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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935 / Section 7935.105
§ 7935.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.006
§ 161.006. DEPARTMENT IMMUNIZATION SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The department, to the extent permitted by law, is authorized to pay employees who are exempt or not exempt for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) on a straight-time basis for work on a holiday or for regular compensatory time hours when the taking of regular compensatory time off would be disruptive to normal business operations. Authorization for payment under this section is limited to work directly related to immunizations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7995A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7995A / Section 7995A.0104
§ 7995A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7995A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.116 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.116
§ 348.116. CONFIRMATION OF AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

An amendment to a retail installment contract must be confirmed in a writing signed by the retail buyer. The holder shall:

(1) deliver a copy of the confirmation to the buyer; or

(2) mail a copy of the confirmation to the buyer at the buyer's most recent address shown on the records of the holder.
Tex. Insurance Code § 403.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 403 / Section 403.102
§ 403.102. PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN INSURERS.
Status: in_force

The department may revoke the charter of a life, health, fire, marine, or inland marine insurance company organized under the laws of this state that pays a dividend in violation of Sections 403.001 and 403.052. If the department revokes a company's charter under this section, the department shall immediately revoke the company's certificate of authority.
Tex. Estates Code § 51.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 51 / Section 51.101
§ 51.101. REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 51.051 must:

(1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;

(2) state the date and place of service;

(3) certify that a copy of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to be served;

(4) be subscribed and sworn to before, and under the hand and official seal of, an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take an affidavit; and

(5) be returned to the county clerk who issued the citation or notice.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.148 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.148
§ 172.148. ADDITIONAL AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as agreed by the parties, a party may request, not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of the arbitration award, that the arbitration tribunal make an additional award for a claim presented in the arbitration but omitted from the award.

(b) If the arbitration tribunal considers the request to be justified, the tribunal shall make the additional award not later than the 60th day after the date of receipt of the request.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.0021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.0021
§ 141.0021. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a facility or program operated by or on the campus of an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, that is regularly inspected by one or more local governmental entities for compliance with health and safety standards.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 92.054 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 92 / Section 92.054
§ 92.054. PROHIBITED PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A rental-purchase agreement may not:

(1) require a consumer to:

(A) pay a late charge or reinstatement fee except as provided by Section 92.055(b);

(B) make a payment at the end of the scheduled rental-purchase term in excess of or in addition to a regular periodic payment to acquire ownership of the merchandise; or

(C) purchase insurance or a loss damage waiver from the merchant to cover the merchandise;

(2) require a confession of judgment;

(3) authorize a merchant or an agent of the merchant to commit a breach of the peace in repossessing merchandise; or

(4) waive a defense, counterclaim, or right the consumer may have against the merchant or an agent of the merchant.

(b) A consumer may not in any event be required to pay a sum greater than the total amount to be paid to acquire ownership of the merchandise as disclosed under Section 92.052(a)(4).
Tex. Water Code § 66.018 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.018
§ 66.018. NOTICE AND HEARING ON DISTRICT CREATION.
Status: in_force

If a petition is filed under Section 66.014, the commission shall give notice of an application as required by Section 49.011 and may conduct a hearing if the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011.
Tex. Property Code § 209.0042 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 209 / Section 209.0042
§ 209.0042. METHODS OF PROVIDING NOTICES TO OWNERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to this section, a property owners' association may adopt a method that may be used by the association to provide a notice from the association to a property owner.

(b) A property owners' association may use an alternative method of providing notice adopted under this section to provide a notice for which another method is prescribed by law only if the property owner to whom the notice is provided has affirmatively opted to allow the association to use the alternative method of providing notice to provide to the owner notices for which another method is prescribed by law.

(c) A property owners' association may not require an owner to allow the association to use an alternative method of providing notice adopted under this section to provide to the owner any notice for which another method of providing notice is prescribed by law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.054
§ 462.054. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to serve as an insurance industry board member, an individual must be a full-time employee of a member insurer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.058 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.058
§ 401.058. CONFIDENTIALITY OF REPORTS AND RELATED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A final or preliminary examination report and any information obtained during an examination are confidential and privileged for all purposes. This information is not subject to:

(1) disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code;

(2) a subpoena, other than a grand jury subpoena; or

(3) discovery or admissibility in evidence in a civil action.

(b) Subsection (a) applies if the examined carrier is under supervision or conservatorship. Subsection (a) does not apply to an examination conducted in connection with a liquidation or receivership under this code or another insurance law of this state.

