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Tex. Family Code § 65.108 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.108
§ 65.108. HEARING TO MODIFY REMEDY.
Status: in_force

(a) A truancy court may hold a hearing to modify any remedy imposed by the court. A remedy may only be modified during the period the order is effective under Section 65.104.

(b) There is no right to a jury at a hearing under this section.

(c) A hearing to modify a remedy imposed by the court shall be held on the petition of the state, the court, or the child and the child's parent, guardian, guardian ad litem, or attorney. Reasonable notice of a hearing to modify disposition shall be given to all parties.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, in considering a motion to modify a remedy imposed by the court, the truancy court may consider a written report from a school district official or employee, juvenile case manager, or professional consultant in addition to the testimony of witnesses. The court shall provide the attorney for the child and the prosecuting attorney with access to all written matters to be considered by the court. The court may order counsel not to reveal items to the child or to the child's parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem if the disclosure would materially harm the treatment and rehabilitation of the child or would substantially decrease the likelihood of receiving information from the same or similar sources in the future.

(e) The truancy court shall pronounce in court, in the presence of the child, the court's changes to the remedy, if any. The court shall specifically state the new remedy and the court's reasons for modifying the remedy in a written order. The court shall furnish a copy of the order to the child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8300.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8300 / Section 8300.002
§ 8300.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is created as a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 418.0551 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.0551
§ 418.0551. PERMITTING TASK FORCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall form a task force with representatives from the General Land Office, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Water Development Board, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Department of State Health Services, Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Texas Historical Commission to be activated if a state of disaster is declared under Section 418.014 because of weather conditions to expedite:

(1) environmental permitting; and

(2) access to funds from federal disaster relief programs following the disaster.

(b) The task force formed under this section shall develop recommendations for expediting the evaluation of environmental permits during disaster recovery in order for local entities to demonstrate compliance with regulations and access federal disaster relief programs and funding.

(c) In performing its duties under this section, the task force may use resources of agencies participating in the task force.
Tex. Family Code § 231.0012 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 231 / Section 231.0012
§ 231.0012. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

The person appointed by the attorney general as the person responsible for managing the Title IV-D agency's child support enforcement duties shall report directly to the attorney general.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00130 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00130
§ 30.00130. COURT REPORTER; USE OF CLERK'S RECORDS.
Status: repealed

(a) To preserve a record in cases tried before the municipal courts of record, the city shall provide a court reporter. The governing body of the city shall determine the qualifications and compensation of the court reporter.

(b) The court reporter may preserve the record of proceedings by written notes, transcribing equipment, recording equipment, or any combination of those methods. The court reporter is not required to take or record testimony in a case in which neither the defendant, the prosecutor, nor the judge demands it.

(c) Testimony, exhibits, and evidence given by a witness in a proceeding in a municipal court of record are solely for the purposes of that proceeding or an appeal from that proceeding, and in any civil proceeding, evidence relating to the testimony, exhibits, evidence, or reproductions of testimony, exhibits, or evidence is privileged and not admissible except for impeachment purposes.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1263, Sec. 1.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1806.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1806 / Section 1806.002
§ 1806.002. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(3) "Electric cooperative" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.003, Utilities Code.

(4) "Electrical contractor" means a person licensed as an electrical contractor under Chapter 1305.

(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(6) "Municipally owned utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.003, Utilities Code.

(7) "Residential solar energy system" means a solar energy system intended or designed primarily for family, personal, or household use.

(8) "Residential solar retail" means:

(A) the sale or lease of, or an offer to sell or lease, a residential solar energy system; or

(B) a transaction involving any combination of the acts described by Paragraph (A).

(9) "Solar energy system" means a system or configuration of solar energy devices that collects and uses solar energy to generate electricity.

(10) "Solar retailer" means a person who is registered under this chapter as a solar retailer.

(11) "Solar salesperson" means an individual who is registered under this chapter as a solar salesperson.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.179 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.179
§ 134.179. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR WILFUL AND KNOWING VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully and knowingly violates a condition of a permit issued under this chapter or does not comply with an order issued under this chapter, except an order incorporated in a decision issued by the commission under Section 134.175.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by:

(1) a fine of not more than $10,000;

(2) imprisonment for not more than one year; or

(3) both the fine and the imprisonment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3884.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3884 / Section 3884.105
§ 3884.105. NAME CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution may change the district's name. The board shall give written notice of the change to the city.
Tex. Government Code § 62.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.302
§ 62.302. DRAWING NAMES FOR JURY SERVICE IN CERTAIN COUNTY COURTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county judge or a judge of a county court at law may order the drawing of names from the jury wheel if the judge considers the number of prospective jurors already drawn to be insufficient or if an interchangeable general jury panel is not drawn as provided by Section 62.016, 62.017, or 62.0175.

