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Tex. Government Code § 434.253 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.253
§ 434.253. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules as necessary to administer this subchapter. In developing rules under this section, the commission shall consult with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and institutions of higher education.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 223.027 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 223 / Section 223.027
§ 223.027. DEDICATED REPAYMENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

The principal of, any redemption premium for, and interest on hospital project bonds are payable from and secured, as specified by the resolution of the governing body or in any trust agreement or other instrument securing the bonds, by a pledge of all or part of the revenues of the issuer to be derived from:

(1) the ownership, operation, lease, use, mortgage, or sale of the hospital project for which the bonds have been issued; or

(2) other revenues provided by a nonprofit organization.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.302
§ 345.302. LACK OF NOTICE DOES NOT AFFECT VALIDITY AS TO CERTAIN CREDITORS.
Status: in_force

Notice to a retail buyer of an assignment or negotiation of a retail installment contract or retail charge agreement or an outstanding balance under a contract or agreement or a requirement that the retail seller be deprived of dominion over payments on a contract or agreement or over the goods if returned to or repossessed by the seller is not necessary for a written assignment or negotiation of the contract or agreement or an outstanding balance under the contract or agreement to be valid as against a creditor, subsequent purchaser, pledgee, mortgagee, or lien claimant of the seller.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.553 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.553
§ 882.553. PROPOSED PLAN OF MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION; FILING WITH COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the boards of directors of at least two life insurance companies determine by majority vote to merge or consolidate, the boards of directors shall prepare a proposed plan of merger or consolidation. The plan may contain:

(1) a future allocation of divisible surplus; or

(2) any other fair arrangement by which any equitable interests of the mutual life insurance company's policyholders may be adjusted.

(b) The boards of directors shall file the proposed plan with the commissioner for approval.
Tex. Government Code § 313.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 313 / Section 313.005
§ 313.005. INTRODUCTION OF LAW.
Status: in_force

When a local or special law is introduced in the legislature, the law must be accompanied by competent proof that notice was given.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.101
§ 162.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "outpatient setting" means a facility, clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a licensed hospital or a licensed ambulatory surgical center.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8221.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8221 / Section 8221.004
§ 8221.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

All land and other property in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.156 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.156
§ 161.156. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5322 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5322
§ 54.5322. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The amount of the fee may not exceed $7 per semester credit hour for each regular semester, not to exceed a total of $84 per semester, unless the amount is increased by the board, subject to the limitation provided by Subsection (b). The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may not increase the amount of the fee in any academic year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election held for that purpose.

(c) The board may prorate the amount of the fee for a summer session.

(d) The fee imposed under this section may not be considered in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be imposed under Section 54.503.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.055 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.055
§ 751.055. AFFIDAVIT REGARDING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF TERMINATION OF POWER OR OF DISABILITY OR INCAPACITY; GOOD-FAITH RELIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) As to an act undertaken in good-faith reliance on a durable power of attorney, an affidavit executed by the attorney in fact or agent under the durable power of attorney stating that the attorney in fact or agent did not have, at the time the power was exercised, actual knowledge of the termination or suspension of the power, as applicable, by revocation, the principal's death, the principal's divorce or the annulment of the principal's marriage if the attorney in fact or agent was the principal's spouse, the qualification of a temporary or permanent guardian of the estate of the principal, or the attorney in fact's or agent's removal, is conclusive proof as between the attorney in fact or agent and a person other than the principal or the principal's personal representative dealing with the attorney in fact or agent of the nonrevocation, nonsuspension, or nontermination of the power at that time.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.023
§ 61.023. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is eligible for assistance under this subchapter if:

(1) the person does not reside in the service area of a public hospital or hospital district;

(2) the person meets the basic income and resources requirements established by the department under Sections 61.006 and 61.008 and in effect when the assistance is requested; and

(3) no other adequate source of payment exists.

(b) A county may use a less restrictive standard of eligibility for residents than prescribed by Subsection (a). A county may credit toward eligibility for state assistance under this subchapter the services provided to each person who is an eligible resident under a standard that incorporates a net income eligibility level that is less than 50 percent of the federal poverty level based on the federal Office of Management and Budget poverty index.

