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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8262.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8262 / Section 8262.203
§ 8262.203. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) By order or resolution adopted by the board, the district may issue revenue refunding bonds or tax-revenue refunding bonds to refund revenue bonds or tax-revenue bonds, whether original bonds or refunding bonds, previously issued by the district.

(b) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(c) Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in the place or places where the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued if an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds to be refunded to their maturity dates, or to their option dates if according to their terms the bonds have been called for payment before maturity, has been deposited in the place or places where the bonds to be refunded are payable, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 89.004 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 89 / Section 89.004
§ 89.004. PERSON OTHER THAN DEPARTMENT AS PERMITTEE.
Status: in_force

The department shall review and comment on an application for an artificial reef permit by a person other than the department to ensure that the conditions of the permit are consistent with the state artificial reef plan and the National Fishing Enhancement Act.
Tex. Education Code § 29.020 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.020
§ 29.020. STATE-ADMINISTERED INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM FACILITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall develop rules in accordance with this section applicable to state-administered individualized education program facilitation. The program shall include the provision of an independent individualized education program facilitator as a dispute resolution method that may be used to avoid a potential dispute between a school district and a parent of a student with a disability or to facilitate an admission, review, and dismissal committee meeting with parties who are in a dispute about decisions relating to the provision of a free appropriate public education to a student with a disability. Facilitation must comply with rules developed under this subsection.

(b) The rules must include:

(1) a definition of independent individualized education program facilitation;

(2) forms and procedures for requesting, conducting, and evaluating independent individualized education program facilitation;

(3) training, knowledge, experience, and performance requirements for independent facilitators; and

(4) conditions required to be met in order for the agency to provide individualized education program facilitation at no cost to the parties.

(c) If the commissioner determines that adequate funding is available, the commissioner may authorize the use of federal funds to implement individualized education program facilitation in accordance with this section.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.077 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.077
§ 53.077. IN KIND ROYALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, each owner of the soil under this subchapter, or the commissioner acting on the behalf of and at the direction of an owner of the soil under this subchapter may negotiate and execute a contract or any other instrument or agreement necessary to dispose of or enhance their portion of the royalty taken in kind, including a contract for sale, transportation, or storage.

(b) The commissioner, each owner of the soil under this subchapter, or the commissioner acting on behalf of and at the direction of the owner of the soil under this subchapter may negotiate and execute a contract or any other instrument or agreement necessary to convert that portion of the royalty taken in kind to other forms of energy, other than electricity.

(c) This section shall not be construed to surrender or in any way affect the right of the state or the owner of the soil under an existing or future lease to receive monetary royalty from its lessee.
Tex. Property Code § 62.061 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.061
§ 62.061. SUIT TO FORECLOSE LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A broker may not bring a suit to foreclose a lien under this chapter unless the commission is earned and payable. A broker may bring a suit to foreclose a lien in any district court for the county in which the commercial real estate is located by filing a sworn complaint stating that the notice of lien has been recorded.

(b) A complaint in a suit filed under this section must contain:

(1) a brief description of the commission agreement that is the basis for the lien, including:

(A) a description of the disclosure of the broker's right to the lien contained in the commission agreement;

(B) the date on which the commission agreement was executed;

(C) the event for which a commission is considered to be earned; and

(D) the event for which a commission is considered to be payable;

(2) a description of the services performed by the broker;

(3) the amount of the payable commission that is unpaid;

(4) a description of the commercial real estate to which the lien attaches; and

(5) other facts necessary for a full understanding of the rights of the parties.

(c) The broker must include as a defendant in a suit brought under this subchapter each person the broker believes to have an interest in the commercial real estate that is subordinate to or encumbered by the broker's lien.

(d) If the broker and a person against whom the broker claims a commission use alternative dispute resolution procedures to resolve a dispute concerning entitlement to the broker's commission, the broker's lien remains valid, and any suit to foreclose the lien is stayed until the alternative dispute resolution process is completed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7933A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7933A / Section 7933A.0102
§ 7933A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8492.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8492 / Section 8492.101
§ 8492.101. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.153
§ 1015.153. AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET.
Status: in_force

After adoption, the annual budget may be amended on the board's approval.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 181.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 181 / Section 181.001
§ 181.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Cooperative association" means any group in which farmers act together in the market preparation, processing, or marketing of farm products or any association organized under Chapter 52 of this code.

(2) "Dairy farmer" means a farmer engaged in the business of producing milk for sale to milk processors directly or through a cooperative association of which the dairy farmer is a member.

(3) "Milk processor" means a person who operates a milk, milk products, or frozen desserts processing plant that is located in Texas.

(4) "Purchase price" means an amount of money, based on estimated butterfat content at the time of delivery, that a milk processor agrees to pay a dairy farmer for a purchase of raw milk.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7962.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7962 / Section 7962.0201
§ 7962.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7962.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1352.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1352 / Section 1352.003
§ 1352.003. REQUIRED COVERAGES--HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS OTHER THAN SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan must include coverage for cognitive rehabilitation therapy, cognitive communication therapy, neurocognitive therapy and rehabilitation, neurobehavioral, neurophysiological, neuropsychological, and psychophysiological testing and treatment, neurofeedback therapy, and remediation required for and related to treatment of an acquired brain injury.

