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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.005
§ 1027.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution may provide an alternative procedure that conforms to the constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.3385 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.3385
§ 843.3385. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a health maintenance organization needs additional information from a treating participating physician or provider to determine payment, the health maintenance organization, not later than the 30th calendar day after the date the health maintenance organization receives a clean claim, shall request in writing that the physician or provider provide an attachment to the claim that is relevant and necessary for clarification of the claim.

(b) The request must describe with specificity the clinical information requested and relate only to information the health maintenance organization can demonstrate is specific to the claim or the claim's related episode of care. The participating physician or provider is not required to provide an attachment that is not contained in, or is not in the process of being incorporated into, the patient's medical or billing record maintained by a participating physician or provider.

(c) A health maintenance organization that requests an attachment under this section shall determine whether the claim is payable on or before the later of the 15th day after the date the health maintenance organization receives the requested attachment or the latest date for determining whether the claim is payable under Section 843.338 or 843.339.

(d) A health maintenance organization may not make more than one request under this section in connection with a claim. Sections 843.337(e) and (f) apply to a request for and submission of an attachment under Subsection (a).

(e) If a health maintenance organization requests an attachment or other information from a person other than the participating physician or provider who submitted the claim, the health maintenance organization shall provide notice containing the name of the physician or provider from whom the health maintenance organization is requesting information to the physician or provider who submitted the claim. The health maintenance organization may not withhold payment pending receipt of an attachment or information requested under this subsection. If on receiving an attachment or information requested under this subsection the health maintenance organization determines that there was an error in payment of the claim, the health maintenance organization may recover any overpayment under Section 843.350.

(f) The commissioner shall adopt rules under which a health maintenance organization can easily identify an attachment or other information submitted by a physician or provider under this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.669 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.669
§ 504.669. BACK THE BLUE LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include a thin blue line and the words "Back the Blue."

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money deposited to that account may be used only by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to provide financial assistance to survivors of peace officers under Chapter 615, Government Code.
Tex. Election Code § 253.095 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.095
§ 253.095. PUNISHMENT OF AGENT.
Status: in_force

An officer, director, or other agent of a corporation or labor organization who commits an offense under this subchapter is punishable for the grade of offense applicable to the corporation or labor organization.
Tex. Government Code § 609.708 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.708
§ 609.708. PARTICIPATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The plan administrator shall determine whether a person who provides services as an independent contractor to an institution of higher education that created the plan may participate in the deferred compensation plan.

(b) For the purposes of Subchapter A and this subchapter, an independent contractor that is authorized to participate in a deferred compensation plan is treated as an employee of the institution of higher education creating the plan.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 78.104 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 78 / Section 78.104
§ 78.104. LICENSING.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission adopts one or more licenses to be issued under this subchapter, a person may not engage in commercial crab fishing without a license adopted by the commission. If the commission adopts a commercial crab boat license to be issued under this subchapter, a person may not operate a boat for the purpose of commercial crab fishing without having a boat license as prescribed by the commission.

(b) A proclamation under this section requiring a license must contain findings by the commission that support the need for the proclamation. In determining the need for a license requirement, the commission shall consider:

(1) measures to prevent waste or depletion of crabs while achieving, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield for the fishery;

(2) the best scientific information available;

(3) the effect a licensing program would have on the management of crabs throughout the jurisdictional range;

(4) the need to promote, where practicable, efficiency in using crabs; and

(5) the need to enhance enforcement.

(c) A proclamation issued under this section may:

(1) establish a license that is issued to a person, to a person and limited to a vessel, or to a person according to the equipment used in commercial crab fishing, including issuing tags for crab traps placed in public waters under Section 66.018;

(2) establish eligibility requirements for a license, including the use of historical participation in the industry or participation in the industry after August 31, 1995, and before November 14, 1996;

(3) establish requirements for license transfer;

(4) prohibit license transfer during certain time periods; and

(5) establish a lottery or an auction for issuing licenses.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.052
§ 457.052. BOARD OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of an authority consists of seven members. A member of the board serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in board service. The board shall elect one of its members as presiding officer. The members are appointed as follows:

(1) two members by the county commissioners court;

(2) four members by the governing body of the principal municipality; and

(3) one member by the governing bodies of all municipalities that adopt the resolution described by Section 457.051.

