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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 81.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 81 / Section 81.001
§ 81.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Mental health services" means assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or counseling in a professional relationship to assist an individual or group in:

(A) alleviating mental or emotional illness, symptoms, conditions, or disorders, including alcohol or drug addiction;

(B) understanding conscious or subconscious motivations;

(C) resolving emotional, attitudinal, or relationship conflicts; or

(D) modifying feelings, attitudes, or behaviors that interfere with effective emotional, social, or intellectual functioning.

(2) "Mental health services provider" means an individual, licensed or unlicensed, who performs or purports to perform mental health services, including a:

(A) licensed social worker as defined by Section 505.002, Occupations Code;

(B) chemical dependency counselor as defined by Section 504.001, Occupations Code;

(C) licensed professional counselor as defined by Section 503.002, Occupations Code;

(D) licensed marriage and family therapist as defined by Section 502.002, Occupations Code;

(E) member of the clergy;

(F) physician who is practicing medicine as defined by Section 151.002, Occupations Code;

(G) psychologist offering psychological services as defined by Section 501.003, Occupations Code; or

(H) special officer for mental health assignment certified under Section 1701.404, Occupations Code.

(3) "Patient" means an individual who seeks or obtains mental health services. The term includes a person who has contact with a special officer for mental health assignment because of circumstances relating to the person's mental health.

(4) "Sexual contact" means:

(A) "deviate sexual intercourse" as defined by Section 21.01, Penal Code;

(B) "sexual contact" as defined by Section 21.01, Penal Code;

(C) "sexual intercourse" as defined by Section 21.01, Penal Code; or

(D) requests by the mental health services provider for conduct described by Paragraph (A), (B), or (C). "Sexual contact" does not include conduct described by Paragraph (A) or (B) that is a part of a professionally recognized medical treatment of a patient.

(5) "Sexual exploitation" means a pattern, practice, or scheme of conduct, which may include sexual contact, that can reasonably be construed as being for the purposes of sexual arousal or gratification or sexual abuse of any person. The term does not include obtaining information about a patient's sexual history within standard accepted practice while treating a sexual or marital dysfunction.

(6) "Therapeutic deception" means a representation by a mental health services provider that sexual contact with, or sexual exploitation by, the mental health services provider is consistent with, or a part of, a patient's or former patient's treatment.

(7) "Mental health services," as defined by this section, provided by a member of the clergy does not include religious, moral, and spiritual counseling, teaching, and instruction.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.609 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.609
§ 504.609. UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue specialty license plates including the words "United States Olympic Committee." The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the United States Olympic Committee.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 322.007 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 322 / Section 322.007
§ 322.007. LEGAL RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS, ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, AND ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.

(b) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.

(c) If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.

(d) If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.428 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.428
§ 401.428. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR REINSTATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may deny, suspend, revoke, or reinstate a certification.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules establishing the grounds for denial, suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of a certification and establishing procedures for disciplinary actions.

(c) Proceedings relating to the suspension or revocation of a certification issued under this subchapter are subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) A person whose certification has been revoked may apply for a new certification on the expiration of one year after the date the certification was revoked.
Tex. Government Code § 84.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 84 / Section 84.001
§ 84.001. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

Before the conclusion of all aspects of a criminal matter that gives rise to an attorney's employment, an attorney may not make or negotiate an agreement with a client, a prospective client, or former client that provides the attorney literary or media rights to a portrayal or account based in substantial part on information relating to the representation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1068.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1068 / Section 1068.104
§ 1068.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing:

(1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and

(2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff and employees.
Tex. Water Code § 13.147 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.147
§ 13.147. CONSOLIDATED BILLING AND COLLECTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A retail public utility providing water service may contract with a retail public utility providing sewer service to bill and collect the sewer service provider's fees and payments as part of a consolidated process with the billing and collection of the water service provider's fees and payments. The water service provider may provide that service only for customers who are served by both providers in an area covered by both providers' certificates of public convenience and necessity. If the water service provider refuses to enter into a contract under this section or if the water service provider and sewer service provider cannot agree on the terms of a contract, the sewer service provider may petition the utility commission to issue an order requiring the water service provider to provide that service.

(b) A contract or order under this section must provide procedures and deadlines for submitting billing and customer information to the water service provider and for the delivery of collected fees and payments to the sewer service provider.

(c) A contract or order under this section may require or permit a water service provider that provides consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments to:

(1) terminate the water services of a person whose sewage services account is in arrears for nonpayment; and

(2) charge a customer a reconnection fee if the customer's water service is terminated for nonpayment of the customer's sewage services account.

