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Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.208 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.208
§ 2210.208.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2210.208. WINDSTORM AND HAIL INSURANCE: COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN INDIRECT LOSSES. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a windstorm and hail insurance policy issued by the association for a dwelling, as that term is defined by the department or a successor to the department, must include coverage for:

(1) wind-driven rain damage, regardless of whether an opening is made by the wind;

(2) loss of use; and

(3) consequential losses.

(b) A windstorm and hail insurance policy issued by the association for tenant contents of a dwelling or other residential building must include coverage for loss of use and consequential losses.

(c) The coverage required under Subsection (a) or (b) must be made:

(1) according to forms approved by the commissioner; and

(2) for a premium paid by the insured based on rates established by commissioner rule.

(d) The association shall provide coverage under this section as directed by commissioner rule.

(e) The association is not required to offer coverage for indirect losses as provided by Subsection (a) or (b) unless that coverage was excluded from a companion policy in the voluntary market.

(f) The association is not required to provide coverage for:

(1) loss of use, if the loss is loss of rent or loss of rental value; or

(2) additional living expenses, if the insured property is a secondary or a nonprimary residence.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 108.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 108 / Section 108.003
§ 108.003. LIABILITY FOR PROPERTY DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) Governmental immunity from suit and from liability is waived and the department or agency of a canine unit may be held liable to the owner or operator of a commercial lodging establishment or restaurant for any damages to the premises caused by the service canine.

(b) The handler of a search and rescue canine is liable to the owner or operator of a commercial lodging establishment or restaurant for any damages to the premises caused by the service canine.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960A / Section 7960A.0402
§ 7960A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7960A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Government Code § 411.523 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.523
§ 411.523. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The commission may impose an administrative penalty against a person who violates:

(1) a law establishing a program subject to this subchapter; or

(2) a rule adopted or order issued by the commission under a law described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Election Code § 87.101 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.101
§ 87.101. DELIVERY OF BALLOTS TO COUNTING STATION.
Status: in_force

On the direction of the presiding judge, the early voting ballot board shall deliver to the central counting station the container for the early voting electronic system ballots that are to be counted by automatic tabulating equipment at a central counting station. The board shall make the delivery without opening the container and in accordance with the procedure applicable to electronic system ballots cast at a precinct polling place.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.610 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.610
§ 341.610. RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

The finance commission may adopt rules on the commissioner's recommendation to promote a fair and orderly administration of the fund consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.123 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.123
§ 324.123. DISANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The voters of or county commissioners for any area in a district may file a petition with the board to disannex the area from the district.

(b) The petition must contain an accurate description of the area proposed for disannexation, accompanied by an accurate map or plat of the area.

(c) The petition must be signed by at least one percent of the registered voters in the area proposed for disannexation or by the county commissioners for the area proposed for disannexation.

(d) The board shall file the petition with the commissioners court if:

(1) the district has not acquired or constructed a permanent improvement or facility in the area proposed for disannexation; and

(2) the district's projected revenue from all sources, except from the area proposed for disannexation, is sufficient to pay the district's outstanding debts.

(e) The commissioners court shall give notice of a hearing on the petition and hold a hearing in the manner prescribed by Sections 324.022 and 324.023 for a petition for creation of a district.

(f) The commissioners court by order may grant the petition if it finds that:

(1) the petition meets the requirements of this section;

(2) the conditions listed in Subsection (d) exist; and

(3) the disannexation is in the best interests of the county.

(g) The disannexation takes effect on the date stated by the order or, if the order does not state a date, on the date the order is issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.203
§ 1102.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order a bond election in accordance with Chapter 1251, Government Code.

(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Chapter 1251, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 830.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 830 / Section 830.105
§ 830.105. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person terminates participation in the optional retirement program, without losing any accrued benefits, by:

(1) death;

(2) retirement; or

(3) termination of employment in all institutions of higher education.

(b) A change of company providing optional retirement program benefits or a participant's transfer between institutions of higher education is not a termination of employment.

(c) The benefits of an annuity purchased under the optional retirement program are available only if the participant obtains the age of 70-1/2 years or terminates participation in the program as provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.103 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.103
§ 52.103. REMOVAL OF OFFICER OR DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f) of this section, a member of a marketing association may initiate removal of an officer or director by filing in writing with the association's secretary:

(1) the charges; and

(2) a petition that is signed by 10 percent of the members and that requests the removal of the officer or director in question.