(b) A member of the board serves at the pleasure of the appointing entity.

(c) The board shall administer and operate the authority.

(d) The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each month for the purpose of transacting business of the authority.

(e) The presiding officer may call a special meeting of the board.

(f) The principal municipality shall make its appointments to the board so that at least one of the appointees is designated to represent the interests of the transportation disadvantaged.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.202
§ 1030.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1030.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8017A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8017A / Section 8017A.0306
§ 8017A.0306. PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall maintain an Internet website.

(b) The board shall make available on the district's Internet website the information required under Section 26.18, Tax Code.
Tex. Family Code § 2.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 2 / Section 2.003
§ 2.003. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A person under 18 years of age may not marry unless the person has been granted by this state or another state a court order removing the disabilities of minority of the person for general purposes.

(b) In addition to the other requirements provided by this chapter, a person under 18 years of age applying for a license must provide to the county clerk:

(1) a court order granted by this state under Chapter 31 removing the disabilities of minority of the person for general purposes; or

(2) if the person is a nonresident minor, a certified copy of an order removing the disabilities of minority of the person for general purposes filed with this state under Section 31.007.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.122 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.122
§ 162.122. POWERS RELATING TO PROVISION OF COMMUNICATION SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A telephone cooperative may:

(1) furnish and improve communication service to its members, to governmental agencies and political subdivisions, to any number of subscribers of other communication systems through interconnection of facilities, and to any number of users through pay stations;

(2) connect and interconnect its communication lines, facilities, or systems with other communication lines, facilities, or systems;

(3) make its facilities available to persons furnishing communication service inside or outside this state; and

(4) construct, maintain, and operate a communication line along, on, under, or across publicly owned land or a public thoroughfare, subject to the same restrictions and obligations that apply to an electric transmission cooperative under Subchapter C, Chapter 181.

(b) A telephone cooperative that acquires communication facilities may continue to furnish service to a person who is already receiving service from those facilities without requiring the person to become a member, but the person may become a member on the terms prescribed by the bylaws.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.098 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.098
§ 12.098. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A member of the medical advisory board, a member of a panel, a person who makes an examination for or on the recommendation of the medical advisory board, or a physician who reports to the medical advisory board or a panel under Section 12.096 is not liable for a professional opinion, recommendation, or report made under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.307 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.307
§ 110.307. PROCEDURE FOR RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day before the expiration date of a person's license, the council shall send written notice of the license expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the records of the council.

(b) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license may renew an unexpired license by paying the required license fee to the council before the license expiration date.

(c) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license and whose license has been expired for:

(1) 90 days or less, may renew the license by paying to the council a fee equal to one and one-half times the required renewal fee; and

(2) longer than 90 days but less than one year, may renew the license by paying to the council a fee equal to two times the required renewal fee.

(d) Except as provided by Section 110.308, a person whose license has been expired for one year or longer may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.
Tex. Occupations Code § 156.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 156 / Section 156.006
§ 156.006. EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each license holder shall submit to the board telephone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, if available and as appropriate, that the board may use to contact the license holder in an emergency.

(b) A license holder who receives an initial registration permit shall provide the information required under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date the permit is issued. Each license holder who applies to renew a registration permit shall submit the information required under Subsection (a) with the renewal application.

(c) A license holder shall report to the board any change in the information required under Subsection (a) not later than the 45th day after the date of the change.

(d) The information provided by a license holder under this section is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. The board may not publish, release, or make available information provided by a license holder under this section except as provided by Subsection (e).

(e) In the event of a public health emergency declared or invoked by the governor, the Department of State Health Services, or a federal agency, the board may publish, release, or make available information provided by a license holder under this section for the sole purpose of disseminating information to:

(1) a license holder;

(2) a designated city, county, state, or federal public health or emergency management official; or

(3) the Federation of State Medical Boards.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.104
§ 1027.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:

(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;

(2) equipping the buildings; and

(3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.