(d) A water service provider that provides consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments may impose on each sewer service provider customer a reasonable fee to recover costs associated with providing consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments for sewage services.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 402.004 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 402 / Section 402.004
§ 402.004. EARLY ADOPTION OF CODE BY REGISTERED FOREIGN FILING ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign filing entity registered with the secretary of state to transact business in this state before the effective date of this code may voluntarily elect to adopt and become subject to this code by filing with the secretary of state in accordance with Chapter 4:

(1) a statement that the foreign filing entity is electing to adopt this code; and

(2) an amendment to its application for registration that would cause its application for registration to comply with this code.

(b) A foreign filing entity that elected to adopt and become subject to this code as provided by Subsection (a) is not considered to have failed to comply with Subsection (a)(2) because:

(1) the application for registration or any amendment to the registration:

(A) does not state the entity's type; or

(B) does not include the appointment of the secretary of state as agent for service of process under the circumstances provided by Section 5.251; or

(2) a circumstance described by Section 402.0051 applies.
Tex. Water Code § 51.501 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.501
§ 51.501. TAX TO PAY PRELIMINARY BONDS.
Status: in_force

Taxes to pay principal and interest on preliminary bonds shall be levied and collected on the ad valorem basis.
Tex. Government Code § 493.0082 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.0082
§ 493.0082. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) All money and other financial assets collected or received by the department shall be deposited:

(1) in the general revenue fund of the state treasury;

(2) in trust with the comptroller; or

(3) in a local bank account on approval by the comptroller.

(b) For purposes of this section, a financial asset collected or received by the department includes:

(1) an asset held outside the state treasury; or

(2) an asset held in trust by the department, such as money held in an inmate or employee trust account or in an education and recreation account.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.301
§ 2301.301. LICENSE TERM AND RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Licenses issued under this chapter are valid for the period prescribed by the board.

(b) The department may issue a license for a term of less than the period prescribed under Subsection (a) to coordinate the expiration dates of licenses held by a person that is required to obtain more than one license to perform activities under this chapter.

(c) The board by rule may implement a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year. For a year in which a license expiration date is changed, the fee for the license shall be prorated so that the license holder pays only that portion of the fee that is allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid. On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the entire license renewal fee is payable.

(d) A license renewal may be administratively granted unless a protest is made to the board.

(e) If the board prescribes the term of a license under this chapter for a period other than one year, the board shall prorate the applicable annual fee required under this chapter as necessary to reflect the term of the license.
Tex. Local Government Code § 248.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 248 / Section 248.001
§ 248.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Energy source" means any fuel or power source used to power an engine.

(2) "Engine" means a machine for converting an energy source into mechanical force and motion, including a generator or an internal combustion engine.

(3) "Political subdivision" includes a county, municipality, special district, school district, junior college district, or housing authority.

(4) "Retail service station" has the meaning assigned by Section 753.001, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Government Code § 3104.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3104 / Section 3104.004
§ 3104.004. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall solicit nominations from the arts and cultural community for the poet laureate, state musicians, and state artists. The commission shall use the commission's Texas Cultural & Arts Network, the media, public meetings, newsletters, the Writer's League of Texas, and other appropriate methods to distribute information about the nomination process.

(b) The commission may receive submissions from poets, musicians, and artists who have been nominated.

(c) The commission may assemble a group of artists, musicians, writers, scholars, and other appropriate experts in the fields of literature, music, and visual arts to:

(1) review the submissions from the nominated poets, musicians, and artists; and

(2) provide advice and recommendations to the commission on who should be considered for designation as poet laureate, state musicians, and state artists.

(d) For each category specified under Section 3104.002(a), the commission shall submit to the committee a list of not more than 10 persons who are worthy of being designated for that category.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0308
§ 3967.0308. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.040 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.040
§ 31.040. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The right to financial assistance granted to recipients under this chapter may not be transferred or assigned at law or in equity, and the funds are not subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of an insolvency law.
Tex. Government Code § 825.4041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.4041
§ 825.4041. EMPLOYER PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, a new member is a person first employed on or after September 1, 2005, including a former member who withdrew retirement contributions under Section 822.003 and is reemployed on or after September 1, 2005.

(b) During each fiscal year, an employer shall pay an amount equal to the state contribution rate, as established by the General Appropriations Act for the fiscal year, applied to the aggregate compensation of new members of the retirement system, as described by Subsection (a), during their first 90 days of employment.

(c) On a monthly basis an employer shall:

(1) report to the retirement system, in a form prescribed by the system, a certification of the total amount of salary paid during the first 90 days of employment of a new member and the total amount of employer payments due under this section for the payroll periods; and

(2) retain information, as determined by the retirement system, sufficient to allow administration of this section, including information for each employee showing the applicable salary as well as aggregate compensation for the first 90 days of employment for new employees.

