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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.0335 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.0335
§ 533A.0335. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Advisory committee" means the Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee established under Section 542.0052, Government Code.

(2) "Functional need," "ICF-IID program," and "Medicaid waiver program" have the meanings assigned those terms by Section 542.0001, Government Code.

(b) Subject to the availability of federal funding, the department shall develop and implement a comprehensive assessment instrument and a resource allocation process for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as needed to ensure that each individual with an intellectual or developmental disability receives the type, intensity, and range of services that are both appropriate and available, based on the functional needs of that individual, if the individual receives services through one of the following:

(1) a Medicaid waiver program;

(2) the ICF-IID program; or

(3) an intermediate care facility operated by the state and providing services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

(c) The department, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall establish a prior authorization process for requests for supervised living or residential support services available in the home and community-based services (HCS) Medicaid waiver program. The process must ensure that supervised living or residential support services available in the home and community-based services (HCS) Medicaid waiver program are available only to individuals for whom a more independent setting is not appropriate or available.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 23.20 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 23 / Section 23.20
§ 23.20. DISCOUNT OF CLAIM NOT DUE AND ALLOWANCE OF SECURED CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) The assignee may allow a claim which is not due at its present value by discounting it at the legal rate.

(b) If a creditor holds collateral to secure his claim worth less than his claim, the assignee may estimate the value of the collateral and allow the creditor as a claim against the assigned estate only the difference between the value of the collateral and the amount of the claim.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.052
§ 1088.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of an election of directors shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the district in accordance with Chapter 4, Election Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8274.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8274 / Section 8274.105
§ 8274.105. CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE OF WATER, SEWER, OR DRAINAGE SERVICES; ELECTION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district and a political subdivision may enter into a contract for water, sewer, or drainage services or any combination of those services without the necessity of an election by any contracting party to approve the contract.

(b) The district may pay for an obligation incurred by such a contract by issuing bonds that, if otherwise necessary, have been approved by the voters in the manner provided by this chapter.

(c) The district may deliver the district's bonds to the United States or an agency or instrumentality of the United States, or this state or an agency or instrumentality of this state, that entered into a contract with the district.
Tex. Education Code § 74.252 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.252
§ 74.252. TRAINING AND TEACHING.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the training and teaching of dental students, dental technicians, and other technicians related to the practice of dentistry.
Tex. Government Code § 854.303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 854 / Section 854.303
§ 854.303. CERTIFICATION OF DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after an application for disability retirement is filed, the medical board shall evaluate the medical and other pertinent information concerning the member's application.

(b) The medical board shall issue a certification of disability and send it to the board of trustees if the medical board finds:

(1) in the case of a member who has less than 10 years of credited service in the retirement system, that:

(A) the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty;

(B) the incapacity is the direct result of injuries sustained during membership by external and violent means as a direct and proximate result of the performance of duty;

(C) the incapacity is likely to be permanent; and

(D) the member should be retired; or

(2) in the case of a member who has at least 10 years of credited service in the retirement system, that:

(A) the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty;

(B) the incapacity is likely to be permanent; and

(C) the member should be retired.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8312.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8312 / Section 8312.104
§ 8312.104. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:

(1) an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code; or

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code.
Tex. Water Code § 13.184 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.184
§ 13.184. FAIR RETURN; BURDEN OF PROOF.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the utility commission establishes alternate rate methodologies in accordance with Section 13.183(c), the utility commission may not prescribe any rate that will yield more than a fair return on the invested capital used and useful in rendering service to the public based on test year information. The governing body of a municipality exercising its original jurisdiction over rates and services may use alternate ratemaking methodologies established by ordinance or by utility commission rule in accordance with Section 13.183(c). Unless the municipal regulatory authority uses alternate ratemaking methodologies established by ordinance or by utility commission rule in accordance with Section 13.183(c), it may not prescribe any rate that will yield more than a fair return on the invested capital used and useful in rendering service to the public based on test year information.

(b) In fixing a reasonable return on invested capital, the regulatory authority shall consider, in addition to other applicable factors, the efforts and achievements of the utility in the conservation of resources, the quality of the utility's services, the efficiency of the utility's operations, and the quality of the utility's management.

