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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.107 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.107
§ 58.107. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A public servant commits an offense if the public servant:

(1) has access to the name, address, or telephone number of a victim 17 years of age or older who has chosen a pseudonym under this subchapter; and

(2) knowingly discloses the name, address, or telephone number of the victim to:

(A) a person who is not assisting in the investigation or prosecution of the offense; or

(B) a person other than:

(i) the defendant;

(ii) the defendant's attorney; or

(iii) the person specified in the order of a court.

(b) Unless the disclosure is required or permitted by other law, a public servant or other person commits an offense if the person:

(1) has access to or obtains the name, address, or telephone number of a victim younger than 17 years of age; and

(2) knowingly discloses the name, address, or telephone number of the victim to:

(A) a person who is not assisting in the investigation or prosecution of the offense; or

(B) a person other than:

(i) the defendant;

(ii) the defendant's attorney; or

(iii) a person specified in an order of a court.

(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection (b) that the actor is:

(1) the victim; or

(2) the victim's parent, conservator, or guardian, unless the actor is a defendant in the case.

(d) It is an exception to the application of this article that:

(1) the person who discloses the name, address, or telephone number of a victim is the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;

(2) the victim is an inmate or state jail defendant confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department; and

(3) the person to whom the disclosure is made is an employee of the department or the department's ombudsperson.

(e) An offense under this article is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 562.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 562 / Section 562.153
§ 562.153. HEARING.
Status: in_force

A person against whom charges are made under Section 562.152 is entitled at the hearing on the charges to have an opportunity to be heard and show cause why the department should not issue an order requiring the person to cease and desist from:

(1) performing the unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice described in the charges; or

(2) violating Subchapter B or C.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 91.082 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.082
§ 91.082. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL MEDIA DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas State Library and Archives Commission shall generally supervise the establishment and operation of a central media depository in Austin to house materials and devices required by the blind and individuals with visual disabilities or by other individuals who are unable to use ordinary printed materials.

(b) With the approval of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, the agencies and organizations maintaining and operating the central media depository shall develop and periodically evaluate and modify specific arrangements for administrative support, sharing of staff and equipment, and related matters involved in the operation of the program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8809.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8809 / Section 8809.104
§ 8809.104. PURCHASE OF WATER BY INJECTION WELL PERMIT HOLDER.
Status: in_force

The district may require persons holding a permit for an injection well to purchase water from the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3881.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3881 / Section 3881.251
§ 3881.251. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The district may define areas or designate certain property of the district to pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a whole.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.353 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.353
§ 92.353. DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER OF PLAN.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall issue an order denying the plan if:

(1) the reorganization, merger, or consolidation would substantially lessen competition or restrain trade and would result in a monopoly or further a combination or conspiracy to monopolize or attempt to monopolize the financial industry in any part of the state, unless the anticompetitive effects of the reorganization, merger, or consolidation are clearly outweighed in the public interest by the probable effect of the reorganization, merger, or consolidation in meeting the convenience and needs of the community to be served;

(2) the plan is not in the best interest of the financial institutions that are parties to the plan;

(3) the experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, or integrity of the management of the financial institutions proposing the plan is such that the reorganization, merger, or consolidation would not be in the best interest of the financial institutions that are parties to the plan;

(4) after reorganization, merger, or consolidation, the surviving financial institution would not:

(A) be solvent;

(B) have adequate capital structure; or

(C) be in compliance with the law of this state;

(5) the financial institutions proposing the plan have not furnished all the information pertinent to the application that is reasonably requested by the commissioner; or

(6) the financial institutions proposing the plan are not acting in good faith.
Tex. Transportation Code § 311.095 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 311 / Section 311.095
§ 311.095. ASSESSMENT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality, by a two-thirds vote of the aldermen present, may improve a street or alley under this section.

(b) The governing body shall assess the land abutting the street or alley improved under this section for two-thirds of the cost of the improvement. The municipality shall pay the other one-third of the cost. The municipality shall pay the entire cost of an improvement at the intersection of streets.

(c) The landowner shall pay the assessment in not fewer than five equal annual payments. A collected assessment shall be appropriated for the payment of the bonds issued to finance the cost of the improvement.

(d) After the governing body determines to make an improvement, the governing body shall require the municipal engineer, another municipal officer, or a committee of three aldermen to prepare a report. The report must:

(1) contain an estimate of the cost of the improvement;

(2) list each lot or part of a lot abutting the street or alley to be improved and list the number and size of the lot, the number of the block in which the lot is located, the owner of the lot or a statement that the owner is unknown, and other information required by the governing body; and

(3) state, opposite a lot's listing, one-third the estimated cost of the improvement of the street or alley abutting the lot.