(b) The hospital system may include:

(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) facilities for outpatient clinics;

(3) dispensaries;

(4) convalescent home facilities;

(5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers;

(6) blood banks;

(7) research centers and laboratories; and

(8) ambulance and other facilities or services the board considers necessary for hospital care.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.203
§ 3937.203. 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. Election Code § 122.0331 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 122 / Section 122.0331
§ 122.0331. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) Copies of the program codes and the user and operator manuals and copies or units of all other software and any other information, specifications, or documentation required by the secretary of state relating to an approved electronic voting system and its equipment must be filed with the secretary.

(b) Materials described by Subsection (a) that are not on file with and approved by the secretary of state, including any updated or modified materials, may not be used in an election.

(c) The secretary of state shall periodically compare the materials on file with the materials actually used in elections to ensure compliance with this section.

(d) The program codes and all other software on file with the secretary of state under this section are not public information. The materials shall be made available to the attorney general or the general's designee in any investigation of election irregularities. The materials may be made available in a judicial proceeding on the request of the court or other tribunal but may be viewed in camera only.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.051 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.051
§ 42A.051. AUTHORITY TO GRANT COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, IMPOSE OR MODIFY CONDITIONS, OR DISCHARGE DEFENDANT.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the judge has transferred jurisdiction of the case to another court under Article 42A.151, only the court in which the defendant was tried may:

(1) grant community supervision;

(2) impose conditions; or

(3) discharge the defendant.

(b) The judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case may, at any time during the period of community supervision, modify the conditions of community supervision. Except as provided by Article 42A.052(a), only the judge may modify the conditions.
Tex. Government Code § 2002.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2002 / Section 2002.022
§ 2002.022. EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF TEXAS REGISTER; CITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The contents of the Texas Register are to be judicially noticed and are prima facie evidence of the text of the documents and of the fact that they are in effect on and after the date of the notation.

(b) Without prejudice to another mode of citation, the contents of the Texas Register may be cited by volume and page number.
Tex. Transportation Code § 682.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 682 / Section 682.001
§ 682.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a municipality that has a population greater than 30,000.This chapter applies only to:

(1) a municipality that:

(A) has a population greater than 30,000 and operates under a council-manager form of government; or

(B) has a population of 500,000 or more; and

(2) an airport operated by a joint board to which Section 22.074(d) applies.
Tex. Government Code § 466.204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.204
§ 466.204. ACCESS TO INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The executive director may obtain information relating to a person's qualification for licensing, employment, or contracting under this chapter from the Internal Revenue Service under a contract between the comptroller and the Internal Revenue Service on:

(1) a sales agent or an applicant for a sales agent license;

(2) an employee or prospective employee of the department;

(3) a person required to be named in a license application;

(4) a lottery operator or prospective lottery operator;

(5) an employee of a lottery operator or prospective lottery operator, if the employee is or will be directly involved in lottery operations;

(6) a person who manufactures or distributes lottery equipment or supplies, or a representative of a person who manufactures or distributes lottery equipment or supplies offered to the lottery;

(7) a person who has submitted a written bid or proposal to the department in connection with the procurement of goods or services by the department;

(8) an employee or other person who works for or will work for a sales agent or an applicant for a sales agent license; or

(9) a person who proposes to enter into or who has a contract with the department to supply goods or services to the department.
Tex. Government Code § 551.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.002
§ 551.002. OPEN MEETINGS REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

Every regular, special, or called meeting of a governmental body shall be open to the public, except as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.005
§ 3889.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8471.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8471 / Section 8471.201
§ 8471.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 11.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 11 / Section 11.002
§ 11.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to an attorney licensed to practice law in this state unless the attorney proceeds pro se.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a municipal court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8083.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8083 / Section 8083.0103
§ 8083.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.065 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.065
§ 1100.065. CONTINUING EDUCATION; RETRAINING.
Status: in_force

The board may spend district money for continuing education and retraining of employees.
Tex. Transportation Code § 622.012 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 622 / Section 622.012
§ 622.012. AXLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A ready-mixed concrete truck may be operated on a public highway of this state only if the tandem axle weight is not heavier than 46,000 pounds and the single axle weight is not heavier than 23,000 pounds.

(b) A truck may be operated at a weight that exceeds the maximum single axle or tandem axle weight limitation by not more than 10 percent if the gross weight is not heavier than 69,000 pounds and the department has issued a permit that authorizes the operation of the vehicle under Section 623.0171.