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Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.104
§ 1369.104. EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan that provides benefits for prescription drugs or devices may not exclude or limit benefits to enrollees for:

(1) a prescription contraceptive drug or device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; or

(2) an outpatient contraceptive service.

(b) This section does not prohibit a limitation that applies to all prescription drugs or devices or all services for which benefits are provided under a health benefit plan.

(c) This section does not require a health benefit plan to cover abortifacients or any other drug or device that terminates a pregnancy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3849.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3849 / Section 3849.110
§ 3849.110. NO EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.005
§ 1122.005. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The state may not be obligated for the support or maintenance of the district.
Tex. Education Code § 54.763 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.763
§ 54.763. REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A prepaid tuition contract shall specify:

(1) the name of the person entitled to any refund if the contract is terminated;

(2) the terms under which a person is entitled to a refund; and

(3) the method by which the amount of the refund is computed.

(b) The person named in the contract is entitled to a refund following termination of a prepaid tuition contract.

(c) The board shall determine the method by which the amount of the refund is computed.
Tex. Local Government Code § 335.0725 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 335 / Section 335.0725
§ 335.0725. BOOKS, RECORDS, AND PAPERS.
Status: in_force

The books, records, and papers of the district relating to an approved venue project and the revenue used to finance the project are public information and subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 303.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 303 / Section 303.003
§ 303.003. PUBLIC ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a document required to be filed with the attorney general under this chapter is public information available to members of the public under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(b) A document that identifies the donors to a law enforcement-related charitable organization is confidential and not subject to disclosure.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.304 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.304
§ 162.304. DISSOLUTION OF DEFECTIVELY INCORPORATED TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) A telephone cooperative that purports to have been incorporated or reincorporated under this chapter but that has not complied with a requirement for legal corporate existence may file a certificate of dissolution in the same manner as a validly incorporated telephone cooperative.

(b) The certificate of dissolution may be authorized by a majority of the incorporators or directors at a meeting called by an incorporator and held at the principal office of the cooperative named in the articles of incorporation.

(c) The incorporator calling the meeting must give at least ten days' notice of the meeting by mail to the last known post office address of each incorporator or director.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2033.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2033 / Section 2033.154
§ 2033.154. ENFORCEMENT REGARDING HORSEMEN'S ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall develop a system for monitoring the activities of managers and employees of a racetrack association relating to the horsemen's account. The monitoring system may include review of the financial operations of the racetrack association, including inspections of records at the racetrack association's offices, at any racetrack, or at any other place the racetrack association transacts business.

(b) The executive director may issue an order prohibiting the racetrack association from making any transfer from a bank account held by the racetrack association for the conduct of business under this subtitle, pending commission review of the records of the account, if the executive director reasonably believes that the racetrack association has failed to maintain the proper amount of money in the horsemen's account. The executive director shall provide in the order a procedure for the racetrack association to pay certain expenses necessary for the operation of the racetrack, subject to the executive director's approval.

(c) An order issued under this section may be made valid for a period not to exceed 14 days.

(d) The executive director may issue an order requiring the appropriate transfers to or from the horsemen's account if, after reviewing the racetrack association's records of its bank accounts, the executive director determines there is an improper amount of money in the horsemen's account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.112
§ 8813.112. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) acquire by purchase, gift, lease, contract, or any other legal means a water treatment or supply system, or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, or any interest of the authority, inside or outside the authority's boundaries;

(2) design, finance, operate, maintain, or construct a water treatment or supply system or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority and provide water services inside or outside the authority's boundaries;

(3) lease or sell a water treatment or supply system or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority that the authority constructs or acquires inside or outside the authority's boundaries;

(4) contract with any person to operate or maintain a water treatment or supply system the person owns; or

(5) acquire water rights under any law or permit.

(b) The authority may contract, according to terms and conditions the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous, with a person outside the authority's boundaries:

(1) to allow the person, or the person's well, to be included in a groundwater reduction plan adopted or implemented wholly or partly by the authority or in a groundwater reduction plan in which the authority participates;

(2) to sell water to the person; or

(3) to sell the person available excess capacity or additional capacity of the authority's water treatment or supply system.

(c) The authority by rule may require that the plans and specifications of water lines to be constructed within the authority that are designed or intended to serve more than one district or more than one person owning or holding a well permit issued by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District or Fort Bend Subsidence District, as applicable, be approved by the authority before the commencement of construction of the water lines.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.102
§ 4201.102. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may issue a certificate of registration only to an applicant who has met all the requirements of this chapter and all applicable rules adopted by the commissioner.

(b) As a condition of holding a certificate of registration or renewal of a certificate, a utilization review agent must maintain compliance with Subchapters D, E, and F.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.005
§ 1105.005. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 397.014 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 397 / Section 397.014
§ 397.014. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person, county, or municipality is entitled to an injunction to prohibit a violation or threatened violation of this chapter.

