if:

(1) the work-related reason for the individual's separation from employment was urgent, compelling, and necessary so as to make the separation involuntary;

(2) the individual leaves the workplace to protect the individual from family violence or stalking or the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family from violence related to a sexual assault as evidenced by:

(A) an active or recently issued protective order documenting sexual assault of the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual or the potential for family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual;

(B) a police record documenting sexual assault of the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual;

(C) a physician's statement or other medical documentation that describes the sexual assault of the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence against the individual that:

(i) is recorded in any form or medium that identifies the individual or member of the individual's immediate family, as applicable, as the patient; and

(ii) relates to the history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient; or

(D) written documentation from a family violence center or rape crisis center that describes the sexual assault of the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence against the individual;

(3) the individual leaves the workplace to care for the individual's terminally ill spouse as evidenced by a physician's statement or other medical documentation, but only if no reasonable, alternative care was available; or

(4) the individual's separation from employment was caused by the individual being called to provide:

(A) service in the uniformed services, as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 4303; or

(B) service in the Texas military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code.

(b) Except as provided by law, evidence regarding an employee described by Subsection (a)(2) may not be disclosed to any person without the consent of the employee.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.

(2) "Stalking" means conduct described by Section 42.072, Penal Code.

(3) "Immediate family" means an individual's parent, spouse, or child under the age of 18.

(4) "Sexual assault" means conduct described by Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code.

(5) "Family violence center" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1104.023 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.023
§ 1104.023. DEBTS; INHERITANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

Life insurance policy proceeds received by a trustee under this subchapter are not subject to debts of the insured or to inheritance tax to any greater extent than if the proceeds were payable to a beneficiary other than the executor or administrator of the insured's estate.
Tex. Education Code § 39.202 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.202
§ 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner by rule shall establish an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness. The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under this section, including:

(1) percentages of students who:

(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined under the college readiness performance standard under Section 39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by subject area; or

(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as determined by the agency, on assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A);

(2) percentages of:

(A) students who earned a nationally or internationally recognized business or industry certification or license;

(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of career and technical courses;

(C) students who completed a dual credit course or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit;

(D) students who achieved applicable College Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the PSAT, the SAT, the ACT, or the PreACT assessment program; and

(E) students who received a score on either an advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate examination to be awarded college credit; and

(3) other factors for determining sufficient student attainment of postsecondary readiness.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.023 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.023
§ 431.023. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may be created only if the commission adopts a resolution authorizing the creation of a corporation to act on behalf of the commission.

(b) A resolution must state that the commission:

(1) determines that creation of the corporation is advisable; and

(2) approves the articles of incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the corporation.

(c) The commission may designate the area of the state in which the corporation may act on behalf of the commission. The designated area may include the territory of more than one political subdivision of the state.

(d) The commission may authorize the creation of more than one corporation to act within the same designated area. The resolution authorizing each corporation must specify the public purpose of that corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.059
§ 1027.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(c) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.

(d) The cost of the bond is the responsibility of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 803.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 803 / Section 803.003
§ 803.003. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this chapter are exceptions to the other laws governing retirement systems to which this chapter applies and prevail over those laws to the extent of explicit conflict, but this chapter must be construed strictly as against those laws.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is involuntarily transferred to a position included in the coverage of a retirement system governed by Chapter 101, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933 (Article 6243b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), from a position included in a retirement system operated by a municipality that does not participate in a statewide retirement system governed by Chapter 101, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933 (Article 6243b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), may make an irrevocable election at the time of the transfer to continue membership in the municipal retirement system. An involuntary transfer is determined by the employment rules that apply to the person immediately before the time of the involuntary transfer.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 83.020 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 83 / Section 83.020
§ 83.020. GRIEVANCE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN.
Status: repealed

(a) An individual appointed to a citizens advisory committee under Section 83.016(b) may file a grievance with the commission regarding the development of a regional habitat conservation plan under this subchapter if the individual believes that the plan is being developed in violation of this subchapter. The individual filing the grievance must have been a member of the citizens advisory committee for the plan named in the grievance.

(b) A grievance must be filed under this section not later than the 60th day after the date the plan is approved by the plan participants. The grievance must cite each provision of this subchapter alleged to have been violated during the development of the plan and must describe each act alleged to have violated this subchapter.