(d) A person who was hired before September 1, 2005, and was subject to a 90-day waiting period for membership in the retirement system becomes eligible to participate in the retirement system as a member starting September 1, 2005. For the purpose of this section, the member shall be treated as a new member for the remainder of the waiting period.

(e) The employer must remit the amount required under this section to the retirement system at the same time the employer remits the member's contribution. In computing the amount required to be remitted, the employer shall include compensation paid to an employee for the entire pay period that contains the 90th calendar day of new employment.

(f) At the end of each school year, the retirement system shall certify to the state auditor:

(1) the name of each employer that is an institution of higher education and has failed to remit, within the period required by Section 825.408, all payments required under this section for the school year; and

(2) the amounts of the unpaid required payments.

(g) If the commissioner of education or the state auditor receives a certification under Subsection (f), the commissioner or the state auditor shall direct the comptroller to withhold the amount certified, plus interest computed at the rate and in the manner provided by Section 825.408, from the first state money payable to the employer. The amount withheld shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriate accounts of the retirement system.

(h) The board of trustees shall take this section into consideration in adopting the biennial estimate of the amount necessary to pay the state's contributions to the retirement system.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298F.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298F / Section 298F.101
§ 298F.101. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) In each year that the board authorizes a program under this chapter, the board shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the board intends to require during the year and how the revenue derived from those payments is to be spent.

(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and provide written notice of the hearing to each paying provider in the district.

(c) A representative of a paying provider is entitled to appear at the public hearing and be heard regarding any matter related to the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 493.029 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.029
§ 493.029. LOCAL AND REGIONAL RELEASE AND DISCHARGE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a procedure through which an inmate being discharged from the department or being released on parole or to mandatory supervision is discharged or released, as applicable, from:

(1) the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence; or

(2) the facility designated as a regional release facility under Subsection (b) that is nearest to the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence.

(b) The department shall designate six or more facilities operated by the department as regional release facilities from which an inmate being discharged from the department or being released on parole or to mandatory supervision may be discharged or released, as applicable, rather than being released under Subsection (a)(1). If the department determines that discharging or releasing an inmate under Subsection (a) is not in the best interest of the inmate or would threaten the safety of the public, the department may release the inmate from a regional release facility designated under this subsection other than the facility described by Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Government Code § 659.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.106
§ 659.106. DURATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee authorizing a deduction under this subchapter or a person designated by the employee may change or revoke the authorization by delivering written notice of the change or revocation to the comptroller or the appropriate financial officer of an institution of higher education.

(b) An authorization is effective until the comptroller or financial officer receives the notice.

(c) The notice must be given in the form and manner prescribed by the comptroller or financial officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8048.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8048 / Section 8048.0305
§ 8048.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 258.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 258 / Section 258.052
§ 258.052. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM.
Status: in_force

If an applicant described by Section 258.051(a) cannot, with reasonable diligence, ascertain the address of any of the testator's heirs, the court shall appoint an attorney ad litem to protect the interests of the testator's unknown heirs after an application for the probate of a will is made under Section 256.003(a).
Tex. Government Code § 825.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.302
§ 825.302. CUSTODY AND INVESTMENT OF ASSETS PENDING TRANSACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The retirement system may, in the exercise of its constitutional discretion to manage the assets of the retirement system, select one or more commercial banks, depository trust companies, or other entities to serve as custodian or custodians of the system's cash or securities pending completion of an investment transaction and may authorize such custodian to invest the cash so held in such short-term securities as the board of trustees determines.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0314 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0314
§ 3967.0314. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Government Code § 620.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 620 / Section 620.004
§ 620.004. EXCEPTIONS; MITIGATING MEASURES.
Status: in_force

(a) A policy adopted under Section 620.003 may provide for the installation and use of a covered application to the extent necessary for:

(1) providing law enforcement; or

(2) developing or implementing information security measures.

(b) A policy allowing the installation and use of a covered application under Subsection (a) must require:

(1) the use of measures to mitigate risks posed to this state during the use of the covered application; and

(2) the documentation of those measures.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1717 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1717
§ 55.1717. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND TEXAS COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of the University of North Texas may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related infrastructure for the University of North Texas or the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine to be financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal amounts not to exceed $25 million for the University of North Texas and $10 million for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of the University of North Texas or the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, including student tuition charges required or authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at the University of North Texas or the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.

(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer funds between the University of North Texas and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine to ensure the most equitable and efficient allocation of available resources for the University of North Texas and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine to carry out their duties and purposes.