(e) On the acceptance and approval of the report, the governing body shall impose the assessment as taxes. After the assessment is imposed, the individual or committee that prepared the report shall give, as may be required by ordinance, notice of the time in which the payment of the assessment is due and shall begin to collect the payment.

(f) The assessment is a lien on the land until it is paid. After an assessment on the land becomes delinquent, the individual or committee that prepared the report on the assessments may seize any part of the land that is sufficient to pay the assessment. The individual or committee shall sell the seized land if the assessment is not paid before the day of the sale. The municipality shall give the same notice of the sale that is required to be given in other sales to collect delinquent taxes. The sale is subject to the same ordinance provisions that govern the name, circumstances, and conditions under which a sale of land may be made and the extent to which a sale may be made to collect delinquent taxes owed the municipality. The individual or committee shall execute a deed to the purchaser at the sale. The deed used in the sale is subject to another statute that governs a deed prepared by an assessor or collector of taxes for a general-law municipality.

(g) The governing body may initiate a suit in the municipality's corporate name to recover from a landowner an assessment.

(h) The governing body may adopt resolutions, ordinances, or regulations necessary to carry out the authority granted by this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 254.0011 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 254 / Section 254.0011
§ 254.0011. RULES RELATING TO CONTROL OF DENTAL PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt rules relating to the practice of dentistry as described by Section 251.003(a)(9) to prohibit a dentist from engaging in contracts that allow a person who is not a dentist to influence or interfere with the exercise of the dentist's independent professional judgment.

(b) Rules adopted by the board under this subtitle may not preclude a dentist's right to contract with a management service organization. Rules affecting contracts for provision of management services apply the same to dentists contracting with management service organizations and to dentists otherwise contracting for management services.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.164 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.164
§ 651.164. LICENSE EXPIRATION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) A license issued under this chapter, other than a provisional license, is valid for a term of one or two years as provided by commission rule.

(b) The commission by rule shall adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year. For a license that is issued for less than a full term, the commission shall prorate license fees on a monthly basis so that the license holder pays only that portion of the license fee that is allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid. On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the total license renewal fee is payable.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.213 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.213
§ 92.213. USE OF EXPENSE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The expense of organizing a savings bank, its operating expenses, and earnings on accounts declared and paid or credited to its deposit account holders may be paid out of the expense fund until the savings bank's earnings are sufficient to pay those amounts.

(b) The amounts contributed to the expense fund are not a liability of the savings bank except as provided by this subchapter.

(c) The savings bank shall pay to the contributor dividends on the amount contributed to the same extent the savings bank pays dividends on a deposit account. An amount contributed to the expense fund is considered a deposit account of the savings bank.

(d) Contributions to the expense fund may be repaid to the contributors pro rata from the net earnings of the savings bank after provision for required loss reserve allocations and payment or credit of earnings declared on accounts.

(e) If the savings bank is liquidated before contributions to the expense fund are repaid, contributions to the expense fund that remain unspent after the payment of expenses of liquidation, creditors, and the withdrawal value of deposit accounts shall be repaid to the contributors pro rata.

(f) The savings bank's books must reflect the expense fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 391.304 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 391 / Section 391.304
§ 391.304. EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter expires on the last day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission publishes in the Texas Register the notice required by Section 382.037.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 37.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 37 / Section 37.005
§ 37.005. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The department may accept appropriations, donations, and reimbursements and may apply those items to the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 697.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 697 / Section 697.006
§ 697.006. ETHICAL FETAL REMAINS GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop a grant program that uses private donations to provide financial assistance for the costs associated with disposing of embryonic and fetal tissue remains.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7892.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7892 / Section 7892.0105
§ 7892.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 525.0002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 525 / Section 525.0002
§ 525.0002. LOCATION OF AND CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES AMONG HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may require a health and human services agency, under the commission's direction, to:

(1) ensure that the agency's location is accessible to:

(A) employees with disabilities; and

(B) agency clients with disabilities; and

(2) consolidate agency support services, including clerical, administrative, and information resources support services, with support services provided to or by another health and human services agency.

