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Tex. Occupations Code § 202.451 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.451
§ 202.451. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Podiatric medical society or association" means a membership organization of podiatrists:

(A) incorporated under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or

(B) exempt from the payment of federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its subsequent amendments by being listed as an exempt entity under Section 501(c) of that code.

(2) "Podiatric peer review committee" means the podiatric peer review, judicial, or grievance committee of a podiatric medical society or association that is authorized to evaluate the quality of podiatry services or the competence of a podiatrist. A committee includes the members, employees, and agents of the committee.
Tex. Finance Code § 302.104 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 302 / Section 302.104
§ 302.104. LOAN TO PURCHASE INTEREST IN ENTITY WITH FOREIGN REAL PROPERTY AS PRINCIPAL ASSET.
Status: in_force

(a) A loan the proceeds of which are used primarily to purchase an interest in a trust or other entity that has as its principal asset real property located outside the United States is:

(1) not subject to Subtitle B; and

(2) subject to the interest rate limitations of Chapter 303.

(b) For the purpose of determining the interest rate on a loan to which this section applies, all interest contracted for, charged, or received shall be amortized, prorated, allocated, and spread over the full stated term of the loan.

(c) This section does not affect application of a law of this state governing collateral that may be used to secure a loan to which this section applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8334.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8334 / Section 8334.152
§ 8334.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8334.151, 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. Estates Code § 356.559 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.559
§ 356.559. DAMAGES; REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If the personal representative of an estate neglects to comply with Section 356.558, including to file the deed of trust securing a lien in the proper county, the representative and the sureties on the representative's bond shall, after complaint and citation, be held liable for the use of the estate and for all damages resulting from the representative's neglect, and the court may remove the representative.

(b) Damages under this section may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0106
§ 11020.0106. METHOD OF ADDING SPONSORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government or a private entity may petition the board to add that local government or private entity as a sponsor.

(b) A petition under Subsection (a) must be submitted in the manner and form required by board rule.

(c) On receipt of a petition under Subsection (a), the board shall set a hearing on the petition and provide notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing to:

(1) the sponsors of the alliance; and

(2) the petitioning local government or private entity.

(d) At the hearing, the board shall determine whether:

(1) the local government or private entity will benefit from being added to the alliance as a sponsor; and

(2) it is in the best interest of the alliance to add the local government or private entity to the alliance as a sponsor.

(e) If, after a hearing on the petition, the board determines that the local government or private entity should be added to the alliance as a sponsor, the board shall issue an order:

(1) adding the local government or private entity to the alliance;

(2) adding the local government's or private entity's territory or service area to the territory of the alliance;

(3) making the local government's or private entity's territory or service area subject to the privileges, duties, assets, and financial obligations of the alliance to the same degree as other sponsors already included in the alliance; and

(4) stating the effective date of the order.

(f) If the subject of the order is a local government, the effective date of the order must allow enough time for the local government to comply with Subsection (g).

(g) A local government that is the subject of an order issued under Subsection (e) shall publish notice of the alliance's proposal to add the local government to the alliance as a sponsor. The notice must:

(1) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the local government is located;

(2) be published at least once per week for two consecutive weeks and with the first publication appearing on or before the 14th day before the effective date of the order; and

(3) state the effective date of the order.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.210 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.210
§ 2602.210. RECOVERY OF ASSESSMENT IN RATES; TAX CREDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A title insurance company is entitled to recover in its rates for the succeeding 12 months amounts paid in assessments not to exceed one percent of the company's net direct written premiums. In promulgating or establishing rates the commissioner shall consider assessments and refunds of assessments and shall adjust the rates to allow for recovery under this subsection.

(b) Unless the department determines that all amounts paid as assessments by each title insurance company have been recovered under Subsection (a), for any amount not recovered the title insurance company is entitled to a credit against its premium tax under Chapter 223. The credit may be taken at a rate of 20 percent each year for five successive years following the date of assessment and, if the title insurance company elects, may be taken over an additional number of years.