(c) A county may contract with the department to perform eligibility determination services.

(d) Not later than the beginning of a state fiscal year, the county shall adopt the eligibility standards it will use during that fiscal year and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the public of the standards. The county may change the eligibility standards to make them more or less restrictive than the preceding standards, but the standards may not be more restrictive than the standards established by the department under Section 61.006.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 486.028 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 486 / Section 486.028
§ 486.028. STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Within the period prescribed by Section 486.027, a person who files a petition for judicial review may:

(1) stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) paying the amount of the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account; or

(B) giving the court a supersedeas bond approved by the court that:

(i) is for the amount of the penalty; and

(ii) is effective until all judicial review of the order is final; or

(2) request the court to stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) filing with the court an affidavit of the person stating that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and is financially unable to give the supersedeas bond; and

(B) sending a copy of the affidavit to the department by certified mail.

(b) Following receipt of a copy of an affidavit under Subsection (a)(2), the department may file with the court, before the sixth day after the date of receipt, a contest to the affidavit. The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and shall stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true. The person who files an affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty or to give a supersedeas bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8436.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8436 / Section 8436.006
§ 8436.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8456.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8456 / Section 8456.151
§ 8456.151. 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 8456.153.

(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 § 7996A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996A / Section 7996A.0403
§ 7996A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.157 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.157
§ 32.157. SPECIAL ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Special funds are created in the State Treasury to be known as the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Department of Corrections special mineral funds.

(b) All money collected as bonus, royalty, rental, payments for easements, and permit fees attributable to land covered by this chapter, other than land dedicated to the permanent school fund, shall be deposited in the special mineral fund of the department, board, or agency owning the land.

(c) To offset the costs of leasing and administering mineral leasing, all fees collected relating to leasing lands owned by boards, departments, or agencies, including the sales fee and any penalties collected shall be credited to the same fund account in the treasury as those similar fees collected in the leasing of land dedicated to the permanent school fund.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.026 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.026
§ 181.026. EFFECT OF MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION ON GAS FACILITY PREVIOUSLY LAID.
Status: in_force

A gas utility having a gas facility located in an area that becomes incorporated after the facility is in place may continue to exercise in that area the authority granted by this subchapter until the 10th anniversary of the date of the incorporation without the consent of but subject to the direction of the governing body of the municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1103.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.004
§ 1103.004. PARTNERSHIP OR PARTNER AS BENEFICIARY.
Status: in_force

A partnership or a member of a partnership may be designated as a beneficiary in a policy that insures the life of a member of the partnership.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.001
§ 223.001. CONTRACT REQUIRING COMPETITIVE BIDS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a highway that is part of the state highway system.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 223.042(c), the department shall submit for competitive bids each contract for:

(1) the improvement of a highway;

(2) materials to be used in the construction or maintenance of a highway; or

(3) traffic control or safety devices to be used on a highway.

(c) The department may award a contract described by Subsection (b)(2) or (3) as a purchase of goods under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government Code, except as provided by Subsection (d), if the department:

(1) estimates that the contract will be within an amount for which purchasing authority has been delegated to state agencies under statute or rules adopted by the comptroller; and

(2) determines that the competitive bidding procedure in this chapter is not practical.

(d) An award under Subsection (c) for a contract described by Subsection (b)(2) must be made to the lowest responsive bidder.

(e) After the award of a contract described by Subsection (c), the department shall post on the department's Internet website the bid tabulation for that contract.
Tex. Local Government Code § 22.043 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 22 / Section 22.043
§ 22.043. PETITIONS AND REMONSTRANCES PRESENTED TO GOVERNING BODY.
Status: in_force

Petitions and remonstrances may be presented to the governing body of the municipality and must be in writing.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.40 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.40
§ 11.40. PRISONER DISCHARGED.
Status: in_force

The judge or court before whom a person is brought by writ of habeas corpus shall examine the writ and the papers attached to it; and if no legal cause be shown for the imprisonment or restraint, or if it appear that the imprisonment or restraint, though at first legal, cannot for any cause be lawfully prolonged, the applicant shall be discharged.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 21.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 21 / Section 21.103
§ 21.103. RETENTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreclosure consultant shall keep each record and document, including the foreclosure consultant contract, related to foreclosure consulting services performed on behalf of a homeowner.

