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Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.4521 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.4521
§ 1301.4521. CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules in compliance with the guidelines authorized by Chapter 53 relating to criminal convictions.

(b) The board shall adopt a method to review the agency's compliance with Chapter 53 and the rules adopted under this section.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 63.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 63 / Section 63.001
§ 63.001. GAME ANIMALS.
Status: repealed

(a) The following animals are game animals: mule deer, white-tailed deer, pronghorn antelope, desert bighorn sheep, gray or cat squirrels, fox squirrels or red squirrels, and collared peccary or javelina.

(b) No species of any animal set out in Subsection (a) of this section or any other animal is a game animal if it is not indigenous to this state.

(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 863, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2152.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2152 / Section 2152.006
§ 2152.006. RATES.
Status: in_force

Rates for coverage provided under this chapter are subject to the applicable statutes relating to the insurers providing the coverage.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.304
§ 1201.304. INSPECTION SEARCH WARRANTS.
Status: in_force

If required by law or otherwise necessary, the director may obtain an inspection search warrant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8315.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8315 / Section 8315.110
§ 8315.110. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8315.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district or provide that the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in each new district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8315.003. A new district that is not confirmed is subject to dissolution under general law.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8315.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.605 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.605
§ 361.605. REJECTION OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director may reject an application submitted under Section 361.604 if:

(1) an administrative, state, or federal enforcement action is pending that concerns the remediation of the hazardous substance or contaminant described in the application;

(2) a federal grant requires an enforcement action at the site;

(3) the application is not complete or accurate; or

(4) the site is ineligible under Section 361.603.

(b) If an application is rejected because it is not complete or accurate, the executive director, not later than the 45th day after receipt of the application, shall provide the person with a list of all information needed to make the application complete or accurate. A person may resubmit an application once without submitting an additional application fee if the person resubmits the application not later than the 45th day after the date the executive director issues notice that the application has been rejected.

(c) If the executive director rejects the application, the executive director shall:

(1) notify the person that the application has been rejected;

(2) explain the reasons for rejection of the application; and

(3) inform the person that the commission will refund half the person's application fee unless the person indicates a desire to resubmit an application.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.044 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.044
§ 181.044. NOTICE TO STATE OR COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) An electric utility proposing under this subchapter to construct a line along the right-of-way of a state highway or a county road not in a municipality shall give notice of the proposal to:

(1) the Texas Transportation Commission if the proposal relates to a state highway; or

(2) the commissioners court of the county if the proposal relates to a county road.

(b) On receipt of the notice, the Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court may designate the location along the right-of-way where the electric utility may construct the line.
Tex. Insurance Code § 942.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 942 / Section 942.153
§ 942.153. PRIOR AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect any authority that existed before September 6, 1955, that allowed the subscribers of an exchange and their attorney in fact to write non-assessable policies in this state, subject to any prerequisite imposed by law on that authority.
Tex. Government Code § 76.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 76 / Section 76.001
§ 76.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.

(2) "Community supervision" has the meaning assigned by Article 42A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(3) "Council" means a community justice council.

(4) "Department" means a community supervision and corrections department established under this chapter.

(5) "Division" means the community justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.020 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.020
§ 134.020. DESIGNATION OF AREA AS UNSUITABLE FOR SURFACE COAL MINING.
Status: in_force

(a) On petition under Section 134.017, the commission shall designate an area unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations if the commission determines that reclamation under this chapter is not technologically and economically feasible.

(b) On petition under Section 134.017, the commission may designate a surface area unsuitable for certain types of surface coal mining operations if those operations will:

(1) be incompatible with existing state or local land use plans or programs;

(2) affect fragile or historic land in which the operations could result in significant damage to important historic, cultural, scientific, and aesthetic values and natural systems;

(3) affect renewable resource lands, including aquifers and aquifer recharge areas, in which the operations could result in a substantial loss or reduction of long-range productivity of water supply or of food or fiber products; or

(4) affect natural hazard land, including areas subject to frequent flooding and areas of unstable geology, in which the operations could substantially endanger life and property.

