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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.151
§ 1095.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board.

(b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:

(1) the outstanding obligations of the district;

(2) the cash on hand in each district fund;

(3) the money received by the district from all sources during the previous year;

(4) the money available to the district from all sources during the ensuing year;

(5) the balances expected at the end of the year in which the budget is being prepared;

(6) the estimated revenue and balances available to cover the proposed budget; and

(7) the estimated tax rate required.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9023.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9023 / Section 9023.002
§ 9023.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is:

(1) a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) a municipal corporation.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0451 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0451
§ 532.0451. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM USE REDUCTION INITIATIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and implement a comprehensive plan to reduce recipients' use of hospital emergency room services. The plan may include:

(1) a pilot program that is designed to assist a program participant in accessing an appropriate level of health care and that may include as components:

(A) providing a program participant access to bilingual health services providers; and

(B) giving a program participant information on how to access primary care physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and local health clinics;

(2) a pilot program under which a health care provider other than a hospital is given a financial incentive for treating a recipient outside of normal business hours to divert the recipient from a hospital emergency room;

(3) payment of a nominal referral fee to a hospital emergency room that performs an initial medical evaluation of a recipient and subsequently refers the recipient, if medically stable, to an appropriate level of health care, such as care provided by a primary care physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or local clinic;

(4) a program under which the commission or a Medicaid managed care organization contacts, by telephone or mail, a recipient who accesses a hospital emergency room three times during a six-month period and provides the recipient with information on ways the recipient may secure a medical home to avoid unnecessary treatment at a hospital emergency room;

(5) a health care literacy program under which the commission develops partnerships with other state agencies and private entities to:

(A) assist the commission in developing materials that:

(i) contain basic health care information for parents of young children who are recipients and who are participating in public or private child-care or prekindergarten programs, including federal Head Start programs; and

(ii) are written in a language understandable to those parents and specifically tailored to be applicable to the needs of those parents;

(B) distribute the materials developed under Paragraph (A) to those parents; and

(C) otherwise teach those parents about their children's health care needs and ways to address those needs; and

(6) other initiatives developed and implemented in other states that have shown success in reducing the incidence of unnecessary treatment in a hospital emergency room.

(b) The commission shall coordinate with hospitals and other providers that receive supplemental payments under the uncompensated care payment program operated under the Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) to identify and implement initiatives based on best practices and models that are designed to reduce recipients' use of hospital emergency room services as a primary means of receiving health care benefits, including initiatives designed to improve recipients' access to and use of primary care providers.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.303 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.303
§ 273.303. PRIMARY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) Money from the sale of the corporation's securities constitutes the primary account of the corporation.

(b) Money in the primary account may be invested in:

(1) a certificate of deposit or other interest-bearing account in a savings and loan association or commercial bank domiciled in this state; or

(2) securities that:

(A) will mature in not longer than five years;

(B) are issued by the United States government, this state, or a municipality or other governmental entity of this state; and

(C) are direct obligations of or secured by the full faith and credit of the issuer.
Tex. Occupations Code § 163.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 163 / Section 163.002
§ 163.002. DESIGNATION OF DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall designate:

(1) the number of districts; and

(2) the geographic area of a district composed of various counties.

(b) The board may revise, as it considers appropriate and after a public hearing, the number of districts and the designation of the counties located in a district.

(c) If the number of districts or a county's designation in a district is revised, the board shall follow the same procedure that applied to the initial designation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 101.305 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 101 / Section 101.305
§ 101.305. POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall:

(1) establish, in consultation with and on the approval of the council, protocols for interaction with licensing agencies;

(2) serve as the ombudsman for consumer complaints at the licensing agencies on the request of an individual consumer;

(3) assist consumers in obtaining information about the status of complaints; and

(4) review the Internet websites of licensing agencies and make recommendations to the agencies on making public information, including information relating to disciplinary actions, understandable to and easily accessible by the public.

(b) The office may:

(1) appear at or present information or testimony to a licensing agency on behalf of consumers as a class; and

(2) appeal the decisions of licensing agencies to the governing body of the appropriate licensing agency on behalf of consumers as a class but not for individual complainants.

(c) The office may not appeal an individual complainant's case before any agency.

(d) The office is entitled to access to:

(1) complaints received by a licensing agency, unless the access would jeopardize an ongoing investigation; and

(2) the public records of a licensing agency and the records of a licensing agency that are filed with the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(e) The confidentiality requirements that apply to the records of a licensing agency and the sanctions for disclosure of confidential information apply to the office and to information obtained by the office under Subsection (d).
Tex. Property Code § 113.085 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.085
§ 113.085. EXERCISE OF POWERS BY MULTIPLE TRUSTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Cotrustees may act by majority decision.

(b) If a vacancy occurs in a cotrusteeship, the remaining cotrustees may act for the trust.

(c) A cotrustee shall participate in the performance of a trustee's function unless the cotrustee:

(1) is unavailable to perform the function because of absence, illness, suspension under this code or other law, disqualification, if any, under this code, disqualification under other law, or other temporary incapacity; or

(2) has delegated the performance of the function to another trustee in accordance with the terms of the trust or applicable law, has communicated the delegation to all other cotrustees, and has filed the delegation in the records of the trust.