(b) The executive commissioner may require a health and human services agency, under the executive commissioner's direction, to locate all or a portion of the agency's employees and programs:

(1) in the same building as another health and human services agency; or

(2) at a location near or adjacent to another health and human services agency's location.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.360 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.360
§ 545.360. DUTY OF TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission and the chairman of the State Board of Education shall provide assistance and information relevant to consideration of speed limits to commissioners courts, municipal governing bodies, and other interested persons.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6608.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6608 / Section 6608.0105
§ 6608.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a conservation and reclamation district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction and maintenance of pools, lakes, reservoirs, dams, canals, and waterways for the purposes of irrigation, drainage, or navigation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.151
§ 463.151.
Status: in_force

Sec. 463.151. STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX: SYSTEM PLAN. (a) An authority may not acquire an interest in real property for a station or terminal complex unless the station or terminal complex is included in the public transportation system in a comprehensive service plan approved by a resolution of the executive committee. A mass transit facility of an authority is not a station or terminal complex under this subchapter unless the facility is included in the authority's comprehensive service plan under this section.

(b) A station or terminal complex may not be included in a public transportation system unless the executive committee first finds that the station or complex:

(1) will encourage and provide for efficient and economical public transportation;

(2) will facilitate access to public transportation and provide for other public transportation purposes;

(3) will reduce vehicular congestion and air pollution; and

(4) is reasonably essential to the successful operation of the public transportation system.

(c) On making a finding under Subsection (b), the executive committee may amend the authority's comprehensive service plan to include a station or terminal complex.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.105 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.105
§ 101.105. ISSUANCE OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS AFTER FORMATION OF COMPANY.
Status: in_force

A limited liability company, after the formation of the company, may:

(1) issue membership interests in the company to any person with the approval of all of the members of the company; and

(2) if the issuance of a membership interest requires the establishment of a new class or group of members or membership interests, establish a new class or group as provided by Sections 101.104(a)(2), (b), and (c).
Tex. Local Government Code § 382.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 382 / Section 382.052
§ 382.052. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be at least 18 years old.

(b) If the population of the district is more than 1,000, to be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be at least 18 years old, reside in the district, and be:

(1) an owner of property in the district;

(2) an owner of stock, whether beneficial or otherwise, of a corporate owner of property in the district;

(3) an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that owns property in the district; or

(4) an agent, employee, or tenant of a person covered by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.102
§ 1369.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, this subchapter applies only to a health benefit plan, including a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501, that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage or similar coverage document that is offered by:

(1) an insurance company;

(2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(3) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(4) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;

(5) a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942;

(6) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;

(7) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846; or

(8) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 614.0101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 614 / Section 614.0101
§ 614.0101. PUBLIC ACCESS.
Status: in_force

The committee shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the committee and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the committee or office.
Tex. Occupations Code § 701.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 701 / Section 701.001
§ 701.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Licensed Dietitian Act.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.001
§ 1304.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Service Contract Regulatory Act.
Tex. Family Code § 58.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.004
§ 58.004. REDACTION OF VICTIM'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, before disclosing any juvenile court record of a child as authorized by this chapter or other law, the custodian of the record must redact any personally identifiable information about a victim of the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision who was under 18 years of age on the date the conduct occurred.

(b) This section does not apply to information that is:

(1) necessary for an agency to provide services to the victim;

(2) necessary for law enforcement purposes;

(3) shared within the statewide juvenile information and case management system established under Subchapter E;

(4) shared with an attorney representing the child in a proceeding under this title; or

(5) shared with an attorney representing any other person in a juvenile or criminal court proceeding arising from the same act or conduct for which the child was referred to juvenile court.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.255 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.255
§ 2053.255. MAXIMUM DISCOUNT AND ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

For any annual premium, a small employer may not:

(1) receive a discount of more than 15 percent; or

(2) be required to pay a surcharge of more than 10 percent.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 221.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 221 / Section 221.001
§ 221.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Health Facilities Development Act.
Tex. Government Code § 123.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 123 / Section 123.008
§ 123.008. SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL OF COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Article 42A.304, Code of Criminal Procedure, to encourage participation in a drug court program established under this chapter, the judge or magistrate administering the program may suspend any requirement that, as a condition of community supervision, a participant in the program work a specified number of hours at a community service project or projects.

(b) On a participant's successful completion of a drug court program, a judge or magistrate may excuse the participant from any condition of community supervision previously suspended under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.208
§ 7803.208. EXCHANGING BONDS FOR PROPERTY OR WORK.
Status: in_force

The district may exchange bonds:

(1) for property acquired by purchase; or

(2) in payment of the contract price of work performed for the use and benefit of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8419.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8419 / Section 8419.053
§ 8419.053. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8479.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8479 / Section 8479.001
§ 8479.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213-B.