(c) In any proceeding involving any proposed change of rates, the burden of proof shall be on the utility to show that the proposed change, if proposed by the utility, or that the existing rate, if it is proposed to reduce the rate, is just and reasonable.

(d) For a utility that uses a future or combined historic and future test year in a rate proceeding, if the regulatory authority determines in the next rate proceeding for that utility that the test year information used for the utility resulted in the utility's rates yielding more than a fair return on the utility's invested capital used and useful in rendering service to the public, the regulatory authority shall require the utility to refund to customers money collected in excess of a rate that would have yielded a fair return during the period in which the excessive rate was collected.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.152
§ 1601.152. CAFETERIA PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of a system may develop, implement, and administer a cafeteria plan.

(b) The governing board may include in the cafeteria plan any benefit that may be included in a cafeteria plan under federal law.

(c) The governing board may cooperate and work with and enter into a necessary contract or agreement with an independent and qualified agency, person, or entity to:

(1) develop, implement, or administer a cafeteria plan; or

(2) assist in those activities.

(d) The governing board may adopt an order terminating the cafeteria plan and providing a procedure for the orderly withdrawal of the system and its employees from the cafeteria plan if the governing board determines that a cafeteria plan adopted under this section is no longer advantageous to the system and its employees.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.229 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.229
§ 2306.229. DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING MORTGAGE LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A mortgage loan shall be evidenced by a mortgage or deed of trust note or bond and by a mortgage that creates a lien on the housing development and on all real property that constitutes the site of or that relates to the housing development.

(b) A note or bond and a mortgage or deed of trust:

(1) must contain provisions satisfactory to the department;

(2) must be in a form satisfactory to the department; and

(3) may contain exculpatory provisions relieving the borrower or its principal from personal liability if the department agrees.

(c) For each loan made for the development of multifamily housing with funds provided to the state under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. Section 12701 et seq.), the department shall obtain a mortgagee's title policy in the amount of the loan. The department may not designate a specific title insurance company to provide the mortgagee title policy or require the borrower to provide the policy from a specific title insurance company. The borrower shall select the title insurance company to close the loan and to provide the mortgagee title policy.
Tex. Education Code § 130.0102 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.0102
§ 130.0102. MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM OR COURSE WORK.
Status: in_force

The governing board of a public junior college district located in one or more counties with a substantial and growing Mexican American population shall evaluate the demand for and feasibility of establishing a Mexican American studies program or other course work in Mexican American studies at one or more junior colleges in the district. With approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the governing board may establish a Mexican American studies program or other course work in Mexican American studies at any of those colleges if the governing board determines that such a program or course work is desirable and feasible.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.069 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.069
§ 62.069. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a provision of this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 394.024 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.024
§ 394.024. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT.
Status: in_force

The housing finance corporation shall maintain a registered office and a registered agent as provided by Article 2.05, Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-2.05, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). The corporation may change its registered office or agent as provided by Article 2.06 of that Act. Process may be served on the corporation as provided by Article 2.07 of that Act.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.018 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.018
§ 212.018. ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the governing body of the municipality, the municipal attorney or any other attorney representing the municipality may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to:

(1) enjoin the violation or threatened violation by the owner of a tract of land of a requirement regarding the tract and established by, or adopted by the governing body under, this subchapter; or

(2) recover damages from the owner of a tract of land in an amount adequate for the municipality to undertake any construction or other activity necessary to bring about compliance with a requirement regarding the tract and established by, or adopted by the governing body under, this subchapter.

(b) A reference in this section to an "owner of a tract of land" does not include the owner of an individual lot in a subdivided tract of land.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.0525 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0525
§ 171.0525. EXEMPTION--CERTAIN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Status: in_force

A corporation that is a farm mutual insurance company, local mutual aid association, or burial association is exempted from the franchise tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.054
§ 1037.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to hold office as a director, a person must be a resident property-owning taxpaying voter of the district.
Tex. Family Code § 81.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 81 / Section 81.007
§ 81.007. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The county attorney or the criminal district attorney is the prosecuting attorney responsible for filing applications under this subtitle unless the district attorney assumes the responsibility by giving notice of that assumption to the county attorney.