(d) If a cotrustee is unavailable to participate in the performance of a trustee's function for a reason described by Subsection (c)(1) and prompt action is necessary to achieve the efficient administration or purposes of the trust or to avoid injury to the trust property or a beneficiary, the remaining cotrustee or a majority of the remaining cotrustees may act for the trust.

(e) A trustee may delegate to a cotrustee the performance of a trustee's function unless the settlor specifically directs that the function be performed jointly. Unless a cotrustee's delegation under this subsection is irrevocable, the cotrustee making the delegation may revoke the delegation.
Tex. Penal Code § 9.03 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 9 / Section 9.03
§ 9.03. CONFINEMENT AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE.
Status: in_force

Confinement is justified when force is justified by this chapter if the actor takes reasonable measures to terminate the confinement as soon as he knows he safely can unless the person confined has been arrested for an offense.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 91.023 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.023
§ 91.023. ASSISTANCE WITH REHABILITATION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The department may furnish materials, tools, books, and other necessary apparatus and assistance for use in rehabilitating the blind and persons with visual disabilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5008.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5008 / Section 5008.0502
§ 5008.0502. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Instead of any other notice required by law, notice of an election to issue bonds must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and must state:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the place at which the election will be held; and

(3) the proposition to be voted on at the election.

(b) The first publication under Subsection (a) must be at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1215.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1215 / Section 1215.005
§ 1215.005. COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER DOES NOT CREATE LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A health insurance issuer that releases information, including protected health information, in accordance with this chapter has not violated a standard of care and is not liable for civil damages resulting from, and is not subject to criminal prosecution for, releasing that information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8858.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8858 / Section 8858.151
§ 8858.151. LIMITATION ON TAXES FOR BONDS OR NOTES.
Status: in_force

The district, to pay any part of bonds or notes issued by the district, may not impose a tax that exceeds 20 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 24.222 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.222
§ 24.222. HEARING DURING CONFINEMENT OF WITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A witness who has been confined for at least 24 hours pursuant to an attachment issued as provided by Article 24.111 may request a hearing in the issuing court regarding whether the continued confinement of the witness is necessary. The court shall grant the request and hold the hearing as soon as practicable.

(b) Any subsequent request for a hearing may be granted only if the court determines that holding the hearing is in the best interest of justice.

(c) The attorney appointed for the witness under Article 24.111 shall represent the witness at a hearing under this article.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.006 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.006
§ 46B.006. APPOINTMENT OF AND REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A defendant is entitled to representation by counsel before any court-ordered competency evaluation and during any proceeding at which it is suggested that the defendant may be incompetent to stand trial.

(b) If the defendant is indigent and the court has not appointed counsel to represent the defendant, the court shall appoint counsel as necessary to comply with Subsection (a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 501.259 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.259
§ 501.259. LICENSING OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council shall set standards for the issuance of licenses to psychological personnel who hold a master's degree from an accredited university or college in a program that is primarily psychological in nature.

(b) The executive council shall designate a person who holds a license authorized by this section by a title that includes the adjective "psychological" followed by a noun such as "associate," "assistant," "examiner," or "technician."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.105
§ 1073.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees.
Tex. Transportation Code § 367.068 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 367 / Section 367.068
§ 367.068. APPLICABILITY OF AND CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 252.046, 252.047, and 252.048, Local Government Code, and Subchapter B, Chapter 1502, Government Code, apply, except as provided by Section 367.051, Section 367.059, or another provision of this subchapter, to:

(1) the purchase of a toll bridge under this subchapter;

(2) the issuance, sale, or delivery of bonds under this subchapter;

(3) the manner of securing payment of the bonds;

(4) the enforcement of the obligations relating to the bonds;

(5) the rights and remedies of the owners or holders of the bonds or of any person acting on their behalf;

(6) the maintenance or operation of property acquired under this subchapter; and

(7) the accomplishment of any other purpose of this subchapter.

(b) To the extent of a conflict between this subchapter and another law, this subchapter controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8307.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8307 / Section 8307.151
§ 8307.151. 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 8307.153.

(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. Government Code § 2254.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2254 / Section 2254.151
§ 2254.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "state agency" means a department, commission, board, authority, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the state constitution or a state statute.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.088 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.088
§ 171.088. EXEMPTION--NONCORPORATE ENTITY ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

An entity that is not a corporation but that, because of its activities, would qualify for a specific exemption under this subchapter if it were a corporation, qualifies for the exemption and is exempt from the tax in the same manner and under the same conditions as a corporation.
Tex. Government Code § 411.442 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.442
§ 411.442. BLUE ALERT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

With the cooperation of the Texas Department of Transportation, the office of the governor, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies in this state, the department shall develop and implement a statewide blue alert system to be activated to aid in the apprehension of an individual suspected of killing or causing serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.001
§ 342.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Irregular transaction" means a loan:

(A) that is payable in installments that are not consecutive, monthly, and substantially equal in amount; or

(B) the first scheduled installment of which is due later than one month and 15 days after the date of the loan.