(b) The venue for the injunction proceeding is in the county to which this chapter applies in which any part of the automotive wrecking and salvage yard is located.
Tex. Insurance Code § 822.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 822 / Section 822.055
§ 822.055. SHARES OF STOCK WITH PAR VALUE.
Status: repealed

(a) An insurance company organized under the laws of this state may authorize the issuance of shares of stock with a par value of not less than $1 or more than $100. The company may increase from time to time the number of shares with a par value by an amendment to the company's charter.

(b) Each par value share of stock must be fully paid before issuance in an amount that is not less than the share's par value. Par value shares issued under this section are not subject to additional call or assessment, and the subscriber or holder of those shares is not required to make an additional payment with respect to those shares.

(c) When an application for charter or an amendment to the charter authorizing the issuance of shares of stock with a par value is filed, the insurance company shall file with the department a statement under oath stating:

(1) the total number of par value shares subscribed; and

(2) the actual total consideration the company received for those shares.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 825 (H.B. 1903), Sec. 3(1), eff. September 1, 2023.

(e) If all of the authorized par value shares of stock are not subscribed and paid for when the charter is granted or the amendment is filed, respectively, the insurance company shall file with the department a certificate authenticated by a majority of the directors stating the total number of shares issued and the total consideration received for those shares. The company shall file the certificate not later than the 90th day after the date of issuance of those remaining shares. The company is not required to file an amendment to its charter or take further action to effect the increase in the capital and surplus of the company.

(f) The consideration received by an insurance company for a par value share constitutes capital to the extent of its par value and the remainder, if any, constitutes surplus.
Tex. Water Code § 16.457 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.457
§ 16.457. REPORT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "state agency" means:

(1) a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the state constitution or a state statute; and

(2) a general academic teaching institution as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) A state agency that uses or disburses federal money for flood research, planning, or mitigation projects shall submit a report to the board on a quarterly basis.

(c) The report must include the following information about federal money used or disbursed for flood research, planning, or mitigation projects:

(1) the original total of federal money received;

(2) the amount of the federal money spent or disbursed to date; and

(3) the eligibility requirements for receiving the federal money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8295.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8295 / Section 8295.001
§ 8295.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means Emerald Forest Utility District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0305
§ 7952A.0305. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.107
§ 1120.107. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into operating or management contracts relating to hospital facilities for the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.460 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.460
§ 901.460. PERFORMING ATTEST SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate holder may perform attest services only in a certified public accountancy firm.

(b) An individual who is a license holder or practices under a privilege under Section 901.462 and who is responsible for supervising attest services or signs or authorizes another person to sign an accountant's reports on financial statements on behalf of a certified public accountancy firm must meet the competency requirements of the professional standards that apply to those services.
Tex. Local Government Code § 291.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 291 / Section 291.002
§ 291.002. OFFICES AT COUNTY SEAT.
Status: in_force

The county judge, sheriff, clerks of the district and county courts, county treasurer, tax assessor-collector, county surveyor, and county attorney shall keep their offices at the county seat.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 755.043 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 755 / Section 755.043
§ 755.043. GENERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person, firm, or corporation commits an offense if:

(1) the person, firm, or corporation owns a boiler in this state, has the custody, management, use, or operation of a boiler in this state, or is otherwise subject to this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; and

(2) the person, firm, or corporation violates this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order issued by the commission, the executive director, or a regularly employed inspector authorized to enforce this chapter and rules and orders.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.305 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.305
§ 153.305. ACTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall send a notice that the report required by Section 153.301 is due.

(b) The notice must be:

(1) addressed to the limited partnership; and

(2) mailed to:

(A) the registered office of the limited partnership;

(B) the last known address of the limited partnership as it appears on record in the office of the secretary of state; or

(C) any other known place of business of the limited partnership.

(c) The secretary of state shall include with the notice a copy of a report form to be prepared and filed as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8359.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8359 / Section 8359.101
§ 8359.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 444.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 444 / Section 444.007
§ 444.007. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMISSION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may employ an executive director. The executive director shall hire the staff of the commission.

(b) The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the executive director and the staff of the commission.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.143 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.143
§ 623.143. DESIGNATED ROUTE IN MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality having a state highway in its territory may designate to the department the route in the municipality to be used by a vehicle described by Section 623.142 operating over the state highway. When the route is designated, the department shall show the route on each map routing the vehicles.

(b) If a municipality does not designate a route, the department shall determine the route to be used by a vehicle on a state highway in the municipality.

(c) A municipality may not require a fee, permit, or license for movement of vehicles on the route of a state highway designated by the municipality or department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8155.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8155 / Section 8155.102
§ 8155.102. WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) To serve the inhabitants of the county in which the district is situated, the district may:

(1) acquire, and may improve or extend, any existing water or sewer system that serves all or part of the district territory; or

(2) construct a water or sewer system.

