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Tex. Education Code § 61.9758 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9758
§ 61.9758. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each hospital-based nursing education partnership that receives a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the board narrative and financial reports that include information concerning the extent to which during the reporting period the partnership has complied with accountability standards established by the board.

(b) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, the board shall submit a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives. The report shall include a list and description of partnerships created under this subchapter, and the number of new nursing student enrollees.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.204 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.204
§ 382.204. REMOTE SENSING PROGRAM COMPONENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission and the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas jointly shall develop a program component for enforcing vehicle emissions testing and standards by use of remote or automatic emissions detection and analysis equipment.

(b) The program component may be employed in any county designated as a nonattainment area within the meaning of Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407) and its subsequent amendments, in any affected county, or in any county adjacent to an affected county.

(c) If a vehicle registered in a county adjacent to an affected county is detected under the program component authorized by this section as operating and exceeding acceptable emissions limitations in an affected county, the department shall provide notice of the violation under Section 548.306, Transportation Code.
Tex. Water Code § 49.061 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.061
§ 49.061. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The directors shall adopt a seal for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.206
§ 1120.206. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 1160.251 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1160 / Section 1160.251
§ 1160.251. APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE.
Status: in_force

If a guardian of an estate neglects to apply for authority to subject estate property to a lease for mineral development, pooling, or unitization, or authority to commit royalty or another interest in minerals to pooling or unitization, any person interested in the estate may, on written application filed with the county clerk, have the guardian cited to show cause why it is not in the best interests of the estate to make the lease or enter into an agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.052
§ 1037.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

At least five days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 112.054 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 112 / Section 112.054
§ 112.054. TRIAL DE NOVO.
Status: in_force

The trial of the issues in a suit under this subchapter is de novo.
Tex. Occupations Code § 552.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 552 / Section 552.004
§ 552.004. MEMBERSHIP RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not be a member of the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board.

(b) A person may not be a member of the board if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 99.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 99 / Section 99.005
§ 99.005. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

Entries and information obtained under this chapter are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, are not subject to subpoena, and may not otherwise be released or made public except to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as provided by Section 99.003.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.006
§ 1112.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.454 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.454
§ 351.454. CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not practice optometry or therapeutic optometry while knowingly suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, as defined by the Texas Department of Health, if the disease is one that could reasonably be transmitted in the normal performance of optometry or therapeutic optometry.

(b) The board by rule shall adopt guidelines that define, according to guidelines issued by the Texas Department of Health and specific to the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry, each disease or type of disease that could reasonably be transmitted in the normal performance of optometry or therapeutic optometry.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4008.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.0306
§ 4008.0306. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Property Code § 27.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 27 / Section 27.002
§ 27.002. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to:

(1) any action to recover damages or other relief arising from a construction defect, except a claim for personal injury, survival, or wrongful death or for damage to goods; and

(2) any subsequent purchaser of a residence who files a claim against a contractor.

(b) To the extent of conflict between this chapter and any other law, including the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code) or a common law cause of action, this chapter prevails.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Goods" does not include a residence.

(2) "Personal injury" does not include mental anguish.

(d) This chapter does not apply to an action to recover damages that arise from:

(1) a violation of Section 27.01, Business & Commerce Code;

(2) a contractor's wrongful abandonment of an improvement project before completion; or

(3) a violation of Chapter 162.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.157
§ 1084.157. DEPOSITORY OR TREASURER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank to serve as the district's depository or treasurer.

(b) All district money shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.704 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.704
§ 161.704. PROHIBITED USE OF PUBLIC MONEY.
Status: in_force

Public money may not directly or indirectly be used, granted, paid, or distributed to any health care provider, medical school, hospital, physician, or any other entity, organization, or individual that provides or facilitates the provision of a procedure or treatment to a child that is prohibited under Section 161.702.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.302
§ 2175.302. EXCEPTION FOR ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 2175.905(b), this chapter does not apply to the disposition of surplus or salvage property by a state eleemosynary institution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.033
§ 61.033. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent prescribed by this chapter, a county is liable for health care services provided under this subchapter by any provider, including a public hospital or hospital district, to an eligible county resident. A county is not liable for payment for health care services provided:

(1) by any provider, including a public hospital or hospital district, to a resident of that county who resides in the service area of a public hospital or hospital district; or

(2) to an eligible resident of that county who does not reside within the service area of a public hospital or hospital district by a hospital having a Hill-Burton or state-mandated obligation to provide free services and considered to be in noncompliance with the requirements of the Hill-Burton or state-mandated obligation.