(c) Sections 134.016 through 134.019 and this section do not apply to land:

(1) for which substantial legal and financial commitments in a surface coal mining operation or proposed operation were in existence before January 4, 1977;

(2) on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August 3, 1977; or

(3) on which surface coal mining operations are being conducted under a permit issued under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7201.075 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7201 / Section 7201.075
§ 7201.075. PUBLIC ACCESS TO DIRECTOR REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall post to the district's Internet website and make publicly available each report required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission under Title 15, Election Code, by:

(1) a director;

(2) a candidate for the board; or

(3) a specific-purpose committee responsible for supporting, opposing, or assisting a director or candidate for the board.

(b) The district shall make available a report under Subsection (a) not later than the fifth business day after the date the report is filed with the board.

(c) This section may not be construed to limit public access to information in a report described by Subsection (a) through other electronic or print distribution.

(d) The district may remove the address of a person, except for the city, state, and zip code, listed as having made a political contribution to the director, candidate, or committee before posting a report on the district's Internet website. The information must remain available in a copy of the report maintained in the district's office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8832.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8832 / Section 8832.053
§ 8832.053. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

A board election shall be held on a uniform election date in each even-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7991.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7991 / Section 7991.203
§ 7991.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.506 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.506
§ 887.506. COMPLETION OF CONVERSION.
Status: in_force

An association becomes a stock legal reserve life insurance company on:

(1) compliance with this subchapter; and

(2) approval by the commissioner.
Tex. Government Code § 404.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.051
§ 404.051. MONEY RETURNED TO COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

If money is in the treasury for the purpose of paying an obligation due from a county or municipality and the comptroller finds from certified copies of the records of the commissioners court or by other satisfactory evidence that the obligation is no longer outstanding against the county or municipality, the comptroller shall draw a warrant on the treasury in favor of the county or municipality for that amount of money and shall pay the money to the treasurer of the county or municipality for the benefit of its general fund.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542A.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542A / Section 542A.003
§ 542A.003. NOTICE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other notice required by law or the applicable insurance policy, not later than the 61st day before the date a claimant files an action to which this chapter applies in which the claimant seeks damages from any person, the claimant must give written notice to the person in accordance with this section as a prerequisite to filing the action.

(b) The notice required under this section must provide:

(1) a statement of the acts or omissions giving rise to the claim;

(2) the specific amount alleged to be owed by the insurer on the claim for damage to or loss of covered property; and

(3) the amount of reasonable and necessary attorney's fees incurred by the claimant, calculated by multiplying the number of hours actually worked by the claimant's attorney, as of the date the notice is given and as reflected in contemporaneously kept time records, by an hourly rate that is customary for similar legal services.

(c) If an attorney or other representative gives the notice required under this section on behalf of a claimant, the attorney or representative shall:

(1) provide a copy of the notice to the claimant; and

(2) include in the notice a statement that a copy of the notice was provided to the claimant.

(d) A presuit notice under Subsection (a) is not required if giving notice is impracticable because:

(1) the claimant has a reasonable basis for believing there is insufficient time to give the presuit notice before the limitations period will expire; or

(2) the action is asserted as a counterclaim.

(e) To ensure that a claimant is not prejudiced by having given the presuit notice required by this chapter, a court shall dismiss without prejudice an action relating to the claim for which notice is given by the claimant and commenced:

(1) before the 61st day after the date the claimant provides presuit notice under Subsection (a);

(2) by a person to whom presuit notice is given under Subsection (a); and

(3) against the claimant giving the notice.

(f) A claimant who gives notice in accordance with this chapter is not relieved of the obligation to give notice under any other applicable law. Notice given under this chapter may be combined with notice given under any other law.

(g) Notice given under this chapter is admissible in evidence in a civil action or alternative dispute resolution proceeding relating to the claim for which the notice is given.

(h) The giving of a notice under this chapter does not provide a basis for limiting the evidence of attorney's fees, damage, or loss a claimant may offer at trial.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8189.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8189 / Section 8189.105
§ 8189.105. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 90th day after the date of an election in favor of the division of the district, the board shall:

(1) appoint itself as the board of one of the new districts; and

(2) appoint five directors for each of the other new districts.

(b) Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(1) serve the staggered terms to which they were elected in the original district. Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(2) serve until the election for directors under Subsection (c).

