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Tex. Insurance Code § 501.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 501 / Section 501.251
§ 501.251. COMPARISON OF HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall develop and implement a system to compare and evaluate, on an objective basis, the quality of care provided by and the performance of health maintenance organizations established under Chapter 843.

(b) In developing the system, the office may use information or data from a person, agency, organization, or governmental unit that the office considers reliable.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.602 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.602
§ 154.602. FUNDS FOR ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

The legislature may appropriate money from the cigarette tax to the comptroller for manufacturing and printing of cigarette tax stamps and for the administration of the duties of the comptroller under this chapter. Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be taken from revenue received from the cigarette tax before the revenue is allocated under Section 154.603 of this code to the funds specified by that section and shall be deposited to the credit of the treasury fiscal agency fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1111.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1111 / Section 1111.051
§ 1111.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of five elected managers.

(b) Managers serve staggered four-year terms with the terms of two or three managers expiring each even-numbered year as appropriate.
Tex. Government Code § 62.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.501
§ 62.501. QUALIFICATION.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to serve on a jury of a municipal court, including a municipal court of record, a person must be resident of the municipality for which the court is established.
Tex. Family Code § 45.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 45 / Section 45.002
§ 45.002. REQUIREMENTS OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A petition to change the name of a child must be verified and include:

(1) the present name and place of residence of the child;

(2) the reason a change of name is requested;

(3) the full name requested for the child;

(4) whether the child is subject to the continuing exclusive jurisdiction of a court under Chapter 155; and

(5) whether the child is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) If the child is 10 years of age or older, the child's written consent to the change of name must be attached to the petition.
Tex. Education Code § 88.207 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.207
§ 88.207. EXPENSES; PER DIEM.
Status: in_force

The necessary traveling expenses of the members of the board and those of the director and his assistants shall be paid out of the funds appropriated by this state for the maintenance and support of the experiment stations. In addition to actual traveling expenses, each member of the board, when traveling on the official business of the stations, shall be paid $5 per day while actually engaged in the discharge of his duties.
Tex. Water Code § 60.244 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.244
§ 60.244. FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the hearing, if the navigation board finds that conversion to a district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would be in the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property located in the district, it shall enter an order making these findings and the district shall become a district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.

(b) If at the hearing the navigation board finds that conversion of the district into a conservation and reclamation district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution would serve the best interests of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property located in the district, it may, in the alternative to the procedures prescribed in Subsection (a) above, enter an order making this finding, but providing that conversion is not final unless the voters, in the election provided by Section 60.247 of this code, authorize the conversion of the district and the continuation of the existing authority of the district to levy an annual maintenance tax of not to exceed 10 cents on the $100 valuation of all property in this district.

(c) If the navigation board finds that conversion to a district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would not be in the best interest of the district and would not be a benefit to the land and property located in the district, it shall enter an order making these findings.

(d) The findings of the navigation board are final and are not subject to appeal or review.
Tex. Government Code § 466.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.203
§ 466.203. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ASSISTANCE; COSTS OF INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director may request the cooperation of the Department of Public Safety to perform a background investigation of a person listed in Section 466.201(a) or (b). The executive director shall reimburse the Department of Public Safety for the actual cost of an investigation.

(b) The executive director may require a person who is subject to investigation to pay all costs of the investigation and to provide any information, including fingerprints, necessary to carry out the investigation or facilitate access to state or federal criminal history record information. Payments made to the executive director under this subsection shall be deposited in the general revenue fund and may be used to reimburse the Department of Public Safety for the actual costs of an investigation.

(c) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Department of Public Safety may retain any record or information submitted to it under this section. The Department of Public Safety shall notify the executive director of any change in information provided to the executive director when the Department of Public Safety learns of the change.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.471 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.471
§ 161.471. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Auxiliary aids and services" means:

(A) qualified interpreters or other effective methods of making aurally delivered materials available to individuals with hearing impairments;

(B) qualified readers, taped texts, or other effective methods of making visually delivered materials available to individuals with visual impairments;

(C) provision of information in a format readily accessible and understandable to individuals with cognitive, neurological, developmental, or intellectual disabilities;

(D) acquisition or modification of equipment or devices; and

(E) other services and actions similar to those described by Paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D).

(2) "Disability" has the meaning assigned by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.).

