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Tex. Occupations Code § 2309.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.156
§ 2309.156. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A license issued under this chapter is valid for one year. The department may adopt a system under which licenses expire at different times during the year.

(b) The department shall notify the license holder at least 30 days before the date a license expires. The notice must be in writing and sent to the license holder's last known address according to the records of the department.

(c) The commission by rule shall adopt requirements to renew a license issued under this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 15.431 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.431
§ 15.431. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Advisory committee" means the Texas Water Fund Advisory Committee.

(2) "Fund" means the state water implementation fund for Texas.

(3) "Historically underutilized business" has the meaning assigned by Section 2161.001, Government Code.

(4) "Trust company" means the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8079.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8079 / Section 8079.0201
§ 8079.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8079.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3981.0506 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3981 / Section 3981.0506
§ 3981.0506. CITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, the city is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 23.108 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 23 / Section 23.108
§ 23.108. AUTHORITY REGARDING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A grand body or subordinate body may acquire and hold property as necessary or convenient for a site on which to erect a building for the use and occupancy of the body and to erect homes and schools for members' widows or orphans or elderly, disabled, or indigent members and may sell or mortgage the property.

(b) A conveyance must be executed by the presiding officer and attested to by the secretary with the seal.

(c) The authority of a subordinate body to sell or to mortgage property is subject to the conditions periodically prescribed or established by the grand body to which the subordinate is attached.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.013
§ 1001.013. PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS BY AUTHORIZED BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director of the department may authorize a business entity to perform a department function in accordance with rules adopted under Subsection (b).

(b) The board by rule shall prescribe:

(1) the classification types of businesses that are authorized to perform certain department functions;

(2) the duties and obligations of an authorized business;

(3) the type and amount of any bonds that may be required for a business to perform certain functions; and

(4) the fees that may be charged or retained by a business authorized under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.455 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.455
§ 56B.455. AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD.
Status: in_force

An amount of money deposited to the credit of the fund not to exceed one-quarter of the amount disbursed from that fund in the form of compensation payments during a state fiscal year shall be carried forward into the next succeeding state fiscal year and applied toward the amount listed in that fiscal year's method of financing.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.272 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.272
§ 431.272. LICENSE REQUIRED; MINIMUM STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 431.273, a person may not operate as a distributor or manufacturer of devices in this state unless the person has a license from the department for each place of business.

(b) A distributor or manufacturer of devices in this state must comply with the minimum requirements specified in the federal Act and in this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 28.0252 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.0252
§ 28.0252. COMPUTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average that provides for additional weight to be given to each honors course, advanced placement course, international baccalaureate course, OnRamps dual enrollment course, or dual credit course completed by a student. The method must provide for:

(1) an equal amount of additional weight to be given to an advanced placement course, an international baccalaureate course, an OnRamps dual enrollment course, and a dual credit course not included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and

(2) the amount of additional weight to be given to a dual credit course described by Subdivision (1) to be different from the amount of additional weight to be given to a dual credit course included in the Workforce Education Course Manual or its successor adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(b) A school district shall use the standard method developed by the commissioner under Subsection (a) to compute a student's high school grade point average.

(c) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Estates Code § 1103.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.002
§ 1103.002. APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR AS GUARDIAN WITHOUT HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if the applicant who files an application under Section 1101.001 or 1103.001 is a person who was appointed conservator of a disabled child and the proceeding is a guardianship proceeding described by Section 1002.015(1) in which the proposed ward is the incapacitated adult with respect to whom another court obtained continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship when the person was a child, the applicant may present to the court a written letter or certificate that meets the requirements of Sections 1101.103(a) and (b).

(b) If, on receipt of the letter or certificate described by Subsection (a), the court is able to make the findings required by Section 1101.101, the court, notwithstanding Subchapter C, Chapter 1104, shall:

(1) appoint the conservator as guardian without conducting a hearing; and

(2) to the extent possible preserve the terms of possession and access to the ward that applied before the court obtained jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.203
§ 1090.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters.