(c) On the uniform election date in May of the first even-numbered year after the year in which the directors are appointed, the appointed board shall hold an election to elect five directors in each district for which directors were appointed under Subsection (a)(2). The directors shall draw lots to determine which two shall serve until the next regularly scheduled election of directors and which three shall serve until the second regularly scheduled election of directors.
Tex. Government Code § 141.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 141 / Section 141.004
§ 141.004. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

A county may accept a gift, grant, donation, or bequest of money, services, equipment, goods, or other tangible or intangible property from any source for the sexual assault victim services court program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8314.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8314 / Section 8314.0401
§ 8314.0401. 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 8314.0403.

(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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.162 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.162
§ 3841.162. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

Section 375.221, Local Government Code, applies to the district only for a contract that has a value greater than $25,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8405.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8405 / Section 8405.101
§ 8405.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8383.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8383 / Section 8383.101
§ 8383.101. 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.
Tex. Insurance Code § 547.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 547 / Section 547.052
§ 547.052. NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO INSURER'S DOMICILIARY STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, the domiciliary state of an alien insurer is the state of entry or the state of the insurer's principal office in the United States.

(b) If the department has reason to believe that an insurer has engaged in an act prohibited by Section 547.051, the department shall notify, by registered mail, the insurer and the insurance supervisory official of the insurer's domiciliary state.
Tex. Water Code § 27.034 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.034
§ 27.034. RAILROAD COMMISSION RULES, ETC.
Status: in_force

(a) The railroad commission shall adopt rules and procedures reasonably required for the performance of its powers, duties, and functions under this chapter, including rules for notice and procedure of public hearings. The rules for notice shall include provisions for giving notice to local governments and affected persons. The railroad commission shall define "affected person" by rule.

(b) Copies of any rules under this chapter proposed by the railroad commission shall, before their adoption, be sent to the commission, the Texas Department of Health, and any other persons the railroad commission may designate. Any agency or person to whom the copies of proposed rules and regulations are sent may submit comments and recommendations to the railroad commission and shall have reasonable time to do so as the railroad commission may prescribe.
Tex. Water Code § 28A.151 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 28A / Section 28A.151
§ 28A.151. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and make accessible on the commission's Internet website recommended best management practices for aggregate production operations that operate under the jurisdiction of the commission. The best management practices must include operational issues related to:

(1) dust control;

(2) water use; and

(3) water storage.

(b) The commission may coordinate with other agencies when developing the best management practices under this section.

(c) The best management practices developed under this section are not subject to enforcement by the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.353 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.353
§ 1477.353. LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF NOTES.
Status: in_force

(a) The total amount of revenue anticipation notes issued by the county under this subchapter may not exceed 50 percent of the amount of taxes levied by the county for the year in which the notes are issued.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), the total amount of revenue anticipation notes includes the:

(1) principal of the notes;

(2) interest to be paid on the notes; and

(3) cost of issuance of the notes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 845.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 845 / Section 845.201
§ 845.201. RURAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The system is designed to protect and enhance the rural health care delivery system by:

(1) establishing a statewide rural health care network;

(2) supporting funding to rural communities;

(3) enabling administrative simplification for the benefit of rural providers that participate in various health care plans; and

(4) ensuring the inclusion of consumer-oriented attributes considered important to a successful health care organization.

(b) The attributes described by Subsection (a)(4) include:

(1) consideration of patient rights;

(2) preservation of patient rights;

(3) preservation of the provider-patient relationship;

(4) emphasis on prevention and wellness;

(5) an appropriate credentialing and peer review program; and

(6) emphasis on quality improvement and disease management.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3922.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3922 / Section 3922.103
§ 3922.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 558.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 558 / Section 558.003
§ 558.003. RULES AND GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall:

(1) adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter; and

(2) establish appropriate guidelines to determine the portion of an unearned premium that must be refunded to a policyholder under this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.0831 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.0831
§ 46B.0831. DETERMINATION WHETHER DEFENDANT IS MANIFESTLY DANGEROUS.
Status: in_force

A defendant committed to a maximum security unit by the commission may be assessed, at any time before the defendant is restored to competency, by the review board established under Section 46B.105 to determine whether the defendant is manifestly dangerous. If the review board determines the defendant is not manifestly dangerous, the commission shall transfer the defendant to a non-maximum security facility designated by the commission.