(c) An amount of a tax credit allowed by this section that is unclaimed may be shown in the title insurance company's books and records as an admitted asset for all purposes, including an annual statement under Section 862.001.

(d) If the association receives money related to a title insurance company receivership from any source, including payment of a claim made by the association against the estate of the title insurance company, that is in excess of the amount title insurance companies have recovered or are entitled to recover under this section, the excess money shall be held by the association in its title account to offset the amounts required for future assessments or administrative expenses of the association.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.125 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.125
§ 351.125. GRANTING OR DENYING PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 10 days after the date of the conclusion of the hearing, the commissioners court holding the hearing shall grant the petition pending approval by the commissioners courts of all other proposed cooperating counties in the district, if any, if it appears from the testimony and evidence presented at the hearing that:

(1) organization of the district is feasible and practicable;

(2) there is a public necessity or need for the district; and

(3) the creation of the district would further the public safety and welfare.

(b) If the commissioners court is unable to make any one of the findings required by Subsection (a), the commissioners court shall refuse to grant the petition's request for creation of the district.

(c) If a commissioners court of a county in the proposed district refuses to grant the petition's request for creation of the district, the district may not be created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8865.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8865 / Section 8865.054
§ 8865.054. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A director is not entitled to receive compensation for serving as a director.

(b) A director may be reimbursed for actual, reasonable expenses incurred in discharging official duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9601.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9601 / Section 9601.102
§ 9601.102. SPECIFIC POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise any power necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the power to:

(1) adopt and enforce:

(A) a trade name or trademark;

(B) bylaws and rules for the conduct of the affairs of the district;

(C) any rule that a water control and improvement district may adopt and enforce in accordance with Sections 51.127-51.130, Water Code; and

(D) specific rates, charges, fees, or rentals, and reasonable rules and regulations, for providing any district commodity, facility, or service;

(2) in the manner and to the extent permitted by this chapter:

(A) borrow money for a district purpose;

(B) enter into an agreement in connection with the borrowing;

(C) issue bonds for money borrowed;

(D) provide for and secure the payment of the bonds; and

(E) provide for the rights of the holders of the bonds;

(3) acquire any and all storage rights and storage capacity in a reservoir or other water source inside or outside the boundaries of the district, and acquire the right to take water from that reservoir or source, subject to the rights or permits held by municipalities or other persons, and in accordance with any contract or contracts that the district may make with the United States, any state of the United States, or any political subdivision of any state of the United States, in reference to those rights;

(4) construct, acquire, own, finance, operate, maintain, sell, lease as lessor or lessee, dispose of, or otherwise use any work, plant, or other district facility as defined by Section 49.001, Water Code, inside or outside the boundaries of the district, that the board determines is necessary or useful for the exercise of a district power; and

(5) pledge all or part of district revenue to the payment of district obligations under a contract or agreement to the same extent and on the same conditions as the district may pledge revenue to secure district bonds.
Tex. Education Code § 151.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 151 / Section 151.001
§ 151.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "institute" means the Border Health Institute, a collaboration or consortium of independent public and private entities.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.134 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.134
§ 60.134. ASSESSMENT AFTER APPEAL.
Status: in_force

If the court holds that an assessment is invalid, the board may impose a new assessment in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 32.103 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 32 / Section 32.103
§ 32.103. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR IMMUNIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of wilful misconduct or gross negligence, a health care provider who accepts the health history and other information given by a person who is delegated the authority to consent to the immunization of a child during the informed consent counseling is not liable for an adverse reaction to an immunization or for other injuries to the child resulting from factual errors in the health history or information given by the person to the health care provider.