(b) The order calling the election shall provide for clerks as in county elections and must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding and alternate election judges for each polling place;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.155
§ 3917.155. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code, applies to the district. Sections 375.221 and 375.223, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.154
§ 1304.154. PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A provider may not sell, offer for sale, or issue a service contract in this state unless the provider gives the service contract holder:

(1) a receipt for, or other written evidence of, the purchase of the contract; and

(2) a copy of the contract within a reasonable period after the date of purchase.
Tex. Government Code § 487.154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.154
§ 487.154. LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may award forgivable educational loans to eligible students under this subchapter.

(b) The department may award forgivable loans to eligible students based on the availability of money in the fund.

(c) If in any year the fund is inadequate to provide loans to all eligible students, the department may award forgivable loans on a priority basis according to the students' academic performance, test scores, and other criteria of eligibility.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.401 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.401
§ 353.401. SELLER'S PROMISE TO PAY OR TENDER OF CASH TO BUYER AS PART OF TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

A retail seller may not promise to pay, pay, or otherwise tender cash to a retail buyer as a part of a transaction under this chapter unless specifically authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.084 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.084
§ 541.084. ADVERTISEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICARE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A person may not use an advertisement for an insurance product relating to Medicare coverage unless the advertisement includes in a prominent place the following language or similar language: "Not connected with or endorsed by the United States government or the federal Medicare program."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8502.0091 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8502 / Section 8502.0091
§ 8502.0091. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 8502.009;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 8502.009;

(3) is ineligible for directorship under Chapter 171, Local Government Code;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the director's duties for a substantial part of the director's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the director is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a director exists.

(c) If the general manager has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the general manager shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the general manager shall notify the next highest ranking director, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Utilities Code § 34.0101 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 34 / Section 34.0101
§ 34.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Advisory committee" means the Texas Energy Fund Advisory Committee.

(2) "Fund" means the Texas energy fund established by Section 49-q, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(3) "Trust company" means the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.302 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.302
§ 51.302. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the relevant law establishing a program regulated by the department does not state the maximum amount of an administrative penalty under that law, the amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the commission or executive director in an amount that may not exceed $5,000 per day for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation;

(2) the respondent's history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(4) efforts made by the respondent to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.

(c) The commission shall by rule or by procedure published in the Texas Register establish a written enforcement plan that provides notice to license holders of the specific ranges of penalties that apply to specific alleged violations and the criteria by which the department determines the amount of a proposed administrative penalty.
Tex. Property Code § 21.016 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.016
§ 21.016. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each party in an eminent domain proceeding is entitled to written notice issued by the special commissioners informing the party of the time and place of the hearing.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be served on a party not later than the 20th day before the day set for the hearing. A person competent to testify may serve the notice.

(c) A person who serves a notice shall return the original notice to the special commissioners on or before the day set for hearing. The person shall write a return of service on the notice that states how and when it was served.

(d) Notice may be served:

(1) by delivering a copy of the notice to the party or to the party's agent or attorney;

(2) if the property being condemned belongs to a deceased's estate or to a minor or other legally disabled person and the person or estate has a legal representative, by delivering a copy of the notice to the legal representative; or

(3) if the property being condemned belongs to a nonresident of this state and there has been no personal service on the owner, if the identity or the residence of the property owner is unknown, or if the property owner avoids service of notice by hiding, by publication in the same manner as service of citation by publication in other civil cases in the district courts or county courts at law.
Tex. Water Code § 54.209 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.209
§ 54.209. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

A district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district boundaries to acquire:

(1) a site for a water treatment plant, water storage facility, wastewater treatment plant, or wastewater disposal plant;

(2) a site for a park, swimming pool, or other recreational facility, as defined by Section 49.462;

(3) an exclusive easement through a county regional park; or

(4) a site or easement for a road project.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 262 / Section 262.012
§ 262.012. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD; TERMS OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body or governing bodies shall appoint the initial directors of the authority for terms not to exceed two years except as otherwise provided by this section. If the authority includes more than one municipality, each governing body shall appoint an equal number of directors unless the governing bodies agree otherwise.

(b) The board may prescribe in the resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds, in an agreement securing notes of any kind issued by the authority, or in another resolution the method of selecting the directors and the term of office of those directors. Except as provided by Subsections (c), (d), and (e), the method of selecting the directors and the term of office of those directors prescribed by the board may not be changed except by a subsequent resolution adopted by the board. The terms of directors appointed before the issuance of the bonds are subject to the resolution or trust indenture. The governing body or governing bodies shall appoint any remaining directors.

