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Tex. Human Resources Code § 44.036 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.036
§ 44.036. ANNUAL EVALUATION OF DAY-CARE CENTERS.
Status: in_force

If the Texas Workforce Commission establishes day-care centers or provides services under this subchapter, the Texas Workforce Commission, with the assistance of the department, shall evaluate the performance of the centers each state fiscal year. This evaluation shall be sent to the governor and to the Legislative Budget Board not later than the 100th day after the last day of the state fiscal year covered by the evaluation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.401 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.401
§ 12.401. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

A person adjudged guilty of an offense under this code or a proclamation or regulation adopted under this code shall be punished in accordance with this subchapter and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965.
Tex. Transportation Code § 730.015 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 730 / Section 730.015
§ 730.015. PENALTY FOR FALSE REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who requests the disclosure of personal information from an agency's records under this chapter and misrepresents the person's identity or who makes a false statement to the agency on an application required by the agency under this chapter commits an offense.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.103 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.103
§ 341.103. REGULATION OF SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, LICENSED MORTGAGE BROKERS AND LOAN OFFICERS, AND REGISTERED MORTGAGE BANKERS AND LICENSED LOAN OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The savings and mortgage lending commissioner shall enforce this subtitle relating to the regulation of:

(1) state savings associations operating under this subtitle;

(2) state savings banks operating under this subtitle;

(3) persons licensed under Chapter 156; and

(4) persons registered or licensed under Chapter 157.

(b) The official exercising authority over the operation of federal savings associations equivalent to the authority exercised by the savings and mortgage lending commissioner over state savings associations may enforce this subtitle relating to the regulation of a federal savings association operating under this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.306
§ 1032.306. IMPOSITION OF TAX AND RETURN OF SURPLUS TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall:

(1) determine the debt owed by the district; and

(2) impose on the property included in the district's tax rolls a tax that is in proportion of the debt to the property value.

(b) On the payment of all outstanding debts and obligations of the district, the board shall order the secretary to return to each district taxpayer the taxpayer's pro rata share of all unused tax money.

(c) A taxpayer may request that the taxpayer's share of surplus tax money be credited to the taxpayer's county taxes. If a taxpayer requests the credit, the board shall direct the secretary to transmit the money to the county tax assessor-collector.
Tex. Election Code § 203.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 203 / Section 203.005
§ 203.005. APPLICATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) To be entitled to a place on a special election ballot, a candidate must make an application for a place on the ballot.

(b) An application must, in addition to complying with Section 141.031:

(1) state the political party with which the candidate is aligned or, if the candidate is not aligned with a party, state that fact; and

(2) be accompanied by:

(A) a filing fee in the amount prescribed by Section 172.024 for a candidate for nomination for the same office in a general primary election; or

(B) a petition that satisfies the requirements prescribed by Section 141.062.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.317 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.317
§ 9.317. INTERESTS THAT TAKE PRIORITY OVER OR TAKE FREE OF SECURITY INTEREST OR AGRICULTURAL LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of:

(1) a person entitled to priority under Section 9.322; and

(2) except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e), a person that becomes a lien creditor before the earlier of the time:

(A) the security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; or

(B) one of the conditions specified in Section 9.203(b)(3) is met and a financing statement covering the collateral is filed.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e), a buyer, other than a secured party, of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a certificated security takes free of a security interest or agricultural lien if the buyer gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e), a lessee of goods takes free of a security interest or agricultural lien if the lessee gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.

(d) A licensee of a general intangible or a buyer, other than a secured party, of collateral other than tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a certificated security takes free of a security interest if the licensee or buyer gives value without knowledge of the security interest and before it is perfected.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9.320 and 9.321, if a person files a financing statement with respect to a purchase-money security interest before or within 20 days after the debtor receives delivery of the collateral, the security interest takes priority over the rights of a buyer, lessee, or lien creditor that arise between the time the security interest attaches and the time of filing.
Tex. Utilities Code § 252.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 252 / Section 252.001
§ 252.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Abandoned pole attachment" means a pole attachment:

(A) for which a cable operator has not paid, for a period of 90 consecutive days or more, an invoice for rental charges presented by an electric cooperative, unless there is a bona fide dispute over the invoice; or

(B) that is not removed after authority for the pole attachment has terminated or expired, subject to any extension period for negotiation and mediation described by Section 252.005(c).

(2) "Cable operator" means an entity that owns or operates a cable system, as that term is defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522, regardless of the nature of the services offered or provided by the entity in addition to cable services.

(3) "Pole" means a pole carrying distribution lines with a voltage rating no higher than 34.5 kilovolts.

(4) "Pole attachment" means an affixture of cables, strands, wires, and associated equipment attached to a pole directly or indirectly.