(b) A person consenting to immunization of a child, a physician, nurse, or other health care provider, or a public health clinic, hospital, or other medical facility is not liable for damages arising from an immunization administered to a child authorized under this subchapter except for injuries resulting from the person's or facility's own acts of negligence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8011.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8011 / Section 8011.102
§ 8011.102. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the district shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3863.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3863 / Section 3863.304
§ 3863.304. ABOLISHING SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the sales and use tax without an election.

(b) The board may not abolish the sales and use tax if the district has outstanding debt secured by the tax.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1102.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.003
§ 1102.003. STATEMENT REGARDING VALUE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurance policy described by Section 1102.002 providing that benefits are payable in foreign currency must include a conspicuous statement that the value of the currency denominated in the policy can fluctuate as compared to the value of United States currency.

(b) The statement must be:

(1) included as part of the policy; or

(2) attached to the insurance policy at the time it is issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3918.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3918 / Section 3918.0308
§ 3918.0308. ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may add or remove territory as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The district may add or remove territory as described by Subsection (a) only if the governing body of the city by ordinance or resolution consents to the addition or removal.
Tex. Education Code § 51.258 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.258
§ 51.258. COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief executive officer of each postsecondary educational institution shall annually certify in writing to the coordinating board that the institution is in substantial compliance with this subchapter.

(b) If the coordinating board determines that a postsecondary educational institution is not in substantial compliance with this subchapter, the coordinating board may assess an administrative penalty against the institution in an amount not to exceed $2 million. In determining the amount of the penalty, the coordinating board shall consider the nature of the violation and the number of students enrolled at the institution.

(c) If the coordinating board assesses an administrative penalty against a postsecondary educational institution under Subsection (b), the coordinating board shall provide to the institution written notice of the coordinating board's reasons for assessing the penalty.

(d) A postsecondary educational institution assessed an administrative penalty under Subsection (b) may appeal the penalty in the manner provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(e) A postsecondary educational institution may not pay an administrative penalty assessed under Subsection (b) using state or federal money.

(f) An administrative penalty collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the sexual assault program fund established under Section 420.008, Government Code.

(g) The coordinating board shall annually submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over legislation concerning sexual assault at postsecondary educational institutions a report regarding compliance with this subchapter, including a summary of the postsecondary educational institutions found not to be in substantial compliance as provided by this section and any penalties assessed under this section during the calendar year preceding the date of the report.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 30.009 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 30 / Section 30.009
§ 30.009. MISTRIAL IN JUSTICE COURT OR MUNICIPAL COURT.
Status: in_force

If a jury in a trial in a justice court or a municipal court is discharged without having rendered a verdict, the cause may be tried again as soon as practicable.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 54.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 54 / Section 54.004
§ 54.004. CAPITAL STOCK REQUIREMENT FOR INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

At the time of filing the articles of incorporation, a corporation formed under this chapter must have fully paid-up capital stock of $10,000 or more.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.210 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.210
§ 424.210. OVERSIGHT BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 10th day before the date an insurer is scheduled to enter into an initial hedging transaction, the insurer shall notify the commissioner in writing that:

(1) the insurer's board of directors has adopted an investment plan that authorizes hedging transactions; and

(2) each hedging transaction will comply with this subchapter.

(b) If a hedging transaction does not comply with this subchapter or if continuing the transaction may create a hazardous financial condition for the insurer that affects the insurer's policyholders or creditors or the public, the commissioner may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, order the insurer to take action that the commissioner determines is reasonably necessary to:

(1) remedy a hazardous financial condition; or

(2) prevent an impending hazardous financial condition from occurring.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 4.002 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 4 / Section 4.002
§ 4.002. ACTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the secretary of state finds that a filing instrument delivered under Section 4.001 conforms to the provisions of this code that apply to the entity and to applicable rules adopted under Section 12.001 and that all required fees have been paid, the secretary of state shall:

(1) file the instrument by accepting it into the filing system adopted by the secretary of state and assigning the instrument a date of filing; and

(2) deliver a written acknowledgment of filing to the entity or its representative.