(c) Subsection (a) does not limit the commissioner's authority to use a final or preliminary examination report and any information obtained during an examination in the furtherance of any legal or regulatory action relating to the administration of this code that the commissioner, in the commissioner's sole discretion, considers appropriate.
Tex. Finance Code § 185.112 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 185 / Section 185.112
§ 185.112. DURATION.
Status: in_force

A supervisor or conservator serves for the period necessary to accomplish the purposes of the supervision or conservatorship as intended by this subchapter. A rehabilitated state trust company shall be returned to its former or new management under conditions reasonable and necessary to prevent recurrence of the conditions causing the supervision or conservatorship.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.053
§ 504.053. FEES; ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall set application, examination, license renewal, and other fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering this chapter. The fees for the issuance or renewal of a license under this chapter shall be set in amounts designed to allow the department to recover from the license holders all of the direct and indirect costs to the department in administering and enforcing this chapter.

(b) General revenue taxes may not be used to administer this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010 / Section 8010.107
§ 8010.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if:

(1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8010.003 to confirm the creation of the district.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8010.003.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8010.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.108 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.108
§ 1301.108. ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Status: in_force

A preferred provider may recover reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in an action to recover payment under this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 130.454 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.454
§ 130.454. APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A public junior college may submit to the coordinating board an application to participate in the program. The application must propose an alternative competency-based high school diploma program to be offered for concurrent enrollment to adult students without a high school diploma who are enrolled in a workforce education program at the college. The proposed program may include any combination of instruction, curriculum, achievement, internships, or other means by which a student may attain knowledge sufficient to adequately prepare the student for postsecondary education or additional workforce education.

(b) A public junior college may submit an application under Subsection (a) together with one or more public junior colleges, general academic teaching institutions, public school districts, or nonprofit organizations with whom the proposed program described by that subsection will be offered as provided by Subsection (e).

(c) The coordinating board may approve not more than five public junior colleges to participate in the program.

(d) Subject to Subsection (c), the coordinating board shall review and approve a public junior college's application to participate in the program if the board determines that the college's proposed program described by Subsection (a) will provide instruction and assessments appropriate to ensure that a student who successfully completes the proposed program demonstrates levels of knowledge sufficient to adequately prepare the student for postsecondary education or additional workforce education. The coordinating board may coordinate with the Texas Education Agency as necessary to make a determination under this subsection.

(e) A public junior college approved to participate in the program may:

(1) enter into an agreement with one or more public junior colleges, general academic teaching institutions, public school districts, or nonprofit organizations to offer the program described by Subsection (a); and

(2) offer the program described by Subsection (a) at any campus of the college or an entity with which the college has entered into an agreement under Subdivision (1).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.601 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.601
§ 1001.601. BOARD ADVISORY OPINIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) On its own initiative or at the request of any interested person, the board shall prepare a written advisory opinion about:

(1) an interpretation of this chapter or Chapter 1071; or

(2) the application of this chapter or Chapter 1071 to a person in regard to a specified existing or hypothetical factual situation.

(b) The board shall respond to requests for opinions within 180 days unless the board affirmatively states the board's reason:

(1) for not responding to the request within 180 days; or

(2) for not responding to the request at all.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.381 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.381
§ 547.381. OBSTRUCTED LIGHTS ON COMBINATION VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) A motor vehicle when operated in combination with another vehicle is not required to display a lighted lamp, other than a taillamp, if the lamp is obscured because of its location by another vehicle in the combination of vehicles.

(b) Subsection (a) is not an exception for the lighting as provided by this chapter of:

(1) front clearance lamps on the frontmost vehicle in the combination; or

(2) rear lamps on the rearmost vehicle in the combination.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.0051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.0051
§ 1301.0051.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1301.0051. EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT. (a) An insurer that offers an exclusive provider benefit plan shall establish procedures to ensure that health care services are provided to insureds under reasonable standards of quality of care that are consistent with prevailing professionally recognized standards of care or practice. The procedures must include:

(1) mechanisms to ensure availability, accessibility, quality, and continuity of care;

(2) subject to Section 1301.059, a continuing quality improvement program to monitor and evaluate services provided under the plan, including primary and specialist physician services and ancillary and preventive health care services, provided in institutional or noninstitutional settings;

(3) a method of recording formal proceedings of quality improvement program activities and maintaining quality improvement program documentation in a confidential manner;

(4) subject to Section 1301.059, a physician review panel to assist the insurer in reviewing medical guidelines or criteria;

(5) a patient record system that facilitates documentation and retrieval of clinical information for the insurer's evaluation of continuity and coordination of services and assessment of the quality of services provided to insureds under the plan;

(6) a mechanism for making available to the commissioner the clinical records of insureds for examination and review by the commissioner on request of the commissioner; and

(7) a specific procedure for the periodic reporting of quality improvement program activities to:

(A) the governing body and appropriate staff of the insurer; and

(B) physicians and health care providers that provide health care services under the plan.