(b) The prospective jurors whose names are drawn as provided by this section are available for service in the county court or county courts at law, as applicable, and for the period of time reasonably required for the trials in the applicable kind of court.

(c) The county judge and a judge of a county court at law concurrently have the same power to determine and remedy a deficiency in the number of prospective jurors as the district judge designated to control a general jury panel as provided by Section 62.016, 62.017, or 62.0175. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the applicable general provisions in Subchapter A that govern the drawing of names of prospective jurors by the district judge govern the drawing of names under this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.506 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.506
§ 91.506. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if the information required by Section 91.502 is provided in some other manner on a monthly basis, the payor is not required to include the information on the check stub, an attachment to the payment form, or another remittance advice that accompanies the payment.

(b) If payment is made to the royalty interest owner by a paper check delivered by mail or by means of a private delivery service, the payor may not provide the information required by Section 91.502 in a manner other than by including the information on the check stub, an attachment to the payment form, or another remittance advice that accompanies the payment unless the payor obtains, or a previous payor has obtained, the consent of the royalty interest owner to provide the information in some other manner.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.46 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.46
§ 17.46. CONDITIONS FOR A DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH STALKING.
Status: in_force

(a) A magistrate may require as a condition of release on bond that a defendant charged with an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, may not:

(1) communicate directly or indirectly with the victim; or

(2) go to or near the residence, place of employment, or business of the victim or to or near a school, day-care facility, or similar facility where a dependent child of the victim is in attendance.

(b) If the magistrate requires the prohibition contained in Subsection (a)(2) of this article as a condition of release on bond, the magistrate shall specifically describe the prohibited locations and the minimum distances, if any, that the defendant must maintain from the locations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8807.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8807 / Section 8807.057
§ 8807.057. QUALIFICATIONS; GROUNDWATER PRODUCER.
Status: in_force

A person is not disqualified from serving as a director if that person is an employee, manager, director, or officer of a groundwater producer that is or may be regulated by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8346.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8346 / Section 8346.104
§ 8346.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8346.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 681.175 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 681 / Section 681.175
§ 681.175. SATURN TRADE ZONE CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

The Saturn Trade Zone Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of this state, may apply for and accept a grant of authority to establish, operate, and maintain:

(1) a foreign trade zone at the location designated by General Motors Corporation in this state for the Saturn automobile production facility; and

(2) other subzones.
Tex. Estates Code § 1105.111 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.111
§ 1105.111. FAILURE TO GIVE BOND.
Status: in_force

Another person may be appointed as guardian to replace a guardian who fails to give the bond required by the court within the period required under this title.
Tex. Insurance Code § 259.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 259 / Section 259.005
§ 259.005. MAINTENANCE TAX DUE DATES.
Status: in_force

The administrator shall pay the maintenance tax annually, semiannually, or on another periodic basis, as determined by the comptroller.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.2312 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.2312
§ 1603.2312. ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

The holder of a school license shall:

(1) maintain a sanitary premises;

(2) establish regular class and instruction hours and grades;

(3) hold examinations before issuing diplomas; and

(4) maintain a copy of the school's curriculum in a conspicuous place and verify that the curriculum is being followed.
Tex. Water Code § 11.02363 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.02363
§ 11.02363. PERIODIC REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW STANDARDS; STATEWIDE WORK PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Periodically, the advisory group shall review the environmental flow standards for each river basin and bay system adopted by the commission under Section 11.1471. In conducting a review of the environmental flow standards, the advisory group shall:

(1) work with the science advisory committee and the pertinent basin and bay area stakeholder committees and basin and bay expert science teams in a manner similar to that provided by Section 11.02362;

(2) take into consideration the work plans developed under Section 11.02362(p);

(3) analyze previous environmental flow recommendations and standards;

(4) prescribe future monitoring, studies, and activities needed to better understand the environmental flow; and

(5) validate or refine:

(A) the environmental flow recommendations;

(B) the environmental flow standards adopted by the commission; and

(C) strategies to achieve the environmental flow standards.

(b) The advisory group shall develop a biennial statewide work plan to prioritize and schedule the review of environmental flow standards under Subsection (a). The work plan must establish:

(1) the methodology used to prioritize the review of the environmental flow standards of each river basin and bay system; and

(2) a timeline for the review of the environmental flow standards of each river basin and bay system.