(b) If a duplicate copy of the filing instrument is delivered to the secretary of state, on accepting the filing instrument, the secretary of state shall return the duplicate copy, endorsed with the word "Filed" and the month, day, and year of filing, to the entity or its representative with the acknowledgment of filing.
Tex. Local Government Code § 307.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 307 / Section 307.002
§ 307.002. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO PARK USE.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality may use and occupy for park purposes under this chapter:

(1) the tidelands between:

(A) the lines of ordinary high tide and ordinary low tide of the Gulf of Mexico; and

(B) extensions into the gulf, not more than 1,000 feet apart, of property lines of property that is above and fronting the tidelands and is owned or acquired by the municipality for park purposes or in or to which the municipality has or may acquire easements or other rights or privileges authorizing the municipality to use or occupy the property for park purposes; and

(2) the waters of the gulf adjacent to those tidelands, and the gulf bed below those waters, for a distance not to exceed 2,000 feet from the line of ordinary high tide.

(b) The municipality may declare abandoned for use as streets or highways and may take, use, and occupy for park purposes all or part of any land previously dedicated as a public street or highway that, because of submersion by the waters of the gulf or the building of a seawall, breakwater, or other structure, has become unfit for use as a street or highway, as determined and declared by the governing body of the municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 3002.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3002 / Section 3002.051
§ 3002.051. DESIGNATION OF MULTIPLE-OCCUPANCY PRIVATE SPACES.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision or state agency shall designate each multiple-occupancy private space in a building the political subdivision or state agency owns, operates, or controls for use only by individuals of one sex.

(b) A political subdivision or state agency shall take every reasonable step to ensure an individual whose sex is opposite to the sex designated for a multiple-occupancy private space under Subsection (a) does not enter the private space.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.452 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.452
§ 13.452. DEVICE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

A person performs device maintenance activities if the person or the person's employee:

(1) places a commercial weighing or measuring device in service;

(2) installs, calibrates, or repairs a commercial weighing or measuring device; or

(3) removes an out-of-order tag, stop-sale order, security seal, lock, condemnation notice, or other form of use prohibition placed on a weighing or measuring device by the department.
Tex. Insurance Code § 524.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 524 / Section 524.055
§ 524.055. EDUCATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The division may develop educational materials and a curriculum to be used in high school classes that educate students about:

(1) the importance and value of health coverage;

(2) comparing health benefit plans; and

(3) understanding basic provisions contained in health benefit plans.

(b) The division may consult with the Texas Education Agency in developing educational materials and a curriculum under this section.
Tex. Education Code § 51.358 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.358
§ 51.358. LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OR EMERGING RESEARCH UNIVERSITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education designated as a research university or emerging research university under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system shall submit to the coordinating board, in the form and manner prescribed by the coordinating board, a detailed, long-term strategic plan documenting the strategy by which the institution intends to achieve recognition as a research university, or enhance the university's reputation as a research university, as applicable.

(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules for the administration of this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 121 / Section 121.041
§ 121.041. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

By a majority vote of each governing body, a public health district may be established by:

(1) two or more counties;

(2) two or more municipalities;

(3) a county and one or more municipalities in the county; or

(4) two or more counties and one or more municipalities in those counties.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 552 / Section 552.053
§ 552.053. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, REPORTING, AND TRACKING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop an information management, reporting, and tracking system for each state hospital to provide the department with information necessary to monitor serious allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.011 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 15 / Section 15.011
§ 15.011. LAND.
Status: in_force

Actions for recovery of real property or an estate or interest in real property, for partition of real property, to remove encumbrances from the title to real property, for recovery of damages to real property, or to quiet title to real property shall be brought in the county in which all or a part of the property is located.
Tex. Government Code § 418.305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.305
§ 418.305. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

A member of the council is not entitled to compensation or reimbursement of expenses for service on the council.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3957.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3957 / Section 3957.101
§ 3957.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.