(b) Minutes of a formal proceeding of the quality improvement program established under Subsection (a) shall be made available to the commissioner on request of the commissioner.

(c) Insured records made available to the commissioner under Subsection (a)(6) are confidential and privileged, and are not subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, or to subpoena, except to the extent necessary for the commissioner to enforce this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.206 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.206
§ 843.206. NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization shall notify a group contract holder within 30 days of any substantive change to the payment arrangements between the health maintenance organization and physicians or providers.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.233 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.233
§ 214.233. REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality located in a county with a population of 2.5 million or more may adopt an ordinance requiring owners of vacant buildings to register their buildings by filing a registration form with a designated municipal official.

(b) A municipality, in an ordinance adopted under this subchapter, may exempt certain classifications of buildings as determined reasonable and appropriate by the governing body of the municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.101
§ 882.101. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) After the examination of a mutual life insurance company under Section 882.059, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority to the company if the commissioner finds that:

(1) the company has complied with all applicable laws;

(2) the company satisfies the unencumbered surplus requirements of Section 882.055; and

(3) the company's unencumbered surplus is in the custody of the company's officers.

(b) A certificate of authority issued under this section authorizes the company to engage in the business of life, health, or accident insurance in this state as may be specified in the company's charter or charter application.
Tex. Government Code § 552.1177 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.1177
§ 552.1177.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.1177. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO HUMANE DISPOSITION OF ANIMAL. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), information is confidential and excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the information relates to the name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, driver's license number, social security number, or other personally identifying information of a person who obtains ownership or control of an animal from a municipality or county making a humane disposition of the animal under a municipal ordinance or an order of the commissioners court.

(b) A governmental body may disclose information made confidential by Subsection (a) to a governmental entity, or to a person who under a contract with a governmental entity provides animal control services, animal registration services, or related services to the governmental entity, for purposes related to the protection of public health and safety.

(c) A governmental entity or other person that receives information under Subsection (b):

(1) must maintain the confidentiality of the information;

(2) may not disclose the information under this chapter; and

(3) may not use the information for a purpose that does not directly relate to the protection of public health and safety.

(d) A governmental body, by providing public information under Subsection (b) that is confidential or otherwise excepted from required disclosure under law, does not waive or affect the confidentiality of the information for purposes of state or federal law or waive the right to assert exceptions to required disclosure of the information in the future.
Tex. Transportation Code § 522.042 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 522 / Section 522.042
§ 522.042. ENDORSEMENTS; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue a commercial driver's license with endorsements:

(1) authorizing the driving of a vehicle transporting hazardous materials, subject to the requirements of Title 49 C.F.R. Part 1572;

(2) authorizing the towing of a double or triple trailer or a trailer over a specified weight;

(3) authorizing the driving of a vehicle carrying passengers;

(4) authorizing the driving of a tank vehicle;

(5) representing a combination of hazardous materials and tank vehicle endorsements; or

(6) authorizing the driving of a school bus, as defined by Section 541.201.

(b) The department may issue a commercial learner's permit with endorsements authorizing the driving of a passenger vehicle, a school bus, or a tank vehicle.

(c) An endorsement under Subsection (b) for a passenger vehicle or a school bus allows a permit holder to operate a vehicle with only the following passengers:

(1) federal or state auditors and inspectors, test examiners, or other permit holders; and

(2) the commercial driver's license holder required under Section 522.011(a)(2)(B).

(d) An endorsement under Subsection (b) for a tank vehicle allows a permit holder to operate only an empty tank vehicle that has been purged of any hazardous materials.

(e) The holder of a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit may not drive a vehicle that requires an endorsement unless the proper endorsement appears on the license or permit.

(f) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (c), (d), or (e). An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 2262.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2262 / Section 2262.054
§ 2262.054. PUBLIC COMMENT.
Status: in_force

The comptroller by rule may establish procedures by which each state agency is required to invite public comment by publishing the proposed technical specifications for major contracts on the Internet through the information service known as the Texas Marketplace or through a suitable successor information service. The guide must define "technical specifications."
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 284.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 284 / Section 284.013
§ 284.013. ANNUAL BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court, board of hospital managers, or hospital district board of directors shall provide in each annual hospital district budget for the payment of all operation and maintenance expenses of the hospital district.

(b) In preparing the budget, the commissioners court or board may consider the estimated revenue and income from hospital facilities that will be available for paying operation and maintenance expenses after providing for all principal, interest, and reserve requirements in connection with the bonds.