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Tex. Water Code § 49.308 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.308
§ 49.308. SUIT TO REVIEW EXCLUSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person owning an interest in land affected by the order may file a petition within 20 days after the effective date of the order to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order.

(b) The venue in any action shall be in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located. If the district includes land in more than one county, the venue shall be in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the major portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.

(c) A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under the provisions of this section to the court of civil appeals and supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction. The appeal is subject to the statutes and rules of practice and procedure in civil cases.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 317.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 317 / Section 317.002
§ 317.002. DESIGNATION OF CAREGIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) On admission to a hospital or before the patient is discharged or transferred to another facility, the hospital shall provide the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient's surrogate decision-maker the opportunity to designate a caregiver.

(b) If a patient, a patient's legal guardian, or a patient's surrogate decision-maker designates a caregiver, a hospital shall:

(1) document in the patient's medical record:

(A) the name, telephone number, and address of the patient's designated caregiver; and

(B) the relationship of the designated caregiver to the patient; and

(2) request written authorization from the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient's surrogate decision-maker to disclose health care information to the patient's designated caregiver.

(c) If a patient, a patient's legal guardian, or a patient's surrogate decision-maker declines to designate a caregiver, the hospital shall promptly record in the patient's medical record that the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient's surrogate decision-maker did not wish to designate a caregiver.

(d) If a patient, a patient's legal guardian, or a patient's surrogate decision-maker declines to give authorization to a hospital to disclose health care information to the designated caregiver, a hospital is not required to comply with Sections 317.003 and 317.004.

(e) A patient, a patient's legal guardian, or a patient's surrogate decision-maker may change the patient's designated caregiver at any time, and the hospital must document the change in the patient's medical record.

(f) The designation of a person as the patient's caregiver does not obligate the person to serve as the patient's designated caregiver or to provide aftercare to the patient.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.118 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.118
§ 1201.118. RULES RELATING TO CERTAIN PERSONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules providing for additional review and scrutiny of any application for an initial or renewal license that involves a person who has previously:

(1) been found in a final order to have participated in one or more violations of this chapter that served as grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license;

(2) been found to have engaged in activity subject to this chapter without possessing the required license;

(3) caused the manufactured homeowner consumer claims program to incur unreimbursed payments or claims; or

(4) failed to abide by the terms of a final order, including the payment of any assessed administrative penalties.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.051
§ 14.051. POSTING OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

Each warehouse operator shall immediately on receipt of a license post the original in a conspicuous place at the primary recordkeeping location for the individually licensed facility or combination. A copy of the license must be conspicuously posted at each facility where grain is stored for hire, handled for hire, or shipped for hire.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.153
§ 1579.153. PARTICIPATION BY CERTAIN RISK POOLS.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the number of employees of a school district for purposes of Sections 1579.151 and 1579.152, school districts that, on January 1, 2001, were members of a risk pool established under the authority of Chapter 172, Local Government Code, as provided by Section 22.004, Education Code, may elect to be treated as a single unit. A school district shall elect whether to be considered as a member of a risk pool under this section by notifying the trustee not later than September 1, 2001.

(b) A risk pool in existence on January 1, 2001, that, as of that date, provided group health coverage to 500 or fewer school district employees may elect to participate in the program.

(c) A school district with 500 or fewer employees that is a member of a risk pool described by Subsection (a) that provides group health coverage to more than 500 school district employees must elect, not later than September 1, 2001, whether to be treated as a school district with 500 or fewer employees or as part of a unit with more than 500 employees. The school district must notify the trustee of the election, in the manner prescribed by the trustee, not later than September 1, 2001.

(d) For purposes of this section, participation in the program by school districts covered by a risk pool is limited to school districts covered by the risk pool as of January 1, 2001.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 439.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 439 / Section 439.013
§ 439.013. PRESCRIPTION, ADMINISTRATION, AND DISPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as prohibited by Subsection (b), a licensed physician may prescribe or administer DMSO.

(b) A physician may not prescribe or administer DMSO in a formulation not approved for human use by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services unless the physician:

(1) provides a written statement to the patient informing the patient that DMSO, in the formulation to be prescribed or administered, has not been approved for human use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and

(2) informs the patient of the alternative methods of treatment for the patient's disorder and the potential of alternative methods for cure.

(c) A licensed pharmacist may dispense DMSO on the written prescription of a licensed physician.
Tex. Water Code § 20.112 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.112
§ 20.112. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund all or part of its outstanding bonds issued under this chapter, including matured but unpaid interest.

(b) The board may refund bonds in the manner provided by general law for revenue bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0505
§ 11020.0505. BONDS, NOTES, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A bond, note, or other obligation issued under this chapter, a transaction related to the bond, note, or other obligation, the interest on the bond, note, or other obligation, and the profit from the sale of the bond, note, or other obligation are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.2025 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.2025
§ 504.2025. CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL TO RENEW LICENSE, REGISTRATION, OR CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department shall refuse to renew a license, registration, or certification under this chapter on receipt of information from the Department of Public Safety or another law enforcement agency that the person has been convicted, placed on community supervision, or found to be incapacitated as described by Section 504.1525.