(b) A health benefit plan must include coverage for post-acute transition services, community reintegration services, including outpatient day treatment services, or other post-acute care treatment services necessary as a result of and related to an acquired brain injury.

(c) A health benefit plan may not include, in any annual or lifetime limitation on the number of days of acute care treatment covered under the plan, any post-acute care treatment covered under the plan.

(c-1) A health benefit plan may not limit the number of days of covered post-acute care, including any therapy or treatment or rehabilitation, testing, remediation, or other service described by Subsections (a) and (b), or the number of days of covered inpatient care to the extent that the treatment or care is determined to be medically necessary as a result of and related to an acquired brain injury. The insured's or enrollee's treating physician shall determine whether treatment or care is medically necessary for purposes of this subsection in consultation with the treatment or care provider, the insured or enrollee, and, if appropriate, members of the insured's or enrollee's family. The determination is subject to review under Section 1352.006.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (c-1), a health benefit plan must include the same amount limitations, deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance factors for coverage required under this chapter as applicable to other medical conditions for which coverage is provided under the health benefit plan.

(e) To ensure that appropriate post-acute care treatment is provided, a health benefit plan must include coverage for reasonable expenses related to periodic reevaluation of the care of an individual covered under the plan who:

(1) has incurred an acquired brain injury;

(2) has been unresponsive to treatment; and

(3) becomes responsive to treatment at a later date.

(f) A determination of whether expenses, as described by Subsection (e), are reasonable may include consideration of factors including:

(1) cost;

(2) the time that has expired since the previous evaluation;

(3) any difference in the expertise of the physician or practitioner performing the evaluation;

(4) changes in technology; and

(5) advances in medicine.

(g) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

(h) This section does not apply to a small employer health benefit plan.
Tex. Labor Code § 205.021 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 205 / Section 205.021
§ 205.021. APPROVAL OF GROUP ACCOUNT; EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On approval of an application submitted by two or more reimbursing employers, the commission shall establish a group account for the employers to share the cost of benefits that are attributable to service in the employ of the employers.

(b) The application must identify and authorize a group representative to act as the group's agent for the purpose of this subchapter.

(c) The group account takes effect at the beginning of the calendar quarter in which the commission received the application. The commission shall notify the group's representative of the effective date of the account.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.042 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.042
§ 40.042. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "child-care facility" includes a facility, licensed or unlicensed child-care facility, family home, residential child-care facility, employer-based day-care facility, or shelter day-care facility, as those terms are defined in Chapter 42.

(b) For all investigations of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation conducted by the child protective services division of the department, the department shall adopt the definitions of abuse, neglect, and exploitation provided in Section 261.001, Family Code.

(c) The department shall establish standardized policies to be used during investigations.

(d) The commissioner shall establish units within the child protective services division of the department to specialize in investigating allegations of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation occurring at a child-care facility.

(d) The commissioner shall establish units within the child protective services division of the department to specialize in investigating allegations of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation occurring at a child-care facility.

(e) The department may require that investigators who specialize in allegations of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation occurring at child-care facilities receive ongoing training on the minimum licensing standards for any facilities that are applicable to the investigator's specialization.

(f) After an investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation occurring at a child-care facility, the department shall provide the state agency responsible for regulating the facility with access to any information relating to the department's investigation. Providing access to confidential information under this subsection does not constitute a waiver of confidentiality.

(g) The executive commissioner or the commissioner of the department, as appropriate, may adopt rules to implement this section.

(g) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Education Code § 33.909 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.909
§ 33.909. PURPLE STAR CAMPUS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "military-connected student" has the meaning assigned by Section 25.006.

(b) The agency shall designate a school district campus as a Purple Star Campus if the campus applies and qualifies for the designation under this section.

(c) To qualify as a Purple Star Campus, a campus must:

(1) designate a staff member as a military liaison, whose duties include:

(A) identifying military-connected students enrolled at the campus through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS);

(B) serving as the point of contact between the campus and military-connected students and their families;

(C) determining appropriate campus services available to military-connected students; and

(D) assisting in coordinating campus programs relevant to military-connected students;

(2) maintain on the campus Internet website an easily accessible web page that includes resources for military-connected students and their families, including information regarding:

(A) relocation to, enrollment at, registration at, and transferring records to the campus;

(B) academic planning, course sequences, and advanced classes available at the campus;

(C) counseling and other support services available for military-connected students enrolled at the campus; and

(D) the military liaison designated under Subdivision (1) and the liaison's duties under that subdivision;

(3) maintain a transition program led by students, where appropriate, that assists military-connected students in transitioning into the campus;

(4) offer professional development for staff members on issues related to military-connected students; and

(5) offer at least one of the following initiatives:

(A) a resolution showing support for military-connected students and their families;

(B) recognition of the Month of the Military Child or Military Family Month with relevant events hosted by the campus; or

(C) a partnership with a local military installation that provides opportunities for active duty military members to volunteer at the campus, speak at an assembly, or host a field trip.