(c) The commission shall review a grievance filed under this section to determine whether the plan is being developed in compliance with this subchapter. If after reviewing the grievance the commission finds that the grievance has no merit, the commission may dismiss the grievance. If the commission finds that the grievance does have merit, the commission must hold a public hearing in accordance with Chapter 551, Government Code. The commission shall take testimony from each plan participant and from the individual filing the grievance. On conclusion of testimony, the commission shall vote on whether to approve or dismiss the grievance or to schedule a public hearing not later than the 30th day after the conclusion of the initial public hearing and to vote after the conclusion of that hearing whether to approve or dismiss the grievance.

(d) If the commission approves the grievance, the commission shall instruct the plan participant or participants to amend the plan so that it will comply with this subchapter.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 388, Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2005.

(f) If an individual files a grievance under this section, that individual may not file a subsequent grievance.
Tex. Family Code § 152.314 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.314
§ 152.314. ACCELERATED APPEALS.
Status: in_force

An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this subchapter in accordance with accelerated appellate procedures in other civil cases. Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under Section 152.204, the enforcing court may not stay an order enforcing a child custody determination pending appeal.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 108.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 108 / Section 108.004
§ 108.004. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of a commercial lodging establishment or restaurant that violates Section 108.002 is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $200 for each violation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1053.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.052
§ 1053.052. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall set the following fees, unless otherwise set in the General Appropriations Act, in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter:

(1) a registration application fee;

(2) an annual registration renewal fee;

(3) a reciprocal registration fee; and

(4) an examination fee.

(b) The board may set fees for the following services, unless otherwise set in the General Appropriations Act, in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter:

(1) providing a duplicate certificate of registration;

(2) providing a roster of interior designers;

(3) reinstating a revoked or suspended certificate of registration; and

(4) performing any other board action involving an administrative expense.

(c) The board may accept payment of a fee by electronic means. The board may charge a fee to process the payment made by electronic means. The board shall set the processing fee in an amount that is reasonably related to the expense incurred by the board in processing the payment made by electronic means, not to exceed five percent of the amount of the fee for which the payment is made.

(d) A fee set by the board under this section may not be used for the purpose of earning additional revenue for the board.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.659 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.659
§ 33.659. GENERAL POWERS OF COASTAL COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other powers that a coastal county has under general law, a coastal county has the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions that are necessary or convenient to:

(1) the designing, engineering, acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, extending, repairing, replacing, monitoring, removing, administering, and financing of a qualified project located in a coastal county;

(2) the funding of a reserve or other fund relating to bonds; and

(3) the establishment and implementation of a building set-back line under Section 33.607.

(b) A coastal county may issue bonds to pay the project costs of a qualified project. For purposes of this subchapter, a coastal county is an issuer and a qualified project is an eligible project within the meaning of Chapter 1371, Government Code, and the provisions of Chapter 1371, Government Code, are applicable to bonds issued by a coastal county.

(c) A coastal county may:

(1) enter into agreements with a public or private person for the joint ownership, financing, or operation of a qualified project;

(2) enter into contracts, leases, and agreements with, and accept grants and loans from, any person to perform all acts necessary for the full exercise of the powers vested in the county on terms and for the term the county determines to be advisable;

(3) acquire property under a conditional sales contract, lease, equipment trust certificate, or other form of contract or trust agreement; and

(4) do anything necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the powers expressly granted or implied by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8431.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8431 / Section 8431.001
§ 8431.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 3.
Tex. Labor Code § 102.064 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 102 / Section 102.064
§ 102.064. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may charge fees and mileage paid under Sections 102.062 and 102.063 against either or both parties.

(b) Fees and mileage charged against a party under this section shall be included in the award.
Tex. Estates Code § 33.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 33 / Section 33.052
§ 33.052. CONCURRENT VENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If applications for probate proceedings involving the same estate are filed in two or more courts having concurrent venue, the court in which a proceeding involving the estate was first commenced has and retains jurisdiction of the proceeding to the exclusion of the other court or courts in which a proceeding involving the same estate was commenced.

(b) The first commenced probate proceeding extends to all of the decedent's property, including the decedent's estate property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3898.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3898 / Section 3898.203
§ 3898.203. SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose. Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.

