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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 388.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 388 / Section 388.008
§ 388.008. DEVELOPMENT OF HOME ENERGY RATINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The laboratory shall develop a standardized report format to be used by providers of home energy ratings. The laboratory may develop different report formats for rating newly constructed residences from those for existing residences. The form must be designed to give potential buyers information on a structure's energy performance, including:

(1) insulation;

(2) types of windows;

(3) heating and cooling equipment;

(4) water heating equipment;

(5) additional energy conserving features, if any;

(6) results of performance measurements of building tightness and forced air distribution; and

(7) an overall rating of probable energy efficiency relative to the minimum requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code or the energy efficiency chapter of the International Residential Code, as appropriate.

(b) The laboratory shall establish a public information program to inform homeowners, sellers, buyers, and others regarding home energy ratings.

(c) The laboratory may cooperate with an industry organization or trade association to:

(1) develop guidelines for home energy ratings;

(2) provide training for individuals performing home energy ratings and providers of home energy ratings; and

(3) provide a registry of completed ratings for newly constructed residences and residential improvement projects for the purpose of computing the energy savings and emissions reductions benefits of the home energy ratings program.

(d) The laboratory shall include information on the benefits attained from this program in an annual report to the commission.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 162.012 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 162 / Section 162.012
§ 162.012. PENALTY FOR MOVEMENT OR SALE OF QUARANTINED OR DISEASED CATTLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person moves, sells, trades, barters, grants, or loans animals in violation of Section 162.006(b).

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor for each animal that was moved, sold, traded, bartered, granted, or loaned.
Tex. Family Code § 161.206 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.206
§ 161.206. ORDER TERMINATING PARENTAL RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship, it shall render an order terminating the parent-child relationship.

(a-1) In a suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services seeking termination of the parent-child relationship for more than one parent of the child, the court may order termination of the parent-child relationship for the parent only if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence grounds for the termination of the parent-child relationship for that parent.

(b) Except as provided by Section 161.2061, an order terminating the parent-child relationship divests the parent and the child of all legal rights and duties with respect to each other, except that the child retains the right to inherit from and through the parent unless the court otherwise provides.

(c) Nothing in this chapter precludes or affects the rights of a biological or adoptive maternal or paternal grandparent to reasonable access under Chapter 153.

(d) An order rendered under this section must include a finding that:

(1) a request for identification of a court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction has been made as required by Section 155.101; and

(2) all parties entitled to notice, including the Title IV-D agency, have been notified.
Tex. Local Government Code § 394.017 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.017
§ 394.017. FILING OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Duplicate originals of the articles of amendment must be delivered to the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the articles of amendment conform to law, the secretary shall, when a $25 fee is paid:

(1) endorse on each duplicate original the word "Filed" and the date of the filing;

(2) file one of the duplicate originals in the office of the secretary of state; and

(3) issue a certificate of amendment, to which the secretary shall affix the other duplicate original.

(b) The secretary of state shall deliver the certificate of amendment, with the affixed duplicate original, to the housing finance corporation or its representative.

(c) On the issuance of the certificate of amendment, the amendment takes effect and the articles of incorporation are amended accordingly.

(d) An amendment does not affect an existing cause of action or any pending action to which the housing finance corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons other than members. If the amendment changes the housing finance corporation's name, the change does not abate a suit brought by or against the corporation under its former name.
Tex. Government Code § 418.133 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.133
§ 418.133. LOCAL HOUSING RECOVERY PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government may develop and adopt a local housing recovery plan to provide for the rapid and efficient construction of permanent replacement housing following a disaster.

(b) In developing the plan, a local government shall seek input from:

(1) stakeholders in the community, including residents, local businesses, and community-based organizations; and

(2) neighboring local governments.

(c) A local government may submit a plan developed and adopted under Subsection (a) to the center for certification.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 24.08 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.08
§ 24.08. WITNESS MAY SHOW CAUSE.
Status: in_force

A witness cited to show cause, as provided in the preceding Article, may do so under oath, in writing or verbally, at any time before judgment final is entered against him; but if he fails to show cause within the time limited for answering in civil actions, a judgment final by default shall be entered against him.
Tex. Family Code § 108.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 108 / Section 108.004
§ 108.004. TRANSMITTAL OF FILES ON LOSS OF JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

On the loss of jurisdiction of a court under Chapter 155, 159, or 262, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the central registry of the vital statistics unit a certified record, on a form provided by the unit, stating that jurisdiction has been lost, the reason for the loss of jurisdiction, and the name and all previous names, date of birth, and place of birth of the child.
Tex. Labor Code § 407.122 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407 / Section 407.122
§ 407.122. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: repealed

(a) The members of the association shall elect a board of directors.

(b) The board of directors is composed of the following voting members:

(1) three certified self-insurers;

(2) one member designated by the commissioner; and

(3) the public counsel of the office of public insurance counsel.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265, Sec. 7.01(19), eff. September 1, 2005.