(b) The department may renew a license under this chapter if the department determines that the person has successfully completed participation in an approved peer assistance program subsequent to the conviction or placement on community supervision for an offense described by Section 504.1525(b).
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 23.070 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 23 / Section 23.070
§ 23.070. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may deposit the corporation's funds in a banking institution that has been designated as a depository by a vote of the majority of the directors present at an authorized meeting of the board of directors of the corporation, excluding a director who is an officer or director of the designated depository.

(b) The corporation may not receive money on deposit.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.0446 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.0446
§ 408.0446. AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE; SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

(a) For determining the amount of temporary income benefits of a school district employee under Chapter 504, the average weekly wage is computed on the basis of wages earned in a week rather than on the basis of wages paid in a week. The wages earned in any given week are equal to the amount that would be deducted from an employee's salary if the employee were absent from work for one week and the employee did not have personal leave available to compensate the employee for lost wages for that week.

(b) An insurance carrier may adjust a school district employee's average weekly wage as often as necessary to reflect the wages the employee reasonably could expect to earn during the period for which temporary income benefits are paid. In adjusting a school district employee's average weekly wage under this subsection, the insurance carrier may consider any evidence of the employee's reasonable expectation of earnings.

(c) For determining the amount of impairment income benefits, supplemental income benefits, lifetime income benefits, or death benefits of a school district employee under Chapter 504, the average weekly wage of the employee is computed by dividing the total amount of wages earned by the employee during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the injury by 50.

(d) If the commissioner determines that computing the average weekly wage of a school district employee as provided by this section is impractical because the employee did not earn wages during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the injury, the commissioner shall compute the average weekly wage in a manner that is fair and just to both parties.

(e) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.1264 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.1264
§ 2054.1264. POSTING OF COST-EFFICIENCY SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS ON STATE AGENCY WEBSITE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "state agency" does not include an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d) and to the extent possible using available resources, each state agency that has 1,500 or more employees shall post on the agency's intranet website or generally accessible Internet website an electronic form or link allowing an employee of the agency to submit suggestions and ideas on how to make the agency more cost-efficient. The system for submitting suggestions and ideas must allow an employee to elect to submit a suggestion or idea that includes the employee's name or to submit an anonymous suggestion or idea. If an employee elects to submit anonymously, the suggestion or idea may not be traceable to the employee and the system for anonymous submission may not record data linking the suggestion or idea to the computer used for the submission.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), each state agency that posts a form or link as provided by Subsection (b) shall post on the agency's generally accessible Internet website a link allowing members of the public to:

(1) monitor, in real time or on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis, submissions made under Subsection (b); and

(2) vote for the public's favorite submission.

(d) The department may exclude from the requirements of this section a state agency if the agency has a preexisting program or link that the department determines substantially meets the requirements of this section.

(e) The department shall adopt rules establishing procedures and required formats for implementing this section. The rules adopted under this subsection must require that submissions under Subsection (b) and votes under Subsection (c) be moderated to exclude overtly political or offensive material.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974 / Section 7974.103
§ 7974.103. 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. Water Code § 17.852 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.852
§ 17.852. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Acquired obligations" means obligations of participants acquired under this subchapter.

(2) "Acquired obligations resolution" means the resolution, order, ordinance, or similar instrument duly adopted or passed by the governing body of a participant providing for payments of principal and interest to be made by the participant to the board and includes sufficient money to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on the acquired obligations and to maintain the funds established or required to be established by the acquired obligations resolution.

(3) "Fund" means the Texas water resources fund.

(4) "Participant" means a political subdivision or agency of the state or a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 67, that is authorized to finance projects.

(5) "Project" includes water supply projects, treatment works, flood projects, as defined by Section 15.531 or 16.451, and eligible projects as defined by Section 1373.001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 404.069 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.069
§ 404.069. TRUST FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) All money and securities deposited with the comptroller in trust for any legal purpose may be received by the comptroller as provided by Section 403.052. The money or securities shall be held in trust by the comptroller in the same manner as the departmental suspense account. Except as provided by Section 403.0271, the money may be withdrawn only on a warrant drawn or an electronic funds transfer initiated by the comptroller. The securities may be withdrawn only by withdrawal authorization.

(b) Money received in trust or for any legal purpose that is placed in a suspense account or fund shall be handled by the comptroller in the same manner as items deposited in the departmental suspense account.

(c) Adequate registers, ledgers, and files shall be maintained by the comptroller to account for the receiving and disposing of trust and suspense money and securities. Those registers, ledgers, and files shall be known as the trust and suspense record.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.201
§ 1046.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell general obligations bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating to:

(1) the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings or improvements; and

(2) equipping buildings or improvements for hospital purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 607.153 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 607 / Section 607.153
§ 607.153. BENEFITS FOR CANCER, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OR STROKE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a political subdivision shall provide to a firefighter or peace officer who retires from the political subdivision a critical-illness supplemental income benefit or comparable health benefit plan coverage in accordance with this section if the firefighter or peace officer is diagnosed with a disease described by Section 607.055 or 607.056 not later than the third anniversary of the date the firefighter or peace officer retires.