(d) To comply with a requirement under Subsection (c)(2), (4), or (5), a school district campus may partner with the district to provide:

(1) an Internet website web page required under Subsection (c)(2) if the campus does not have an Internet website;

(2) professional development required under Subsection (c)(4); or

(3) an initiative required under Subsection (c)(5).

(e) The agency shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.
Tex. Water Code § 63.177 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.177
§ 63.177. COMMISSION REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall make an annual report of its activities and file it with the county clerk on or before January 1 of each year.

(b) The report shall show in detail:

(1) the kind, character, and amount of work done in the district;

(2) the cost of the work; and

(3) the amount paid on order, the purpose for which paid, and other data necessary to show the condition of improvements made under the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 132.156 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.156
§ 132.156. SANCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission has reasonable cause to believe that a career school or college has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the commission may:

(1) order a peer review of the school or college; or

(2) suspend the admission of students to the school or college.

(b) A peer review ordered under this section shall be conducted by a peer review team composed of knowledgeable persons selected by the commission. The commission shall attempt to provide a balance on each team between members assigned to the team who are from this state and those who are from other states. The team shall provide the commission with an objective assessment of the content of the career school's or college's curriculum and its application. The costs of providing a peer review team shall be paid by the school or college.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.451 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.451
§ 1302.451. EMERGENCY AND CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director may issue an emergency order as necessary to enforce this chapter if the executive director determines that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health and safety.

(b) The executive director may issue the emergency order without notice and hearing or with any notice and hearing the executive director considers practicable under the circumstances. The executive director shall set the time and place for a hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside an emergency order that was issued without a hearing.

(c) The executive director may issue a cease and desist order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.005
§ 1053.005. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.051
§ 173.051. CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may be created to provide commuter rail service between two municipalities:

(1) each of which has a population of more than 450,000; and

(2) that are located not farther than 100 miles apart as determined by the department.

(b) The creating municipalities and the counties in which the creating municipalities are located may create a district on passage of a resolution favoring creation by the governing body of each municipality or county.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 41.05 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 41 / Section 41.05
§ 41.05. EFFECT OF ARRESTING JUDGMENT.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.
Tex. Government Code § 321.0132 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0132
§ 321.0132. COMPLIANCE AUDIT.
Status: in_force

A compliance audit is an audit to determine:

(1) whether the audited entity has obligated, expended, received, and used state funds in accordance with the purpose for which those funds have been appropriated or otherwise authorized by law;

(2) whether the audited entity has obligated, expended, received, and used state funds in accordance with any limitations, restrictions, conditions, or mandatory directions imposed by law on those obligations, expenditures, receipts, or uses;

(3) in the case of a local or private entity or agency, whether the records, books, and accounts of the audited entity fairly and accurately reflect its financial and fiscal operations relating to the obligation, receipt, expenditure, and use of state funds or funds represented as being collected for a state purpose;

(4) whether the collections of state revenues and receipts by the audited entity are in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; and

(5) whether money or negotiable securities or similar assets handled by the audited entity on behalf of the state or received from the state and held in trust by the audited entity have been properly and legally administered.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1115.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.004
§ 1115.004. NO CAUSE OF ACTION CREATED.
Status: in_force

This chapter may not be construed to create or imply a private cause of action against an agent or insurer or to subject an agent or insurer to civil liability for a violation of:

(1) this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(2) a standard governing the conduct of a fiduciary or a fiduciary relationship.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.303 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.303
§ 13A.303. RECORD OF A FRAUDULENT COURT.
Status: in_force

An offense under Section 37.13, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in any county:

(1) from which any material document was sent; or

(2) in which any material document was delivered.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 13 / Section 13.041
§ 13.041. RETURN OF CERTAIN NONRESIDENTS; RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may:

(1) return a nonresident patient admitted to a public health hospital to the proper agency of the state of the patient's residence; and

(2) permit the return of a resident of this state who has been admitted to a tuberculosis hospital in another state.

(b) The state that is returning a patient shall pay the expenses of the return.

(c) The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with the proper agencies of other states to facilitate the return to the states of their residence of nonresident patients admitted to tuberculosis hospitals in other states.
Tex. Government Code § 24.951 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.951
§ 24.951. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

If a county is located in two or more judicial districts by reapportionment under this subchapter, all the district courts in the county have concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction within the territorial limits of the county.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.753 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.753
§ 1131.753. MINIMUM ENROLLMENT.
Status: in_force

A policy of wholesale, franchise, or employee life insurance must cover at least five employees or members of a labor union or credit union on the date the policy is issued.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 72.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 72 / Section 72.003
§ 72.003. EFFECT ON OTHER LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not affect judicially developed or developing rules under which a person is or is not totally or partially immune from tort liability by virtue of family relationship.

(b) This subchapter does not relieve the owner or operator of a motor vehicle being demonstrated to a prospective purchaser or relieve a public carrier of responsibility for injuries sustained by a passenger being transported.