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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8432.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8432 / Section 8432.052
§ 8432.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Julie Lane;

(2) Jennifer Johnson;

(3) Heidi Parker;

(4) Mary Elizabeth Hix; and

(5) Mindy Montford.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8432.003; or

(2) September 1, 2017.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8432.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8432.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.360 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.360
§ 4201.360. IMMEDIATE APPEAL TO INDEPENDENT REVIEW ORGANIZATION IN LIFE-THREATENING CIRCUMSTANCES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, in a circumstance involving an enrollee's life-threatening condition, the enrollee is:

(1) entitled to an immediate appeal to an independent review organization as provided by Subchapter I; and

(2) not required to comply with procedures for an internal review of the utilization review agent's adverse determination.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.026 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 132 / Section 132.026
§ 132.026. FEE FOR DEALER-WHOLESALER LICENSE.
Status: repealed

(a) The license fee for each plant operated by a dealer-wholesaler is provided by department rule.

(b) The fee for an initial dealer-wholesaler's license shall be adjusted when records of the applicant's first license year are available.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 10.09(17), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9025.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9025 / Section 9025.101
§ 9025.101. TAX TO REPAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a tax to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued for a project under Section 9025.051.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8893.0054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8893 / Section 8893.0054
§ 8893.0054. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The district shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors in each even-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.104
§ 1108.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292 / Section 292.103
§ 292.103. LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND; AUTHORIZED USES OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall create a local provider participation fund.

(b) The local provider participation fund of a county consists of:

(1) all revenue received by the county attributable to mandatory payments authorized under this chapter, including any penalties and interest attributable to delinquent payments;

(2) money received from the Health and Human Services Commission as a refund of an intergovernmental transfer from the county to the state for the purpose of providing the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments, provided that the intergovernmental transfer does not receive a federal matching payment; and

(3) the earnings of the fund.

(c) Money deposited to the local provider participation fund may be used only to:

(1) fund intergovernmental transfers from the county to the state to provide:

(A) the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program authorized under the state Medicaid plan, the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315), or a successor waiver program authorizing similar Medicaid supplemental payment programs; or

(B) payments to Medicaid managed care organizations that are dedicated for payment to hospitals;

(2) subsidize indigent programs;

(3) pay the administrative expenses of the county solely for activities under this chapter;

(4) refund a portion of a mandatory payment collected in error from a paying hospital;

(5) refund to paying hospitals the proportionate share of money received by the county from the Health and Human Services Commission that is not used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments; and

(6) refund to paying hospitals the proportionate share of money that the county determines cannot be used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments.

(d) Money in the local provider participation fund may not be commingled with other county funds.

(e) An intergovernmental transfer of funds described by Subsection (c)(1) and any funds received by the county as a result of an intergovernmental transfer described by that subsection may not be used by the county or any other entity to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152).
Tex. Government Code § 549.0304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 549 / Section 549.0304
§ 549.0304. BOARD MEMBER TERMS.
Status: in_force

Board members serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 61.023 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 61 / Section 61.023
§ 61.023. BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a writ of attachment may be issued, the plaintiff must execute a bond that:

(1) has two or more good and sufficient sureties;

(2) is payable to the defendant;

(3) is in an amount fixed by the judge or justice issuing the writ; and

(4) is conditioned on the plaintiff prosecuting his suit to effect and paying all damages and costs adjudged against him for wrongful attachment.

(b) The plaintiff shall deliver the bond to the officer issuing the writ for that officer's approval. The bond shall be filed with the papers of the case.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004A.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004A / Section 8004A.0307
§ 8004A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Government Code § 405.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 405 / Section 405.022
§ 405.022. FILING OR RECORDING OF FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the secretary of state believes in good faith that a document filed with the secretary of state to create a lien is fraudulent, the secretary of state shall:

(1) request the assistance of the attorney general to determine whether the document is fraudulent before filing or recording the document;

(2) request that the prospective filer provide to the secretary of state additional documentation supporting the existence of the lien, such as a contract or other document that contains the alleged debtor or obligor's signature; and

(3) forward any additional documentation received to the attorney general.

(b) For purposes of this section, a document or instrument is presumed to be fraudulent if the document or instrument is filed by an inmate or on behalf of an inmate.

(c) A presumption under Subsection (b) may be rebutted by providing the secretary of state the original or a copy of a sworn and notarized document signed by the obligor, debtor, or owner of the property designated as collateral stating that the person entered into a security agreement with the inmate and authorized the filing of the instrument as provided by Section 9.509, Business & Commerce Code.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Inmate" means a person housed in a secure correctional facility.