(3) "Health care facility" means a facility licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care in the ordinary course of business, including a hospital, nursing facility, laboratory, intermediate care facility, mental health facility, transplant center, and any other facility for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

(4) "Health care provider" means an individual or facility licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or professional practice, including a physician, hospital, nursing facility, laboratory, intermediate care facility, mental health facility, transplant center, and any other facility for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

(5) "Organ procurement organization" means an organization that is a qualified organ procurement organization under 42 U.S.C. Section 273 that is currently certified or recertified in accordance with that federal law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4012.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4012 / Section 4012.0401
§ 4012.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Government Code § 24.624 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.624
§ 24.624.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.624. 316TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HUTCHINSON COUNTY). The 316th Judicial District is composed of Hutchinson County.
Tex. Property Code § 5.022 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.022
§ 5.022. FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) The following form or a form that is the same in substance conveys a fee simple estate in real property with a covenant of general warranty:

"Know all men by these presents, That I, __________________, of the __________________ (give name of city, town, or county), in the state aforesaid, for and in consideration of __________________ dollars, to me in hand paid by __________________, have granted, sold, and conveyed, and by these presents do grant, sell, and convey unto the said __________________, of the __________________ (give name of city, town, or county), in the state of __________________, all that certain __________________ (describe the premises). To have and to hold the above described premises, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in any wise belonging, unto the said __________________, his heirs or assigns forever. And I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators to warrant and forever defend all and singular the said premises unto the said __________________, his heirs, and assigns, against every person whomsoever, lawfully claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof.

"Witness my hand, this __________________ day of __________________, A.D. 19___.

"Signed and delivered in the presence of ____________________"

(b) A covenant of warranty is not required in a conveyance.

(c) The parties to a conveyance may insert any clause or use any form not in contravention of law.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 111.059 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.059
§ 111.059. SUBROGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In furnishing a person rehabilitation services, including medical care services, under this chapter or Subchapter F, Chapter 117, the department is subrogated to the person's right of recovery from:

(1) personal insurance;

(2) another person for personal injury caused by the other person's negligence or wrongdoing; or

(3) any other source.

(b) The department's right of subrogation is limited to the cost of the services provided.

(c) The commissioner may totally or partially waive the department's right of subrogation when the commissioner finds that enforcement would tend to defeat the purpose of rehabilitation.

(d) The executive commissioner may adopt rules for the enforcement of the department's right of subrogation.
Tex. Labor Code § 503.021 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 503 / Section 503.021
§ 503.021. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR SYSTEM AND INSTITUTION EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The system shall pay benefits as provided by this chapter to an employee with a compensable injury.

(b) A benefit under this section for an employee who is employed on less than a full workday basis may not exceed 60 percent of the employee's average weekly wage as computed under Section 408.042.

(c) A benefit shall be paid weekly as it accrues directly to the person entitled to it unless the liability is redeemed as provided by this chapter.

(d) In this section, "average weekly wage" has the meaning assigned to that term by Subchapter C, Chapter 408.
Tex. Election Code § 142.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 142 / Section 142.001
§ 142.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to an independent candidate for an office that is to be voted on at the general election for state and county officers except the offices of president and vice-president of the United States.
Tex. Occupations Code § 254.016 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 254 / Section 254.016
§ 254.016. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

At least once each biennium, the board shall provide to license holders information on:

(1) prescribing and dispensing pain medications, with particular emphasis on Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances;

(2) abusive and addictive behavior of certain persons who use prescription pain medications;

(3) common diversion strategies employed by certain persons who use prescription pain medications, including fraudulent prescription patterns; and

(4) the appropriate use of pain medications and the differences between addiction, pseudo-addiction, tolerance, and physical dependence.
Tex. Transportation Code § 224.123 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 224 / Section 224.123
§ 224.123. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

The department by the authority of the governor may agree with appropriate departments of an adjoining state and the United States to implement this subchapter for the purpose of furnishing substantial bridges across this state's boundaries for the use of the traveling public without charge.
Tex. Finance Code § 11.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 11 / Section 11.302
§ 11.302. SAVINGS ASSOCIATION AND SAVINGS BANK RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission may adopt rules applicable to state savings associations or to savings banks and may authorize state savings associations and savings banks to invest money of state savings associations or savings banks in any manner permitted for a federal savings association or federal savings bank domiciled in this state. This subsection does not authorize the finance commission to diminish or limit a right or power specifically given to state savings associations or savings banks by state law.

(b) The finance commission may adopt rules to:

(1) prevent state savings associations or savings banks from concentrating an excessive or unreasonable portion of the resources of state savings associations or savings banks in a type or character of loan or security authorized by Subtitle B or C, Title 3; and

(2) establish standards for investments by state savings associations or savings banks, including limits on the amount that a state savings association or savings bank may invest in a type or character of investment to an amount or percentage of the savings association's or savings bank's assets or net worth.
Tex. Property Code § 112.051 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.051
§ 112.051. REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR AMENDMENT BY SETTLOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A settlor may revoke the trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms of the instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying it.