(b) A contract to acquire an existing water or sewer facility may be made on terms approved by the contracting parties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8870.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8870 / Section 8870.001
§ 8870.001. 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 Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Utilities Code § 41.154 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 41 / Section 41.154
§ 41.154. PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The rights and interests of an electric cooperative or its subsidiary, affiliate, successor, financing party, or assignee under a financing order, including the right to impose, collect, receive, and enforce the payment of securitized charges authorized in the financing order, shall be only contract rights until the property is first transferred or pledged to an assignee or financing party, as applicable, in connection with the issuance of securitized bonds, at which time the property becomes securitized property.

(b) Securitized property that is specified in the financing order constitutes a present vested property right for all purposes, including for purposes of Sections 16 and 17, Article I, Texas Constitution, Section 10, Article I, United States Constitution, and the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the laws of this state and the United States, even if the imposition and collection of securitized charges depend on further acts of the electric cooperative or others that may not have yet occurred.

(c) Securitized property shall exist regardless of whether securitized charges have been billed, have accrued, or have been collected and notwithstanding the fact that the value or amount of the property is dependent on the future provision of service to customers by the electric cooperative or its successors or assigns.

(d) On the issuance of the securitized bonds and the financing order, and when the requirements of Section 41.159 are met, the securitized charges, including their nonbypassability, are irrevocable, final, nondiscretionary, and effective without further action by the electric cooperative or any other person or governmental authority. The financing order shall remain in effect and the property shall continue to exist for the same period as the pledge of the state described in Section 41.160.

(e) All revenue, collections, claims, payments, money, or proceeds of or arising from or relating to securitized charges shall constitute proceeds of the securitized property arising from the financing order.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.264 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.264
§ 2301.264. LICENSE FEES.
Status: repealed

(a) The annual fees for a license issued under this chapter are:

(1) $900 for a manufacturer or distributor, plus $20 for each dealer franchised by the manufacturer or distributor;

(2) for a franchised dealer:

(A) $175, if the dealer sold fewer than 201 new motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(B) $275, if the dealer sold more than 200 but fewer than 401 new motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(C) $400, if the dealer sold more than 400 but fewer than 801 new motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(D) $500, if the dealer sold more than 800 but fewer than 1,201 new motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(E) $625, if the dealer sold more than 1,200 but fewer than 1,601 new motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(F) $750, if the dealer sold more than 1,600 new motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year; and

(G) $100 for each location separate from the dealership at which the dealer does not offer motor vehicles for sale but performs warranty service work on vehicles the dealer is franchised and licensed to sell;

(3) $375 for a converter;

(4) for a vehicle lessor:

(A) $175, if the lessor leased 200 or fewer motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(B) $275, if the lessor leased more than 200 but fewer than 401 motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(C) $400, if the lessor leased more than 400 but fewer than 801 motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(D) $500, if the lessor leased more than 800 but fewer than 1,201 motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year;

(E) $625, if the lessor leased more than 1,200 but fewer than 1,601 motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year; and

(F) $750, if the lessor leased more than 1,600 motor vehicles during the preceding calendar year; and

(5) $375 for a vehicle lease facilitator.

(b) A person who fails to apply for a license required under this chapter or fails to pay a fee within the required time must pay a penalty equal to 50 percent of the amount of the fee for each 30 days after the date the license is required or the fee is due.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 594 (S.B. 604), Sec. 2.15, eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) The department may refund a fee collected under this chapter that is not due or that exceeds the amount due.

(e) The fee for an amendment to a license under this chapter is $25.

(f) The fee for a duplicate license under this chapter is $50.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.052
§ 3879.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 487.555 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.555
§ 487.555. CONTRACT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health professional may receive assistance under this subchapter only if the health professional signs a contract agreeing to provide health care services in a medically underserved community.

(b) A student in a degree program preparing to become a health professional may contract with the department for the loan reimbursement program under Section 487.553 before obtaining the license required to become a health professional.

(c) The department may contract with a health professional for part-time services under the stipend program established under Section 487.554.

(d) A health professional who participates in any loan reimbursement program is not eligible for a stipend under Section 487.554.

(e) A contract under this section must provide that a health professional who does not provide the required services to the community or provides those services for less than the required time is personally liable to the state for:

(1) the total amount of assistance the health professional received from the department and the medically underserved community;

(2) interest on the amount under Subdivision (1) at a rate set by the department;

(3) the state's reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining payment, including reasonable attorney's fees; and

(4) a penalty as established by the department by rule to help ensure compliance with the contract.

(f) Amounts recovered under Subsection (e) shall be deposited in the permanent endowment fund for the rural communities health care investment program under Section 487.558.