(2) "Secure correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(e) If a document to create a lien on real property is filed with the secretary of state by an inmate or on behalf of an inmate and a purported debtor or obligor named in the document is an employee or board member of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who believes the document was fraudulently filed, the purported debtor or obligor may, under penalty of perjury, file an affidavit stating the impermissibility of the document with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall make a form affidavit for use when filing an affidavit under this subsection. On acceptance of an affidavit properly filed under this subsection, the secretary of state shall:

(1) request the assistance of the attorney general to determine whether the document was fraudulently filed; and

(2) file a termination statement with respect to the document identified in the affidavit if the attorney general determines that the document was fraudulently filed.

(f) For purposes of a request under Subsection (e), the attorney general may request the filer provide to the attorney general documentation supporting the existence of the lien, including documents described by Subsection (c).

(g) Notwithstanding Section 9.520, Business & Commerce Code, the secretary of state may refuse to accept for filing a record purporting to create a lien on real property if the attorney general determines under Subsection (a) that the document submitted for filing is fraudulent.
Tex. Government Code § 434.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.207
§ 434.207. RESEARCH; DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The program shall monitor and research issues relating to women veterans.

(b) The program shall disseminate information regarding opportunities for women veterans throughout the network of entities with which the program collaborates.
Tex. Insurance Code § 842.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 842 / Section 842.003
§ 842.003. CORPORATION SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

Each group hospital service corporation is subject to regulation by the department and the commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8348.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8348 / Section 8348.103
§ 8348.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.107
§ 1065.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. Nothing here prohibits the establishing and equipping of a clinic as part of the hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0102
§ 526.0102. OPERATIONAL PLAN TO COORDINATE MAJOR QUALITY INITIATIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and implement a comprehensive, coordinated operational plan to ensure a consistent approach across the major quality initiatives of the health and human services system for improving the quality of health care. The plan must include broad goals for improving the quality of health care in this state, including health care services provided through Medicaid.

(b) The plan may evaluate:

(1) the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program under the waiver;

(2) enhancing funding to disproportionate share hospitals in this state;

(3) Section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. Section 18052);

(4) enhancing uncompensated care pool payments to hospitals in this state under the waiver;

(5) home and community-based services state plan options under Section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(i)); and

(6) a contingency plan in the event the commission does not obtain an extension or renewal of the uncompensated care pool provisions or any other provisions of the granted waiver.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 251.064 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 251 / Section 251.064
§ 251.064. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 251.011 or 251.031.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(c) Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate offense.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.105 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.105
§ 361.105. PETITION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR RULE ON HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY IN UNSUITABLE AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall allow a local government to petition the commission for a rule that restricts or prohibits the siting of a new hazardous waste disposal facility or other new hazardous waste management facility in an area including an area meeting one or more of the characteristics described by Section 361.103.

(b) A rule adopted under this section may not affect the siting of a new hazardous waste disposal facility or other new hazardous waste management facility if an application or a notice of intent to file an application concerning the facility is filed with the commission before the filing of a petition under this section.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.104 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.104
§ 52.104. COMMISSION MAY INVESTIGATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may investigate as necessary to determine the effect and scope of competition in the telecommunications industry. The investigation may include:

(1) identifying dominant carriers in the local telecommunications and intraLATA interexchange telecommunications industry; and

(2) defining the telecommunications market or markets.

(b) In conducting an investigation under this section, the commission may:

(1) hold a hearing;

(2) issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production of a document; and

(3) make findings of fact and decisions to administer this title or a rule, order, or other action of the commission.
Tex. Property Code § 210.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 210 / Section 210.001
§ 210.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Dedicatory instrument" has the meaning assigned by Section 202.001.

(2) "Owner" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.003.

(3) "Property owners' association" has the meaning assigned by Section 202.001.

(4) "Residential real estate subdivision" or "subdivision" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.003, except that in a county described by Section 210.002(1) a subdivision that is a gated community with private streets need not be located in a city, town, or village or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city, town, or village.

(5) "Restrictions" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.003.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.078 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.078
§ 51.078. TRANSFER OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person or the Federal Farm Loan Bank, with the consent of the owner of land covered by Section 51.077 of this code, pays to the state the principal and interest due on any obligation given for the land, the commissioner, on written request of the owner, may execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the person or the Federal Farm Loan Bank a written transfer of the indebtedness held by the state. The written request of the owner shall be acknowledged in the manner required for the conveyance of real estate and shall be accompanied by an affidavit of ownership.

(b) The person or the Federal Farm Loan Bank is subrogated to all the rights, liens, and remedies held by the state to secure and enforce the payment of the principal and interest that was paid to the state.

(c) If the land claimed by a person claiming to be the owner is held under evidence of title that the law or rules of the land office do not authorize to be filed in the land office, the commissioner may admit the owner to be the person that the person or the Federal Farm Loan Bank paying the indebtedness admits to be the owner, and on making this admission the instrument of transfer shall be executed.