(d) A member of the board of directors or a member of the staff of the board of directors is not liable in a civil action for an act performed in good faith in the execution of that person's powers or duties.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 262 / Section 262.042
§ 262.042. FORM AND PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Revenue bonds must be authorized by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. The bonds must:

(1) be signed by the president or vice-president of the board;

(2) be countersigned by the secretary of the board; and

(3) have the seal of the authority impressed or printed on the bonds.

(b) Printed facsimile signatures may be substituted for the actual signatures of the president, vice-president, or secretary.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 572.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 572 / Section 572.003
§ 572.003. RIGHTS OF PATIENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person's voluntary admission to an inpatient mental health facility under this chapter does not affect the person's civil rights or legal capacity or affect the person's right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus.

(b) In addition to the rights provided by this subtitle, a person voluntarily admitted to an inpatient mental health facility under this chapter has the right:

(1) to be reviewed periodically to determine the person's need for continued inpatient treatment; and

(2) to have an application for court-ordered mental health services filed only as provided by Section 572.005.

(c) A person admitted to an inpatient mental health facility under this chapter shall be informed of the rights provided under this section and Section 572.004:

(1) orally in simple, nontechnical terms, within 24 hours after the time the person is admitted, and in writing in the person's primary language, if possible; or

(2) through the use of a means reasonably calculated to communicate with a hearing impaired or visually impaired person, if applicable.

(d) The patient's parent, managing conservator, or guardian shall also be informed of the patient's rights as required by this section if the patient is a minor.

(e) In addition to the rights provided by this subtitle, a person voluntarily admitted to an inpatient mental health facility under Section 572.002(3)(B) has the right to be evaluated by a physician at regular intervals to determine the person's need for continued inpatient treatment. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish the intervals at which a physician shall evaluate a person under this subsection.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 24.051 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 24 / Section 24.051
§ 24.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Account" means the large county and municipality recreation and parks account.

(2) "Cultural resource site or area" means a site or area determined by the commission to have valuable and vulnerable cultural or historical resources.

(3) "Federal rehabilitation and recovery grants" means matching grants made by the United States to or for political subdivisions for the purpose of rebuilding, remodeling, expanding, or developing existing outdoor or indoor parks, recreational, or open space areas and facilities, including improvements in park landscapes, buildings, and support facilities.

(4) "Large county or municipality" means a county or municipality with a population of 500,000 or more.

(5) "Natural area" means a site having valuable or vulnerable natural resources, ecological processes, or rare, threatened, or endangered species of vegetation or wildlife.

(6) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonpolitical legal entity incorporated under the laws of this state that has been granted an exemption from federal income tax under Section 501(c), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(7) "Open space area" means a land or water area for human use and enjoyment that is relatively free of man-made structures.

(8) "Park" includes land and water parks owned or operated by the state or a political subdivision.

(9) "Parks, recreational, and open space area plan" means a comprehensive plan that includes information on and analyses of parks, recreational, and open space area objectives, needs, resources, environment, and uses, and that identifies the amounts, locations, characteristics, and potentialities of areas for adequate parks, recreational, and open space opportunities.

(10) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, special district, river authority, or other governmental entity created under the authority of the state or a county or municipality.

(11) "Underserved population" means any group of people that is:

(A) low income or inner city, as determined by the last census;

(B) minority;

(C) youth, including youth at risk and youth with a physical, developmental, or intellectual disability or mental illness; or

(D) female.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298H.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298H / Section 298H.151
§ 298H.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING PROVIDER NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the board may require a mandatory payment to be assessed, either annually or periodically throughout the year at the discretion of the board, on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the district. The board shall provide an institutional health care provider written notice of each assessment under this subsection, and the provider has 30 calendar days following the date of receipt of the notice to make the assessed mandatory payment. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider, as determined by the provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the most recent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. If the mandatory payment is required, the district shall periodically update the amount of the mandatory payment.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be determined in a manner that ensures the revenue generated qualifies for federal matching funds under federal law, consistent with 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) If the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the amount of the mandatory payment, subject to the limitations of this chapter. The aggregate amount of the mandatory payments required of all paying providers in the district may not exceed six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue from hospital services provided in the district.

(d) Subject to Subsection (c), if the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the district for activities under this chapter and to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 298H.103(c)(1). The annual amount of revenue from the mandatory payments used by the district may not exceed $150,000, plus the cost of collateralization of deposits, regardless of actual expenses.

(e) A paying provider may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.

(f) A mandatory payment assessed under this chapter is not a tax for hospital purposes for purposes of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, or Section 1069.301, Special District Local Laws Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.260 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.260
§ 457.260. INTEREST EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Interest on bonds issued by an authority is exempt from any tax of the state or a state taxing authority.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 206.07 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 206 / Section 206.07
§ 206.07. PAYMENT OF TAX BY MAIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The payment of any tax imposed by this code is timely made if not later than the date on which payment is due the tax is mailed to the commission in an envelope with the proper address and postage and is received by the commission not later than the 10th day after the date on which it was due.

(b) A legible postmark made by the United States Postal Service is prima facie evidence of the date of mailing.
Tex. Transportation Code § 394.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 394 / Section 394.045
§ 394.045. SPACE BETWEEN SIGNS.
Status: in_force

(a) An off-premise sign that has a face area of 301 square feet or more may not be erected within 1,500 feet of another off-premise sign on the same side of the road.