(b) A foreclosure consultant shall retain the records described by Subsection (a) until at least the third anniversary of the day the foreclosure consultant contract entered into by the consultant and the homeowner was terminated or concluded.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8031.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8031 / Section 8031.0306
§ 8031.0306. 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 8031.0103 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; 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 commission 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 8031.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8031.0104 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1077.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1077 / Section 1077.203
§ 1077.203. BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds under Section 1077.201 that are payable from taxes only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order the election on its own motion.

(c) The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding election officers;

(4) the purpose of the bond issuance;

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

(6) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the order calling the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each week for two consecutive weeks before the date of the election. The first publication must occur at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8091.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8091 / Section 8091.0304
§ 8091.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.008
§ 651.008. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY AGENTS TO CHARGE INTEREST TO CERTAIN PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a general property and casualty agent or a personal lines property and casualty agent who holds a license under Chapter 4051 may enter into a written agreement with a purchaser of insurance from the agent that provides for the payment of interest to the agent on any amount due to the agent for the insurance purchased. The interest is computed at a rate not to exceed the greater of:

(1) a rate allowed by Chapter 303, Finance Code; or

(2) the rate of one percent a month.

(b) A claim or defense of usury may not be raised in connection with a written agreement under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 9.014 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 9 / Section 9.014
§ 9.014. PLEADINGS NOT FRIVOLOUS.
Status: in_force

(a) A general denial does not constitute a violation of any of the standards prescribed by Section 9.011.

(b) The amount requested for damages in a pleading does not constitute a violation of any of the standards prescribed by Section 9.011.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9752 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9752
§ 61.9752.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.9752. PROGRAM: ESTABLISHMENT; ADMINISTRATION; PURPOSE. (a) The Texas hospital-based nursing education partnership grant program is established.

(b) The board shall administer the program in accordance with this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter.

(c) Under the program, to the extent funds are available under Section 61.9755, the board shall make grants to hospital-based nursing education partnerships to assist those partnerships to meet the state's needs for registered nurses by increasing the number of nursing education program graduates through innovative instruction, through collaboration between hospitals and nursing education programs, and the use of the existing expertise and facilities of those hospitals and programs.
Tex. Water Code § 6.106 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.106
§ 6.106. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

The executive administrator or the executive administrator's designee shall provide to members of the board and to agency employees, as often as is necessary, information regarding the requirements for office or employment under this code, including information regarding a person's responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Education Code § 28.0214 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.0214
§ 28.0214. FINALITY OF GRADE.
Status: in_force

(a) An examination or course grade issued by a classroom teacher is final and may not be changed unless the grade is arbitrary, erroneous, or not consistent with the school district grading policy applicable to the grade, as determined by the board of trustees of the school district in which the teacher is employed.

(b) A determination by a school district board of trustees under Subsection (a) is not subject to appeal. This subsection does not prohibit an appeal related to a student's eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities under Section 33.081.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 554.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 554 / Section 554.101
§ 554.101. ISSUANCE OF REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The council may issue reports to the legislature regarding the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state.

(b) The council may issue reports on:

(1) the compliance of artificial intelligence systems in this state with the laws of this state;

(2) the ethical implications of deploying artificial intelligence systems in this state;

(3) data privacy and security concerns related to artificial intelligence systems in this state; or

(4) potential liability or legal risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 228.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 228 / Section 228.252
§ 228.252. LIMIT ON PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The credit to be applied against state premium tax liability of a certified investor in any one year may not exceed the state premium tax liability of the investor for the taxable year.

(b) A certified investor may carry forward any unused credit against state premium tax liability indefinitely until the premium tax credits are used.