(d) None of the provisions of this section shall change any part of the law or rules that apply to the land office with relation to titles to land and issuance of patents.
Tex. Government Code § 1503.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1503 / Section 1503.201
§ 1503.201. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.501 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.501
§ 1451.501. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 324.001, Health and Safety Code.

(1-a) "Facility-based physician or provider" means a physician or health care provider:

(A) to whom a facility has granted clinical privileges; and

(B) who provides services to patients of the facility under those clinical privileges.

(1-b) "Health care provider" means a practitioner, institutional provider, or other person or organization that furnishes health care services and that is licensed or otherwise authorized to practice in this state. The term includes a pharmacist, pharmacy, hospital, nursing home, or other medical or health-related service facility that provides care for the sick or injured or other care. The term does not include a physician.

(2) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.011 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.011
§ 32.011. CREATION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

There is created a board to be known as the School Land Board.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.06 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 108 / Section 108.06
§ 108.06. PRIZES AND PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

A brewer or distributor, directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, officer, director, or firm member, may not offer a prize, premium, gift, or other inducement to a dealer in or consumer of brewery products.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.82 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.82
§ 17.82. PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not conduct a sale advertised with the phrase "going out of business," "closing out," "shutting doors forever," or "bankruptcy sale"; the word "foreclosure" or "bankruptcy"; or a similar phrase or word indicating that an enterprise is ceasing business unless the business is closing all of its operations in a county and in all of the counties immediately adjacent to that county and follows the procedures required by this subchapter.

(b) A person may not fraudulently represent that the person is conducting a going out of business sale.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.216 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.216
§ 22.216. TERM AND REVOCABILITY OF PROXY.
Status: in_force

(a) A proxy expires three months after the date the proxy is executed.

(b) A proxy is revocable unless otherwise provided by the proxy or made irrevocable by law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 691 / Section 691.002
§ 691.002. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Anatomical Advisory Committee is established to advise and provide expertise to the commission on matters related to the regulation and operation of willed body programs, non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, and anatomical facilities in this state.

(b) The advisory committee is composed of seven members appointed by the commission as follows:

(1) two members who represent institutions of higher education that operate willed body programs;

(2) two members who represent non-transplant anatomical donation organizations;

(3) two members who represent anatomical facilities; and

(4) one public member.

(c) Members of the advisory committee serve two-year terms.

(d) An advisory committee member may be reappointed.

(e) Appointments to the advisory committee shall be made without regard to the race, creed, sex, religion, or national origin of the appointees.

(f) Sections 2110.002 and 2110.008, Government Code, do not apply to the advisory committee.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.454 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.454
§ 2166.454. PURCHASING OR OBTAINING MORE FAVORABLE LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE AGREEMENTS WITH REGARD TO CERTAIN LEASED SPACE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section and Sections 2166.4541 and 2166.4542 apply only in relation to space currently occupied by a state agency under one of seven lease with an option to purchase agreements:

(1) entered into by the state before December 1994, for the benefit of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or its predecessor agency, the office of the attorney general, the successor of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or the Texas Department of Transportation; and

(2) under which the state may acquire title to the space by paying the purchase price remaining under the terms of the agreement on September 1 of an odd-numbered year.

(b) If the commission determines that it is advantageous to the state, the commission may:

(1) request the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue revenue bonds to finance the purchase of any or all of the space to which this section applies in accordance with Section 2166.4542 and Chapter 1232, if the commission determines that it is more advantageous to the state to purchase the space than to enter into a more favorable lease with an option to purchase agreement under Section 2166.4541 for that space; or

(2) enter into a more favorable lease with an option to purchase agreement with regard to any or all of the space to which this section applies by taking the actions authorized by Section 2166.4541 under the conditions prescribed by Section 2166.4541, if the commission determines that it is more advantageous to the state to enter into a more favorable lease with an option to purchase agreement for that space than to purchase the space under Section 2166.4542 and Chapter 1232.

(c) This section expires September 2, 2008, except that this section is continued in effect after that date for the limited purpose of applying with regard to any transaction authorized by this section and Section 2166.4541 or 2166.4542 that occurs before that date.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0501
§ 532.0501. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Case management for children and pregnant women program" means the "children and pregnant women program," as defined by Section 540.0702.

(2) "Nonmedical health-related needs screening" means a screening performed using the standardized screening questions required under Section 545.0058.

(3) "Program services" means case management services provided under the case management for children and pregnant women program, including assistance provided to a Medicaid managed care organization in coordinating the provision of benefits to a recipient enrolled in the organization's managed care plan in a manner that is consistent with the recipient's plan of care.