(b) An off-premise sign that has a face area of 100 or more but less than 301 square feet may not be erected within 500 feet of another off-premise sign on the same side of the road.

(c) An off-premise sign that has a face area of less than 100 square feet may not be erected within 150 feet of another off-premise sign on the same side of the road.

(d) A sign located at the same intersection where one or more other signs are located does not violate this section because of its proximity to another sign if each of the signs is located so that the sign's message is directed toward the traffic flowing in a direction different from the traffic toward which any other sign's message is directed.

(e) In this section, for purposes of measuring distance between signs, each double-faced, back-to-back, or V-type sign is a single sign.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.507 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.507
§ 348.507. EXPIRATION OF LICENSE ON FAILURE TO PAY FEE.
Status: in_force

If the fee for a license is not paid before the 16th day after the date on which the written notice of delinquency of payment has been given to the license holder, the license expires on that day.
Tex. Property Code § 82.109 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 82 / Section 82.109
§ 82.109. QUORUMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a quorum is present throughout any meeting of the association if persons entitled to cast at least 20 percent of the votes that may be cast for election of the board are present in person or by proxy at the beginning of the meeting. The bylaws may not reduce the standard for a quorum to less than 10 percent.

(b) Unless the bylaws specify a larger percentage, a quorum is present throughout a meeting of the board if persons entitled to cast at least 50 percent of the votes on the board are present at the beginning of the meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.053
§ 1002.053. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(b) If the number of directors is reduced to less than five, the remaining directors shall immediately call a special election to fill the vacancies. On application of any voter or taxpayer of the district when the board fails to call an election, a district court may order the directors to hold the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.613 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.613
§ 451.613. COLLECTION OF SALES AND USE TAX AFTER WITHDRAWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Until the amount of revenue from an authority's sales and use tax collected in a withdrawn unit of election after the effective date of withdrawal and paid to the authority equals the net financial obligation of the unit, the sales and use tax continues to be collected in the territory of the unit of election.

(b) After the amount described by Subsection (a) has been collected or if the share of the authority's assets computed for the unit of election under Section 451.611 is greater than the gross financial obligation of the unit to the authority, the comptroller shall discontinue collecting the tax in the territory of the unit of election.
Tex. Government Code § 54A.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.004
§ 54A.004. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An associate judge shall be paid a salary determined by the commissioners court of the county in which the associate judge serves.

(b) If an associate judge serves in more than one county, the associate judge shall be paid a salary as determined by agreement of the commissioners courts of the counties in which the associate judge serves.

(c) The associate judge's salary is paid from the county fund available for payment of officers' salaries.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1364.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1364 / Section 1364.053
§ 1364.053. PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an insurer may not cancel during the term of a group health insurance policy or contract an individual's coverage provided by the policy or contract because the individual:

(1) has been diagnosed as having AIDS or HIV;

(2) has been treated for AIDS or HIV; or

(3) is being treated for AIDS or HIV.

(b) The insurer may cancel the coverage provided by the policy or contract for fraud or misrepresentation in the obtaining of coverage by failure to disclose a diagnosis of AIDS or an HIV-related condition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.057
§ 3906.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among the directors a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The offices of chair and secretary may not be held by the same person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.003
§ 1055.003. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

The district is a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 376.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 376 / Section 376.001
§ 376.001. AUTHORIZED FINANCING.
Status: in_force

An assessment under this chapter may finance:

(1) energy efficiency public improvements to developed lots for which the costs and time delays of creating an entity under law to assess the lot would be prohibitively large relative to the cost of the energy efficiency public improvement to be financed; and

(2) the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy efficiency improvements that are permanently fixed to residential, commercial, industrial, or other real property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1058.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1058 / Section 1058.208
§ 1058.208. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section 1058.202 and revenue and other sources as authorized by Section 1058.206.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.155
§ 4102.155. CERTAIN DELEGATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A license holder may not permit an employee or agent, in the employee's or agent's own name, to advertise, solicit or engage clients, furnish reports or present bills to clients, or in any manner conduct business for which a license is required under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 510.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 510 / Section 510.013
§ 510.013. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate one member of the state council as the presiding officer of the state council, and the presiding officer serves in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.

(b) The governor shall appoint the state's compact administrator and the state's commissioner to the commission, and may appoint one person as administrator and one person as commissioner or one person to be both administrator and commissioner. The person or persons, as appropriate, serve at the pleasure of the governor.
Tex. Estates Code § 1151.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.004
§ 1151.004. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PERSON SERVING AS GUARDIAN OF BOTH PERSON AND ESTATE.
Status: in_force

The guardian of both the person and the estate of a ward has all the rights and powers and shall perform all the duties of the guardian of the person and the guardian of the estate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.204
§ 1032.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Estates Code § 22.020 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 22 / Section 22.020
§ 22.020. LEGACY.
Status: in_force

"Legacy" includes a gift or devise of real or personal property made by a will.