(b) The members of the association shall vote on the removal at the next regular or special meeting of the association.

(c) Before the meeting the association, in writing, shall inform the officer or director of the charges.

(d) At the meeting the association shall give the officer or director and the person bringing the charges an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses.

(e) The association, by a majority vote, may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy.

(f) If an association's bylaws provide for election of directors by districts with primary elections in each district, the petition for removal of a director must state the charges and must be signed by 20 percent of the members residing in the district from which the director was elected. The board of directors shall call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider removal of the director. The members in that district, by a majority vote, may remove the director.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 271.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 271 / Section 271.003
§ 271.003. CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULES.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a reference to the law of a particular jurisdiction does not include that jurisdiction's conflict-of-laws rules.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1863 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1863
§ 25.1863.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.1863. PROBATE JURISDICTION: CONTESTED CASES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a county court at law in Parker County does not have the jurisdiction of a probate court.

(b) A county court at law has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court over contested probate matters. Notwithstanding the requirement in Section 32.003(a), Estates Code, that the judge of the constitutional county court transfer a contested probate proceeding to the district court, the judge of the constitutional county court shall transfer the proceeding under that section to either a county court at law in Parker County or a district court in Parker County. A county court at law has the jurisdiction, powers, and duties that a district court has under Section 32.003(a), Estates Code, for the transferred proceeding, and the county clerk acts as clerk for the proceeding. The contested proceeding may be transferred between a county court at law in Parker County and a district court in Parker County as provided by local rules of administration.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.370 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.370
§ 104.370. TRUE-UP MECHANISM.
Status: in_force

(a) A financing order must include a formulaic true-up charge adjustment mechanism that requires that the customer rate relief charges be reviewed and adjusted at least annually by the servicer or replacement servicer, including a subservicer or replacement subservicer, at time periods and frequencies provided in the financing order, to:

(1) correct any overcollections or undercollections of the preceding 12 months; and

(2) ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to provide for the timely payment of customer rate relief bond principal and interest payments and other financing costs.

(b) True-up charge adjustments must become effective not later than the 30th day after the date the railroad commission receives a true-up charge adjustment letter from the servicer or replacement servicer notifying the railroad commission of the pending adjustment.

(c) Any administrative review of true-up charge adjustments must be limited to notifying the servicer of mathematical or clerical errors in the calculation. The servicer may correct the error and refile a true-up charge adjustment letter, with the adjustment becoming effective as soon as practicable but not later than the 30th day after the date the railroad commission receives the refiled letter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.058
§ 1038.058. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7925.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7925 / Section 7925.153
§ 7925.153. 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. Property Code § 142.008 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.008
§ 142.008. STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit in which a minor or incapacitated person who has no legal guardian is represented by a next friend or an appointed guardian ad litem, the court, on a motion from the parties, may provide for a structured settlement that:

(1) provides for periodic payments; and

(2) is funded by:

(A) an obligation guaranteed by the United States government; or

(B) an annuity contract that meets the requirements of Section 142.009.

(b) The person obligated to fund a structured settlement shall provide to the court:

(1) a copy of the instrument that provides funding for the structured settlement; or

(2) an affidavit from an independent financial consultant that specifies the present value of the structured settlement and the method by which the value is calculated.

(c) A structured settlement provided for under this section is solely for the benefit of the beneficiary of the structured settlement and is not subject to the interest payment calculations contained in Section 117.054, Local Government Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 51.201 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.201
§ 51.201. FORM OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

A business opportunity contract must be in writing and include, in 10-point type or in handwriting of an equivalent size, the following:

(1) the terms of payment, including the initial consideration, down payment, and additional payments required;

(2) a detailed description of the acts or services the seller undertakes to perform for the purchaser;

(3) the seller's principal business address;

(4) the name and address of the seller's agent in this state authorized to receive service of process;

(5) the delivery date or, if the contract provides for staggered delivery times to the purchaser, the approximate delivery date of the products, equipment, or supplies the seller is to:

(A) deliver to the purchaser's home or business address; or

(B) place at a location owned or managed by a person other than the purchaser; and