(b) To the extent prescribed by this chapter, if another source of payment does not adequately cover a health care service a county provides to an eligible county resident, the county shall pay for or provide the health care service for which other payment is not available.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8425.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8425 / Section 8425.153
§ 8425.153. 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. Government Code § 54B.020 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54B / Section 54B.020
§ 54B.020. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

An associate judge appointed under this subchapter has the judicial immunity of a district judge.
Tex. Government Code § 2003.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.021
§ 2003.021. OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Office of Administrative Hearings is a state agency created to serve as an independent forum for the conduct of adjudicative hearings in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the office is to separate the adjudicative function from the investigative, prosecutorial, and policymaking functions in the executive branch in relation to hearings that the office is authorized to conduct.

(b) The office:

(1) shall conduct all administrative hearings in contested cases under Chapter 2001 that are before a state agency that does not employ an individual whose only duty is to preside as a hearings officer over matters related to contested cases before the agency;

(2) shall conduct administrative hearings in matters for which the office is required to conduct the hearing under other law;

(3) shall conduct alternative dispute resolution procedures that the office is required to conduct under law; and

(4) may conduct, for a fee and under a contract, administrative hearings or alternative dispute resolution procedures in matters voluntarily referred to the office by a governmental entity.

(c) The office shall conduct hearings under Title 5, Labor Code, as provided by that title. In conducting hearings under Title 5, Labor Code, the office shall consider the applicable substantive rules and policies of the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance regarding workers' compensation claims. The office and the Texas Department of Insurance shall enter into an interagency contract under Chapter 771 to pay the costs incurred by the office in implementing this subsection.

(d) The office shall conduct hearings under the Agriculture Code as provided under Section 12.032, Agriculture Code. In conducting hearings under the Agriculture Code, the office shall consider the applicable substantive rules and policies of the Department of Agriculture.

(e) The office shall conduct all hearings in contested cases under Chapter 2001 that are before the commissioner of public health or the Texas Board of Health or Texas Department of Health.

(f) The office may adopt a seal to authenticate the official acts of the office and of its administrative law judges.

(g) The office shall conduct all hearings in contested cases under Chapter 2001 that are before the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Chapter 51, Occupations Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.102
§ 289.102. MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may not impose any tax authorized by this chapter, spend any money, including for the administrative expenses of the district, or conduct any other business of the commission without an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the commission.

(b) Before imposing a tax under this chapter in any one year, the commission must obtain the affirmative vote required by Subsection (a).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.257 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.257
§ 46C.257. ORDER TO RECEIVE OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall order the acquitted person to receive outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision if:

(1) the state establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the person:

(A) has a severe mental illness or an intellectual disability; and

(B) as a result of that mental illness or intellectual disability is likely to cause serious bodily injury to another if the person is not provided with treatment and supervision; and

(2) the state fails to establish by clear and convincing evidence that inpatient treatment or residential care is necessary to protect the safety of others.

(b) The order of commitment to outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision expires on the first anniversary of the date the order is issued but is subject to renewal as provided by Article 46C.261.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.105
§ 1509.105. PLEDGE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

A municipality may pledge all or part of the revenue, income, or receipts from the farmers' market to the payment of the bonds, including principal, interest, and any other amounts required or permitted in connection with the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3928.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3928 / Section 3928.005
§ 3928.005. 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 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 bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.407 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.407
§ 545.407. FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) An operator, unless on official business, may not follow closer than 500 feet a fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm or drive into or park the vehicle in the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a fire alarm.

(b) An operator may not:

(1) follow closer than 500 feet an ambulance that is flashing red lights unless the operator is on official business; or

(2) drive or park the vehicle where an ambulance has been summoned for an emergency call in a manner intended to interfere with the arrival or departure of the ambulance.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.052
§ 174.052. EFFECT OF SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast in an election under Section 174.051 favor adoption of this chapter, the governing body shall place this chapter in effect not later than the 30th day after the beginning of the first fiscal year of the political subdivision after the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 393.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 393 / Section 393.001
§ 393.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Housing Cooperation Law.
Tex. Property Code § 115.017 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.017
§ 115.017. WAIVER OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