(b) The prosecuting attorney responsible for filing an application under this subtitle shall provide notice of that responsibility to all law enforcement agencies in the jurisdiction of the prosecuting attorney.

(c) The prosecuting attorney shall comply with Article 5.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, in filing an application under this subtitle.

(c) The prosecuting attorney shall comply with Articles 5A.011, 5A.012, and 5A.013, Code of Criminal Procedure, in filing an application under this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3922.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3922 / Section 3922.205
§ 3922.205. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4019.0313 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4019 / Section 4019.0313
§ 4019.0313. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8366.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8366 / Section 8366.052
§ 8366.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8366.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8366.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8366.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8059.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8059 / Section 8059.0301
§ 8059.0301. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road project authorized by Section 8059.0203.

(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9037.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9037 / Section 9037.052
§ 9037.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Shannon Miller;

(2) Jim Leonard;

(3) David Rittenhouse;

(4) George Weron; and

(5) Blaine Lopez.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9037.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 9037.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9037.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Government Code § 509.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 509 / Section 509.015
§ 509.015. TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN STATE JAIL FELONIES.
Status: in_force

The division shall propose and the board shall adopt best practices standards for substance abuse treatment conditions imposed under Article 42A.554(c), Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11004.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11004 / Section 11004.107
§ 11004.107. WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY DESIGN APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

The district must obtain the approval of the Brazos River Authority for the design of any district wastewater treatment facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0514 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0514
§ 9092.0514. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

The resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds may limit or qualify the rights of less than all of the outstanding bonds payable from the same source to institute or prosecute litigation affecting the district's property or income.
Tex. Tax Code § 312.005 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 312 / Section 312.005
§ 312.005. STATE ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall maintain a central registry of reinvestment zones designated under this chapter and of ad valorem tax abatement agreements executed under this chapter. The chief appraiser of each appraisal district that appraises property for a taxing unit that has designated a reinvestment zone or executed a tax abatement agreement under this chapter shall deliver to the comptroller before July 1 of the year following the year in which the zone is designated or the agreement is executed a report providing the following information:

(1) for a reinvestment zone, a general description of the zone, including its size, the types of property located in it, its duration, and the guidelines and criteria established for the reinvestment zone under Section 312.002, including subsequent amendments and modifications of the guidelines or criteria;

(2) a copy of each tax abatement agreement to which a taxing unit that participates in the appraisal district is a party;

(3) the information described by Section 312.205(a)(1) in connection with each tax abatement agreement described by Subdivision (2) of this subsection; and

(4) any other information required by the comptroller to administer this section.

(a-1) For each of the first three tax years following the expiration of a tax abatement agreement executed under this chapter, the chief appraiser shall deliver to the comptroller a report containing the appraised value of the property that was the subject of the agreement.

(b) The comptroller may provide assistance to a taxing unit on request of its governing body or the presiding officer of its governing body relating to the administration of this chapter. The Texas Department of Commerce and the comptroller may provide technical assistance to a local governing body regarding the designation of reinvestment zones, the adoption of tax abatement guidelines, and the execution of tax abatement agreements.

(c) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, the comptroller shall submit a report to the legislature and to the governor on reinvestment zones designated under this chapter and on tax abatement agreements adopted under this chapter, including a summary of the information reported under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9061.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9061 / Section 9061.006
§ 9061.006. HEARINGS FOR EXCLUSION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the district; provided, however, that the board shall hold a hearing if an owner of land or other property located in the district files a written petition for a hearing with the board secretary before the district's first bond election is called.

(b) The board may act on the petition in the same manner that it may act on a petition for the addition of land under Section 49.301 or 51.714, Water Code. A notice of hearing is not required.

(c) The board on its own motion may call and hold an exclusion hearing under general law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.4205 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.4205
§ 545.4205. INTERFERENCE WITH PEACE OFFICER INVESTIGATION OF HIGHWAY RACING OR RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses the person's body, a car, or a barricade to knowingly impede or otherwise interfere with a peace officer's investigation of conduct prohibited under Section 545.420 or a reckless driving exhibition, as defined by Section 42.03, Penal Code.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1.19 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 1 / Section 1.19
§ 1.19. CORRUPTION OF BLOOD, ETC.
Status: in_force

No conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.