(5) "Security instrument" means a performance bond or an equivalent financial instrument that guarantees payments of amounts payable to an electric cooperative by a cable operator.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 50.0053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 50 / Section 50.0053
§ 50.0053. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, the commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or donations from any source to administer and finance the matching grant program established under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.321 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.321
§ 843.321. AVAILABILITY OF CODING GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract between a health maintenance organization and a physician or provider must provide that:

(1) the physician or provider may request a description and copy of the coding guidelines, including any underlying bundling, recoding, or other payment process and fee schedules applicable to specific procedures that the physician or provider will receive under the contract;

(2) the health maintenance organization or the health maintenance organization's agent will provide the coding guidelines and fee schedules not later than the 30th day after the date the health maintenance organization receives the request;

(3) the health maintenance organization or the health maintenance organization's agent will provide notice of changes to the coding guidelines and fee schedules that will result in a change of payment to the physician or provider not later than the 90th day before the date the changes take effect and will not make retroactive revisions to the coding guidelines and fee schedules; and

(4) the contract may be terminated by the physician or provider on or before the 30th day after the date the physician or provider receives information requested under this subsection without penalty or discrimination in participation in other health care products or plans.

(b) A physician or provider who receives information under Subsection (a) may only:

(1) use or disclose the information for the purpose of practice management, billing activities, and other business operations; and

(2) disclose the information to a governmental agency involved in the regulation of health care or insurance.

(c) The health maintenance organization shall, on request of the physician or provider, provide the name, edition, and model version of the software that the health maintenance organization uses to determine bundling and unbundling of claims.

(d) The provisions of this section may not be waived, voided, or nullified by contract.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.017 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.017
§ 775.017. PETITION APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If after the hearing the commissioners court finds that creation of the district is feasible and will promote the public safety, welfare, health, and convenience of persons residing in the proposed district, the commissioners court shall grant the petition and fix the district's boundaries. If the proposed district, according to its boundaries stated in the petition, is located wholly in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million, the commissioners court may amend the petition to change the boundaries of the proposed district if the commissioners court finds the change is necessary or desirable. For the purposes of this provision, the population of the county is determined according to the most recent federal decennial census available at the time the petition is filed.

(b) If the proposed district will include territory in the municipal limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of one or more municipalities, the commissioners court of the county in which the municipality is located must determine if the district would still meet the requirements prescribed by Subsection (a) if the territory in the municipality's limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction is excluded from the district. The commissioners court must make this finding for each municipality the territory of which will be included in the district.

(c) If the commissioners court finds that the proposed district does not meet the requirements prescribed by Subsection (a), the commissioners court shall deny the petition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.183 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.183
§ 231.183. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAWS; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a regulation adopted under this subchapter requires a greater width or size of a yard, court, or other open space, requires a lower building height or fewer number of stories for a building, requires a greater percentage of a lot to be left unoccupied, or otherwise imposes higher standards than those required under another statute or local order or regulation, the regulation adopted under this subchapter controls. If the other statute or local order or regulation imposes higher standards, that statute, order, or regulation controls.

(b) The commissioners court may require the removal, destruction, or change of any structure or use of any property that does not conform to an order or a regulation adopted under this subchapter only if:

(1) the court permits the owner's investment in the structure or property to be amortized over a period of time determined by the court; or

(2) the court determines the nonconforming structure or property has been permanently abandoned.

(c) This subchapter or an order or a regulation adopted under this subchapter does not apply to the location, construction, maintenance, or use of central office buildings or equipment used by a person engaged in providing telephone service to the public.

(d) This subchapter does not authorize the commissioners court to require the removal or destruction of property that exists at the time the court implements this subchapter or restrict the right of a landowner, acting in the owner's behalf, to construct improvements for agriculture and ranching operations or to otherwise use the land for agriculture and ranching operations. Agriculture and ranching operations include cultivating the soil; producing crops for human food, animal feed, planting seed, or fiber; floriculture; viticulture; horticulture; raising or keeping livestock or poultry; and planting cover crops or leaving land idle for the purpose of participating in any governmental program or normal crop or livestock rotation procedure. The commissioners court may take those actions to restrict or prohibit any commercial agricultural enterprise, such as a commercial feed lot, that are reasonably necessary to protect the public health, safety, peace, morals, and general welfare from the dangers of explosion, flooding, vermin, insects, physical injury, contagious disease, contamination of water supplies, radiation, storage of toxic materials, or other hazards.
Tex. Government Code § 419.039 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.039
§ 419.039. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) accepts an appointment in violation of Section 419.032 or 419.037;

(2) knowingly accepts an appointment in violation of Section 419.038;

(3) appoints or retains a person in violation of Section 419.032; or

(4) appoints a person in violation of Section 419.037 or 419.038.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
Tex. Government Code § 22.0135 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0135
§ 22.0135. JUDICIAL GUIDANCE RELATED TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASES AND JUVENILE CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court, in conjunction with the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families, annually shall provide guidance to judges who preside over child protective services cases or juvenile cases to establish greater uniformity across the state for:

(1) in child protective services cases, issues related to:

(A) placement of children with severe mental health issues;

(B) changes in placement; and

(C) final termination of parental rights; and

(2) in juvenile cases, issues related to:

(A) placement of children with severe mental health issues;

(B) the release of children detained in juvenile detention facilities;

(C) certification of juveniles to stand trial as adults;

(D) a child's appearance before a court in a judicial proceeding, including the use of a restraint on the child and the clothing worn by the child during the proceeding; and

(E) commitment of children to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(b) The supreme court shall adopt the rules necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 203.034 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 203 / Section 203.034
§ 203.034. RIGHT TO ACCESS; DAMAGES FOR DENIAL OF ACCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of real property adjoining a new controlled access highway location is not entitled to access to the new highway location as a matter of right.