(b) The settlor may modify or amend a trust that is revocable, but the settlor may not enlarge the duties of the trustee without the trustee's express consent.

(c) If the trust was created by a written instrument, a revocation, modification, or amendment of the trust must be in writing.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 328.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 328 / Section 328.002
§ 328.002. PROHIBITION ON USE OR CREATION OF BOTS TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ONLINE TICKET ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

A person may not use or create a bot to:

(1) purchase tickets in excess of posted limits for an online ticket sale;

(2) use multiple Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, multiple purchaser accounts, or multiple e-mail addresses to purchase tickets in excess of posted limits for an online ticket sale;

(3) circumvent or disable an electronic queue, waiting period, presale code, or other sales volume limitation system associated with an online ticket sale; or

(4) circumvent or disable a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure that is used to facilitate authorized entry to an event.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 578.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 578 / Section 578.005
§ 578.005. PHYSICIAN REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Only a physician may administer electroconvulsive therapy.

(b) A physician may not delegate the act of administering the therapy. A nonphysician who administers electroconvulsive therapy is considered to be practicing medicine in violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8455.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8455 / Section 8455.151
§ 8455.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8455.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 490G.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 490G / Section 490G.002
§ 490G.002. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Economic Incentive Oversight Board is an advisory body composed of nine members as follows:

(1) two public members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom must be from a rural county;

(2) two public members appointed by the lieutenant governor, one of whom must be from a rural county;

(3) two public members appointed by the comptroller; and

(4) three public members appointed by the governor.

(b) In appointing members of the board, each appointing officer shall appoint one member who has expertise in the area of economic development.

(c) A member of the board serves at the pleasure of the appointing officer.

(d) The board members are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by the members in serving on the board as provided by Chapter 660 and the General Appropriations Act.

(e) The office of the governor shall provide administrative support and staff to the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3503.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3503 / Section 3503.053
§ 3503.053. TERM; SERVICE BY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director serves for a term of two years.

(b) The board by rule or resolution may:

(1) provide for the appointment of directors of the board in alternating years; and

(2) determine the number of directors and the manner of deciding which directors shall be appointed in odd-numbered years and which directors shall be appointed in even-numbered years.

(c) A director who is also an elected official serves for a term coinciding with the term of the elected office.
Tex. Family Code § 152.106 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.106
§ 152.106. EFFECT OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

A child custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this chapter binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state or notified in accordance with Section 152.108 or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8846.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8846 / Section 8846.004
§ 8846.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Kinney County, Texas, unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Education Code § 54.761 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.761
§ 54.761. PROMISE OR GUARANTEE OF ADMISSION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter is not a promise or guarantee that a beneficiary will be:

(1) admitted to any public or private institution of higher education;

(2) admitted to a particular public or private institution of higher education;

(3) allowed to continue enrollment at a public or private institution of higher education; or

(4) graduated from a public or private institution of higher education.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1057.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1057 / Section 1057.102
§ 1057.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision in Matagorda County, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8471.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8471 / Section 8471.104
§ 8471.104. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.1115 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.1115
§ 143.1115. DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section provides the exclusive procedure for determining whether a fire fighter or police officer is sufficiently physically or mentally fit to continue the person's duties or assignment.

(b) On receiving a written order by the department head, a fire fighter or police officer shall submit to the commission a report from the person's personal physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, as appropriate.

(c) If the commission, the department head, or the fire fighter or police officer questions the report, the commission shall appoint a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, as appropriate, to examine the fire fighter or police officer and to submit a report to the commission, the department head, and the person.

(d) If the report of the appointed physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, as appropriate, disagrees with the report of the fire fighter's or police officer's personal physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, as appropriate, the commission shall appoint an independent three-member board composed of a physician, a psychiatrist, and a psychologist or any combination, as appropriate, to examine the fire fighter or police officer. The board shall submit to the commission a written report of its finding regarding whether the fire fighter or police officer is sufficiently physically or mentally fit to continue the person's duties or assignment. The commission, at its next regularly scheduled meeting after the date it receives the report of the board, shall determine whether the fire fighter or police officer is sufficiently physically or mentally fit to continue the person's duties or assignment. The commission shall base its determination exclusively on the report of the board.

(e) The fire fighter or police officer shall pay the cost of the services of the person's personal physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, as appropriate. The municipality shall pay all other costs.

(f) The commission may not appoint a person to serve on a board appointed under Subsection (d) if the person receives any compensation from the municipality, other than compensation for the person's services as a board member.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.106
§ 1028.106. MOBILE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service.