A person, including a guardian of the estate, a guardian ad litem, or other fiduciary, may waive notice by a writing signed by the person or his attorney and filed in the proceedings.
Tex. Local Government Code § 391.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 391 / Section 391.014
§ 391.014. INTERNATIONAL AREAS.
Status: in_force

With the advance approval of the governor, a commission that borders the Republic of Mexico may spend funds in cooperation with an agency, constituent state, or local government of the Republic of Mexico for planning studies encompassing areas lying both in this state and in contiguous territory of the Republic of Mexico.
Tex. Education Code § 51.761 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.761
§ 51.761. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "board," "general academic teaching institution," "governing board," "institution of higher education," "public state college," "public technical institute," "private or independent institution of higher education," and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 78.051 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 78 / Section 78.051
§ 78.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Fire emergency" means an emergency response involving fire protection or prevention, rescue, emergency medical, or hazardous material response services.

(2) "Fire fighter" means an employee of a nonprofit fire department.

(3) "Governmental unit" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 101.

(4) "Nonprofit fire department" means a nonprofit organization that is:

(A) exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 501(a)) by being listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(4) of that code;

(B) composed of member owners; and

(C) organized to offer and provide:

(i) fire protection, prevention, and inspection services; and

(ii) emergency response services, including rescue, emergency medical, and hazardous material response services.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.005 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 77 / Section 77.005
§ 77.005. STUDY AND REPORT ON SHRIMP INDUSTRY AND RESOURCES.
Status: in_force

(a) Using the shrimp management plan required by Section 77.007 and the research conducted under Section 77.004, the department shall comprehensively study shrimp resources, including the shrimp population, and the shrimp industry. The study shall analyze:

(1) the status of the shrimp population in coastal water, including the size and projected growth of shrimping beds;

(2) the economic health of the shrimp industry;

(3) the status of conservation measures, including department regulations and license buybacks; and

(4) the status of marine resources and habitats affected by shrimping.

(b) In conducting the study, the department shall solicit and consider input from:

(1) the public;

(2) the shrimp industry;

(3) other businesses affected by the shrimp industry;

(4) any other persons interested in marine resources; and

(5) the comptroller regarding economic data.

(c) The department shall report on the status of the study to:

(1) the commission;

(2) the presiding officer of each house of the legislature; and

(3) the committees of each house of the legislature that have primary oversight jurisdiction over the department.

(d) The department may repeat the study and report as necessary to adequately regulate the shrimp industry and to preserve shrimp resources.

(e) The commission shall base policies and rules relating to shrimping on the results of the most recent study completed under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.504 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.504
§ 702.504. TEMPORARY CLOSING.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subchapter, the closing of a health spa is not a violation of this chapter if the closing does not exceed one month and:

(1) is a result of a natural disaster; or

(2) is to relocate the health spa not more than 10 miles from its location preceding the relocation.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.1735 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1735
§ 55.1735. CHARGE FOR PAY PHONE ACCESS LINE.
Status: in_force

The charge or surcharge a local exchange company imposes for an access line used to provide pay telephone service in an exchange may not exceed the amount of the charge or surcharge the company imposes for an access line used for regular business purposes in that exchange.
Tex. Government Code § 2156.205 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.205
§ 2156.205. ORDERING.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller or a state agency shall place each order under a multiple award contract in a manner that provides the best value to the state in accordance with standards provided in Chapters 2155, 2156, 2157, and 2158. If necessary to determine the best value to the state, the comptroller or agency may conduct a secondary solicitation competition among the vendors awarded a multiple award contract before placing the order.

(b) The comptroller or a state agency shall document the method used for determining the best value to the state under a multiple award contract and retain the documentation in the contract file.
Tex. Education Code § 130.209 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.209
§ 130.209. WEATHERFORD COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Weatherford College District includes the territory within Hood, Parker, Wise, Jack, and Palo Pinto counties.
Tex. Education Code § 29.026 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.026
§ 29.026. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 561.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 561 / Section 561.006
§ 561.006. GRANT OF SEAWALL RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county by order may, if it considers it proper, donate and grant to the state or to a nonprofit eleemosynary institution incorporated under the laws of this state and operated for the benefit of the public any part of a seawall right-of-way acquired by the county.

(b) If the commissioners court determines that a seawall right-of-way should be donated, the county judge may convey the property in accordance with the order of the commissioners court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.205
§ 1023.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.