(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district.

(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of the tax at an election held on the same election date on which another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under this chapter has no effect.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8814.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8814 / Section 8814.115
§ 8814.115. DISTRICT PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall develop and implement comprehensive plans for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste and pollution of groundwater and surface water in the district.

(b) The plans must include all works, facilities, and improvements necessary to implement the plans and the specifications for those works, facilities, and improvements.
Tex. Transportation Code § 621.355 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 621 / Section 621.355
§ 621.355. DISTRIBUTION OF FEES FOR REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL WEIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) If an operator or owner is required to pay for registration of additional weight under Section 621.406 in a county other than the county in which the owner resides, the assessor-collector of the county in which the payment is made shall send the amount collected to the department for deposit to the credit of the state highway fund.

(b) The department shall send the county's share of the amount collected under Section 621.406 to the county in which the owner resides.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.131 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.131
§ 143.131. STEP IV GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department head or the fire fighter or police officer rejects the proposed solution under Section 143.130, the department head, the department head's designated representative, or the fire fighter or police officer must complete a step IV grievance form and file it with the director within 15 calendar days after the date the person receives the grievance examiner's recommendation.

(b) The commission shall review the grievance examiner's findings and recommendation and consider the transcript of the step III hearing at the commission's next regularly scheduled meeting or as soon as practicable. The transcript shall be filed within 30 days of the step IV grievance being filed. The commission may for good cause shown grant a reasonable delay not to exceed 30 days to file the transcript. In no event may the commission render a decision later than 30 days after the transcript is filed. If the commission does not render a decision within 30 days after the date the transcript is filed, the commission shall sustain the fire fighter's or police officer's grievance.

(c) The commission shall base its decision solely on the transcript and demonstrative evidence offered and accepted at the step III hearing. The commission shall furnish a written copy of the order containing its decision to the fire fighter or police officer, the department head, and the grievance examiner. The copy to the fire fighter or police officer shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last home address provided by that person. The commission decision is final.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.072 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.072
§ 47.072. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "license" means a commercial license issued in accordance with a proclamation under this subchapter that authorizes a person to engage in business as a commercial finfish fisherman.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1104.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.006
§ 1104.006. EFFECT ON POLICY OR CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not modify any provision in a policy or contract.
Tex. Education Code § 61.537 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.537
§ 61.537. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The coordinating board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter.

(b) The coordinating board shall distribute to each medical unit and professional association copies of the rules adopted under this section and pertinent information in this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8249.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8249 / Section 8249.202
§ 8249.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8249.201, 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.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.981 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.981
§ 201.981. GRANT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN SHORT LINE RAILROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "District" has the meaning assigned by Section 172.001.

(2) "Short line railroad" means a Class II or Class III railroad as defined by the federal Surface Transportation Board.

(b) For the purpose of increasing public safety, enhancing economic development, and reducing traffic, the department shall establish and administer a program to award grants to districts that own or operate short line railroads to fund projects that:

(1) replace short line railroad tracks or bridges;

(2) improve short line rail capacity; or

(3) restore short line railways.

(c) A district that owns or operates a short line railroad may use money awarded by the department under this section as matching funds to secure additional funding for a short line railroad project described by Subsection (b).

(d) Each grant awarded under this section must be approved by the commission. The commission may not approve a grant under this section unless the commission determines that:

(1) at least 10 percent of the total project costs will be provided by a source other than the state; or

(2) if the grant money is being used as matching funds under Subsection (c), at least 10 percent of the amount used as matching funds will be provided by a source other than the state.

(e) The department may fund the grant program under this section only from money appropriated by the legislature for that purpose and from gifts and grants, including grants from the federal government. The department may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any source for the purposes of this section. Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund may not be used to fund a grant awarded under this section.

(f) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8083.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8083 / Section 8083.0304
§ 8083.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 121.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 121 / Section 121.002
§ 121.002. CORPORATE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee of a corporation is not disqualified because of his employment from taking an acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument in which the corporation has an interest.

(b) An officer who is a shareholder in a corporation is not disqualified from taking an acknowledgment or proof of an instrument in which the corporation has an interest unless:

(1) the corporation has 1,000 or fewer shareholders; and

(2) the officer owns more than one-tenth of one percent of the issued and outstanding stock.