(b) The value of the supplemental income benefit provided under Subsection (a) is the lesser of:

(1) the firefighter's or peace officer's final yearly salary; or

(2) $100,000.

(c) A political subdivision providing a supplemental income benefit under Subsection (a) may provide the benefit in a lump sum payment or equal payments over three consecutive months.

(d) Not later than September 1 of each year ending in a five, the commissioner of workers' compensation by rule shall adjust the amount described by Subsection (b)(2) by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index for the preceding 10 years.

(e) This section does not apply to a political subdivision that provides to a firefighter or peace officer who retires from the political subdivision a health benefit plan that is comparable in coverage and cost to the retiree as the health benefit plan the political subdivision provided to the retiree on the day before the date the retiree retired.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.1211 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.1211
§ 2054.1211. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

The department and the Information Technology Council for Higher Education established under Section 2054.121(b) shall review all plans and reports required of institutions of higher education under this chapter. After September 1, 2014, an institution of higher education is not required to prepare or submit a plan or report generally required of a state agency under this chapter except to the extent expressly provided by a rule adopted by the department on or after September 1, 2013.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.207
§ 1018.207. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Family Code § 59.006 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.006
§ 59.006. SANCTION LEVEL THREE.
Status: in_force

(a) For a child at sanction level three, the juvenile court may:

(1) place the child on probation for not less than six months;

(2) require the child to make restitution to the victim of the child's conduct or perform community service restitution appropriate to the nature and degree of harm caused and according to the child's ability;

(3) impose specific restrictions on the child's activities and requirements for the child's behavior as conditions of probation;

(4) require a probation officer to closely monitor the child's activities and behavior;

(5) require the child or the child's parents or guardians to participate in programs or services designated by the court or probation officer; and

(6) if appropriate, impose additional conditions of probation.

(b) The juvenile court shall discharge the child from the custody of the probation department on the date the provisions of this section are met or on the child's 18th birthday, whichever is earlier.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3920.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3920 / Section 3920.203
§ 3920.203. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held in accordance with Section 3920.202, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.

(c) Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2026.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2026 / Section 2026.053
§ 2026.053. EXCLUSION OR EJECTION BY RACETRACK ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

This subtitle does not prohibit a racetrack association from excluding or ejecting a person from the racetrack association's enclosure for any lawful reason.
Tex. Government Code § 3100.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3100 / Section 3100.001
§ 3100.001. STATE FLAG.
Status: in_force

The state flag is the 1839 national flag of the Republic of Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.252
§ 2165.252. TEXAS JUDICIAL COMPLEX.
Status: in_force

(a) "Texas Judicial Complex" is the collective name of the Supreme Court Building, the Tom C. Clark State Courts Building, and the Price Daniel, Sr., Building.

(b) The commission may allocate space in buildings in the Texas Judicial Complex only to:

(1) a court;

(2) a judicial agency;

(3) the attorney general's office;

(4) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;

(5) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;

(6) the State Commission on Judicial Conduct;

(7) the State Office of Administrative Hearings;

(8) the Board of Law Examiners;

(9) the Council on Sex Offender Treatment;

(10) building security;

(11) building maintenance; or

(12) a vending facility operated under Chapter 94, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 205.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 205 / Section 205.004
§ 205.004. ELECTION BY INDIAN TRIBE.
Status: in_force

(a) An Indian tribe that elects to make reimbursements for benefits instead of contributions shall make the election under this chapter in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(b) An Indian tribe that makes an election under this chapter shall determine whether the election is for the tribe as a whole, individual tribal units, or a combination of individual tribal units.

(c) An Indian tribe that makes an election under this chapter shall pay the full amount of benefits attributable to service performed in the employ of the Indian tribe on the same schedule as other employing units that have elected to make reimbursements for benefits instead of contributions.

(d) An Indian tribe that fails to make a required payment, including payment of a penalty and interest, before the 91st day after receiving notice of the payment loses the option to pay reimbursements instead of contributions for the following tax year unless the commission receives payment in full before the date contribution rates for that tax year are computed.

(e) An Indian tribe that loses the option to pay reimbursements instead of contributions due to late payments under Subsection (d) may resume that option if, after the expiration of one year following the date of losing the option, the Indian tribe has timely paid all contributions and no contributions, payments instead of contributions for benefits paid, penalties, or interest remain outstanding.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.051
§ 1101.051. COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Real Estate Commission consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:

(1) six members who have been engaged in the brokerage business as licensed brokers as their major occupation for the five years preceding appointment; and

(2) three members who represent the public.

(b) Each member of the commission must be a qualified voter.

(c) Appointments to the commission shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.