(b) Denial of access to or from a new controlled access highway location is not a ground for special or exemplary damages unless:

(1) in connection with the purchase or condemnation of the real property adjoining the new controlled access highway location and to be used in the new highway location, the commission specifically authorizes access to or from particular real property adjoining the new highway location; and

(2) the commission denies highway access to or from the particular land where the real property adjoins the new highway.
Tex. Insurance Code § 848.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 848 / Section 848.204
§ 848.204. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall:

(1) report any action taken under this subchapter to:

(A) the relevant state licensing or certifying agency or board; and

(B) the United States Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner Data Bank; and

(2) post notice of the action on the department's Internet website.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0305
§ 544.0305. WEBSITE POSTING.
Status: in_force

The office of inspector general shall post on the office's publicly available Internet website a description in plain English of, and a video explaining, the processes and procedures the office uses to determine whether to impose a payment hold on a provider under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.059
§ 1501.059. SELF-INSURED OR SELF-FUNDED PLAN PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A cooperative may not self-insure or self-fund any health benefit plan or portion of a plan.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.109 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.109
§ 457.109. TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The assets of an authority are exempt from any tax of the state or a state taxing authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 961.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 961 / Section 961.207
§ 961.207. PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit legal services corporation may:

(1) contract with another nonprofit legal services corporation or an insurer authorized to engage in business in this state for joint participation through:

(A) a mutualization contract agreement; or

(B) a guaranty treaty; and

(2) cede or accept a legal services obligation from such a corporation or insurer on all or part of a legal services obligation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.706 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.706
§ 2301.706. NOTICE OF RULEMAKING HEARING.
Status: in_force

Notice of a rulemaking hearing must be given in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, and board rules before the 30th day preceding the date of the hearing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9013.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9013 / Section 9013.154
§ 9013.154. STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, improve, repair, maintain, and operate a structure or facility inside or outside the district.
Tex. Government Code § 485.046 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 485 / Section 485.046
§ 485.046. TEXAS MUSIC INCUBATOR ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas music incubator account is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of:

(1) money deposited to the credit of the account under Sections 151.801(f) and 183.023(c), Tax Code;

(2) gifts, grants, and other money received by the office for the program; and

(3) other amounts deposited to the credit of the account.

(b) Money in the account may be appropriated only to the office for the purpose of paying rebates to music venues and certain music festival promoters under the program.

(c) Interest and other earnings from money in the account shall be credited to the account.

(d) On the last day of each state fiscal biennium, the comptroller shall transfer any money deposited to the account under Subsection (a)(1) that is unobligated and unexpended on that date to the general revenue fund to be used in accordance with legislative appropriation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.052
§ 454.052. PUBLIC MEMBER ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the board if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is registered, certified, or licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the field of health care;

(2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by the executive council or the board or that receives funds from the executive council or the board;

(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by the executive council or the board or that receives funds from the executive council or the board; or

(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or funds from the executive council or the board, other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for executive council or board membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9047.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9047 / Section 9047.005
§ 9047.005. 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 water control and improvement 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1114.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1114 / Section 1114.202
§ 1114.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section, together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes, may not in any year exceed the tax rate approved by the voters.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 754.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 754 / Section 754.025
§ 754.025. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAW.
Status: in_force

Sections 51.401 and 51.4041, Occupations Code, do not apply to this chapter, except those sections do apply to Sections 754.017 and 754.0171.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.392 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.392
§ 11.392. NOTICE OF PRIVATE CLUB APPLICATION OR RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall give notice of an application for a permit or renewal of a permit issued under Chapter 32, an application for a permit issued under Section 30.09, or an application for a certificate or renewal of a certificate issued to the holder of a private club registration permit under Chapter 29 to:

(1) the state senator and the state representative who represent the district in which the premises are located;

(2) the municipal governing body, if the premises are located in an incorporated area, and the commissioners court of the county in which the premises are located; and

(3) the chief of police of the municipality, if the premises are located in an incorporated area, and the sheriff of the county in which the premises are located.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 11.39(c), the applicant for a private club permit renewal shall publish notice of the renewal application in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with the requirements of Sections 11.39(a) and (b).

(c) Notices provided under this section must be given not later than:

(1) the fifth day after the date the application is filed; or

(2) the 31st day before the expiration date of a permit in the case of renewal.

(d) This section does not apply to a fraternal or veterans organization or the holder of a food and beverage certificate.