(c) The advisory group shall submit to the commission:

(1) any review conducted under Subsection (a), including recommendations to the commission for use in adopting rules under Section 11.1471; and

(2) the biennial work plan developed under Subsection (b).
Tex. Family Code § 55.16 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.16
§ 55.16. ORDER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STAY OF PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court to which the child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) orders temporary or extended mental health services for the child, the court shall immediately notify in writing the referring juvenile court of the court's order for mental health services.

(b) If the juvenile court orders temporary or extended mental health services for the child or if the juvenile court receives notice under Subsection (a) from the court to which the child's case is referred, the proceedings under this title then pending in juvenile court shall be stayed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.203
§ 1367.203. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease or for another limited benefit;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E) for credit insurance;

(F) only for dental or vision care; or

(G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;

(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(6) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1367.202.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8434.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8434 / Section 8434.253
§ 8434.253. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8063.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8063 / Section 8063.0401
§ 8063.0401. 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 8063.0403.

(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. Natural Resources Code § 81.058 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.058
§ 81.058. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS-RELATED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may impose an administrative penalty against a purchaser, transporter, gatherer, shipper, or seller of natural gas, a person described by Section 81.051(a) or 111.081(a), or any other entity under the jurisdiction of the commission under this code that the commission determines has:

(1) violated a commission rule adopting standards or a code of conduct for entities in the natural gas industry prohibiting unlawful discrimination; or

(2) unreasonably discriminated against a seller of natural gas in the purchase of natural gas from the seller.

(b) The commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may impose an administrative penalty against a purchaser, transporter, or gatherer of natural gas if the commission determines that the person engaged in prohibited discrimination against a shipper or seller of natural gas because the shipper or seller filed a formal or informal complaint with the commission against the person relating to the person's purchase, transportation, or gathering of the gas.

(c) The commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may impose an administrative penalty against a purchaser, transporter, gatherer, shipper, or seller of natural gas who is a party to an informal complaint resolution proceeding and is determined by the commission to have:

(1) failed to participate in the proceeding; or

(2) failed to provide information requested by a mediator in the proceeding.

(d) An administrative penalty imposed under this section may not exceed $5,000 a day for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty under this section.

(e) If the commission determines after notice and opportunity for hearing that an entity has engaged in prohibited discrimination for which a penalty may be imposed under this section, the commission may issue any order necessary and reasonable to prevent the discrimination from continuing.

(f) The remedy provided by this section is cumulative of any other remedy the commission may order.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.014
§ 85.014. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall provide technical assistance to nonprofit community organizations to maximize the use of limited resources and volunteer efforts and to expand the availability of health care, education, prevention, and social support services needed to address the HIV epidemic.

(b) The department shall provide technical assistance in:

(1) recruiting, training, and effectively using volunteers in the delivery of HIV-related services;

(2) identifying funding opportunities and sources, including information on developing sound grant proposals; and

(3) developing and implementing effective service delivery approaches for community-based health care, education, prevention, and social support services pertaining to HIV.
Tex. Insurance Code § 84.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 84 / Section 84.004
§ 84.004. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adopt and enforce reasonable rules that the commissioner determines necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The commissioner may establish by rule the amount of an administrative penalty to be imposed under Section 84.022 for a specific violation.

(c) The existence or absence of a rule adopted under this chapter does not limit the commissioner's authority to take any action authorized by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.107
§ 3948.107. 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. Transportation Code § 502.4755 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.4755
§ 502.4755. DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR INSIGNIA.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) manufactures, sells, or possesses a registration insignia deceptively similar to the registration insignia of the department; or

(2) makes a copy or likeness of an insignia deceptively similar to the registration insignia of the department with intent to sell the copy or likeness.

(b) For the purposes of this section, an insignia is deceptively similar to the registration insignia of the department if the insignia is not prescribed by the department but a reasonable person would presume that it was prescribed by the department.

(c) A district or county court, on application of the attorney general or of the district attorney or prosecuting attorney performing the duties of the district attorney for the district in which the court is located, may enjoin a violation or threatened violation of this section on a showing that a violation has occurred or is likely to occur.

(d) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the insignia was produced pursuant to a licensing agreement with the department.

(e) An offense under this section is:

(1) a felony of the third degree if the person manufactures or sells a deceptively similar registration insignia; or

(2) a Class C misdemeanor if the person possesses a deceptively similar registration insignia, except that the offense is a Class B misdemeanor if the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subdivision.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 576.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 576 / Section 576.022
§ 576.022. ADEQUACY OF TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility shall provide adequate medical and psychiatric care and treatment to every patient in accordance with the highest standards accepted in medical practice.

(b) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility may give the patient accepted psychiatric treatment and therapy.