(2) "Regular transaction" means a loan:

(A) that is payable in installments that are consecutive, monthly, and substantially equal in amount; and

(B) the first scheduled installment of which is due within one month and 15 days after the date of the loan.

(3) "Regulated loan license" means a consumer loan license.

(4) "Secondary mortgage loan" means a loan that is:

(A) secured in whole or in part by an interest, including a lien or security interest, in real property that is:

(i) improved by a dwelling designed for occupancy by four or fewer families; and

(ii) subject to one or more liens, security interests, prior mortgages, or deeds of trust; and

(B) not to be repaid before the 91st day after the date of the loan.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.024 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.024
§ 66.024. SEAGRASS PLANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "seagrass plant" means a flowering marine plant of the species:

(1) Cymodocea filiformis, known as manatee grass;

(2) Halodule beaudettei or Halodule wrightii, known as shoal grass;

(3) Halophila engelmannii, known as star grass or Engelmann's seagrass;

(4) Ruppia maritima, known as widgeon grass; or

(5) Thalassia testudinum, known as turtle grass.

(b) A person may not uproot or dig out any rooted seagrass plant from a bay bottom or other saltwater bottom area in the jurisdiction of this state by means of a propeller, except as that uprooting or digging out may be authorized by a commercial license or permit issued by the department.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that a person:

(1) anchors a vessel within an area containing seagrass plants and uproots a seagrass plant;

(2) uses an electric trolling motor within an area containing seagrass plants and uproots a seagrass plant; or

(3) operates a vessel in a manner consistent with the acceleration required to reach and stay on plane.

(d) A person who violates this section or a proclamation of the commission under this section commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.156
§ 1104.156. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Utilities Code § 186.032 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 186 / Section 186.032
§ 186.032. FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) knowing that another will use the published information to avoid payment of a charge for telecommunications service, the person publishes:

(A) an existing, cancelled, revoked, or nonexistent telephone number;

(B) a credit number or other credit device; or

(C) a method of numbering or coding that is used in issuing telephone numbers or credit devices, including credit numbers; or

(2) the person makes or possesses equipment specifically designed to be used fraudulently to avoid charges for telecommunications service.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500, by confinement in jail for not more than 60 days, or by both, unless the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section. A second or subsequent offense is a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two years and not more than five years, or by both.

(c) This section does not apply to an employee of a public utility who provides telecommunications service while acting in the course of employment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.503 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.503
§ 504.503. MUNICIPAL, MOTOR, AND PRIVATE BUSES.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue without charge specialty license plates for municipal buses, motor buses, and private buses. The license plates must include the words "City Bus," "Motor Bus," or "Private Bus," as appropriate.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1272.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1272 / Section 1272.301
§ 1272.301. ACCESS TO OUT-OF-NETWORK SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract between a health maintenance organization and a limited provider network or delegated entity must provide that:

(1) if medically necessary covered services are not available through network physicians or providers, the limited provider network or delegated entity, on the request of a network physician or provider, shall:

(A) allow a referral to a non-network physician or provider; and

(B) fully reimburse the non-network physician or provider at the usual and customary rate or an agreed rate; and

(2) before the limited provider network or delegated entity may deny a referral to a non-network physician or provider, a specialist of the same or similar specialty as the type of physician or provider to whom the referral is requested must conduct a review of the request.

(b) The limited provider network or delegated entity shall allow the referral within the time appropriate to the circumstances relating to the delivery of the services and the condition of the enrollee who is a patient, but not later than the fifth business day after the date the network or entity receives any reasonably requested documentation.

(c) An enrollee may not be required to change the enrollee's primary care physician or specialist providers to receive medically necessary covered services that are not available within the limited provider network or through the delegated entity.

(d) A denial of out-of-network services under this section is subject to appeal under Chapter 4201.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975A / Section 7975A.0503
§ 7975A.0503. 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. Tax Code § 154.508 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.508
§ 154.508. REFUSING TO SURRENDER CIGARETTES.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person refuses to surrender to the comptroller on demand cigarettes possessed in violation of this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 213.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 213 / Section 213.001
§ 213.001. REPRESENTATION IN COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall designate an assistant attorney general to represent the commission and the state in a civil action to enforce this subtitle and to perform legal duties as the commission requires.

(b) The assistant attorney general shall institute in the name of the state and the attorney general any civil action requested by the commission.

(c) The commission shall pay the assistant attorney general for a service performed by the assistant attorney general solely for the commission.

(d) A qualified attorney who is regularly employed by the commission may assist the assistant attorney general.
Tex. Government Code § 614.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 614 / Section 614.007
§ 614.007. INSUFFICIENCY IN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES; EXCHANGE OF TIME BY OTHER EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) If an employer determines that granting a legislative leave will result in having an insufficient number of employees to carry out the normal functions of the employer, another peace officer or fire fighter of equal rank may volunteer to exchange time of work with the applicant if overtime does not result.

(b) The employer shall allow a volunteer under Subsection (a) to work for the applicant and shall grant the legislative leave, if overtime will not result and if the volunteer work will result in having a sufficient number of employees.