(c) The trust indenture may provide that in the event of a default, as defined in the trust indenture, the trustee may appoint all directors. On that appointment, the terms of the directors in office terminate.

(d) If the authority purchases an existing hospital or a hospital under construction from a nonprofit corporation, the directors shall be determined as provided in the contract of purchase.

(e) If the authority is financed under Chapter 223, the governing body or governing bodies by ordinance may require the board to submit nominees for appointment to the board. If a nominee is rejected by the governing body or governing bodies, the board shall submit another nominee. The governing body or governing bodies shall select the directors from the nominees submitted by the board and any other nominee submitted by a member of a governing body. The governing body or governing bodies may also limit the number of successive terms that a director may serve.

(f) An officer or employee of a municipality in the authority or an employee of the authority is not eligible for appointment as a director.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.0232 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.0232
§ 56.0232. SUPPORT RELINQUISHED.
Status: in_force

(a) An eligible telecommunications provider may notify the commission that the provider relinquishes the support it is entitled to receive under this chapter. After notice by the provider, the commission shall require the entity administering the universal service fund to terminate support to the provider.

(b) If the commission does not notify the administrator under Subsection (a) of the provider's request before the 90th day after the date the commission receives the request, the provider is entitled to stop receiving the support on that date.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.029 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.029
§ 437.029. SOUND REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department, a county, a municipality, or a public health district, including an authorized agent, employee, or department, may not require a food service establishment to obtain a sound regulation permit, charge a sound regulation fee to an establishment, or otherwise prohibit sound-related activity at an establishment if the establishment:

(1) accepts delivery of supplies or other items, provided that if the delivery occurs between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., then:

(A) the delivery lasts for one hour or less;

(B) the delivery is only for food, nonalcoholic beverages, food service supplies, or ice; and

(C) the delivery sound level when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment does not exceed 65 dBA, excluding traffic and other background noise that can be reasonably excluded; or

(2) is a restaurant, as defined by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, that limits the use of amplified sound for playing music or amplifying human speech within the establishment's indoor or outside property boundaries to ensure:

(A) the amplified sound is not used after 10 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and

(B) the amplified sound level does not exceed 70 dBA or 75 dBC when measured at the establishment's property perimeter, excluding traffic and other background noise that can be reasonably excluded.

(b) Subsection (a)(2) does not apply to a food service establishment on property that is located within 300 feet of a residence that was occupied before any food service establishment was located on the property.

(c) This section does not restrict the authority of a municipality or county to enforce the limitations described by Subsection (a) or an ordinance or order the municipality or county adopts, to the extent the ordinance or order does not conflict with that subsection.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 32.004 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 32 / Section 32.004
§ 32.004. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Subchapter B does not apply to a floating cabin owned by a state agency.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.0031 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0031
§ 61.0031. FRANCHISORS EXCLUDED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "franchisee" and "franchisor" have the meanings assigned by 16 C.F.R. Section 436.1.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, a franchisor is not considered to be an employer of:

(1) a franchisee; or

(2) a franchisee's employees.

(c) With respect to a specific claim for relief under this chapter made by a franchisee or a franchisee's employee, this section does not apply to a franchisor who has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.010 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.010
§ 401.010. REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) An accountant must audit the financial reports provided by an insurer or health maintenance organization for purposes of an audit under this subchapter. The accountant who audits the reports must conduct the audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or with standards adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as applicable, and must consider the standards specified in the Financial Condition Examiner's Handbook adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or other analogous nationally recognized standards adopted by commissioner rule.

(b) The financial statements included in the audited financial report must be prepared in a form and using language and groupings substantially the same as those of the relevant sections of the insurer's or health maintenance organization's annual statement filed with the commissioner. Beginning in the second year in which an insurer or health maintenance organization is required to file an audited financial report, the financial statements must also be comparative, presenting the amounts as of December 31 of the reported year and the amounts as of December 31 of the preceding year.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.144 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.144
§ 118.144. COPY OF CHECK OR OTHER RECORD.
Status: in_force

The fee for "Copy of check or other record" under Section 118.141 is for each copy made of a page or part of a page of records, orders, checks, or other papers on file or of record in the treasurer's office. The fee applies to both certified and uncertified copies.