(6) a complete description of the nature of the buy-back or security arrangement if the seller has represented orally or in writing when selling, leasing, soliciting, or offering a business opportunity that there is a buy-back or that the initial consideration is secured.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946A / Section 7946A.0303
§ 7946A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 466.018 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.018
§ 466.018. INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The attorney general, the district attorney for Travis County, or the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of district attorney for the county in which the violation or alleged violation occurred may investigate a violation or alleged violation of this chapter and of the penal laws of this state by the department or its employees, a sales agent, a lottery vendor, or a lottery operator.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.351 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.351
§ 463.351. NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall:

(1) notify the insurance officials of all the other states, territories of the United States, and the District of Columbia by mail not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner:

(A) revokes or suspends a member insurer's certificate of authority; or

(B) issues a formal order requiring a member insurer to:

(i) restrict the insurer's premium writing;

(ii) withdraw from this state;

(iii) reinsure all or part of the insurer's business;

(iv) obtain additional contributions to surplus; or

(v) increase capital, surplus, or another account for the security of policyholders, contract owners, or creditors;

(2) report to the board when the commissioner:

(A) takes an action described by Subdivision (1) or receives from another insurance official a report indicating that a similar action has been taken in another state; or

(B) has reasonable cause to believe from a completed or continuing examination that a member insurer may be impaired or insolvent; and

(3) provide to the board the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Regulatory Information System ratios and listings of insurers not included in those ratios.

(b) A report under Subsection (a)(2)(A) must contain all significant details of the action taken or report received.

(c) The board may use information described by this section to carry out the board's duties under this chapter. The board shall keep a report made under this section and the contents of the report confidential until the commissioner or other lawful authority makes the report and the contents public.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.002 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.002
§ 3.002. FORMATION AND EXISTENCE OF NONFILING ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

The requirements for the formation of and the determination of the existence of a nonfiling entity are governed by the title of this code that applies to that entity.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.251 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.251
§ 344.251. REFERENDUM AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may call and hold a referendum election on the question of whether to:

(1) continue the district; or

(2) dissolve the district.

(b) A board may order a referendum election on its own motion.

(c) The board shall order a referendum election:

(1) on receipt of a petition that requests continuation or dissolution of the district and complies with the requirements of Sections 344.252-344.256; or

(2) if the governing body of the municipality that created the district, after notice and a public hearing on the matter, by resolution requests a referendum on continuation or dissolution.

(d) The board may not hold a referendum election under this subchapter before the fourth anniversary of the date the district was created or before the third anniversary of the date of the last continuation or dissolution referendum election.

(e) For a continuation referendum election, the ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Whether the ____________ (name of the municipality that created the district) Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District should be continued and whether the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax should be continued."

(f) For a dissolution referendum, the ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Whether the ____________ (name of the municipality that created the district) Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District should be dissolved and whether the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax should be abolished."

(g) The governing body of a municipality that creates a district under this chapter may specify the number of years for which the district should be continued. The board or the governing body of a municipality may continue a district for 5, 10, 15, or 20 years. For a continuation referendum election under this subsection, the ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Whether the ______ (name of the municipality that created the district) Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District should be continued for ______ years and whether the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax should be continued for _____ years."
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.054 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.054
§ 161.054. RESULT OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

If the proposition is approved, the commissioners court shall declare the result and by order create the county ethics commission. A copy of the order creating the commission shall be placed in the minutes of the court's proceedings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3932.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3932 / Section 3932.107
§ 3932.107. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3817.1545 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3817 / Section 3817.1545
§ 3817.1545. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) The petition must be signed by:

(1) the owners of 50 percent or more of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or

(2) the owners of 50 percent or more of the surface area of real property in the district subject to assessment.

(c) Section 375.114, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.1251 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.1251
§ 143.1251. REAPPOINTMENT AFTER RESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules to allow a police officer who voluntarily resigns from the department to be reappointed to the department without taking another departmental entrance examination.
Tex. Government Code § 411.4015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.4015
§ 411.4015. GRANTS TO FINANCE INTEROPERABLE STATEWIDE EMERGENCY RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The office of the governor shall establish a program to provide grants as provided by Section 411.402.

(b) The office of the governor shall establish procedures to administer the grant program, including a procedure for the submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the office to evaluate a proposal.

(c) The office of the governor shall enter into a contract that includes performance requirements with each grant recipient. The office shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract.

(d) The office of the governor shall adopt rules to administer this section.