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Tex. Human Resources Code § 48.251 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 48 / Section 48.251
§ 48.251. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter:

(1) "Behavioral health services" means:

(A) mental health services, as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code; and

(B) interventions provided to treat chemical dependency, as defined by Section 461A.002, Health and Safety Code.

(1-a) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission, notwithstanding Section 48.0021.

(2) "Community center" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.

(2-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, notwithstanding Section 48.0021.

(3) "Facility" means:

(A) a facility listed in Section 532.001(b) or 532A.001(b), Health and Safety Code, as described by those sections, or a person contracting with a health and human services agency to provide inpatient mental health services;

(B) a facility licensed under Chapter 252, Health and Safety Code;

(C) a residential child-care facility as defined by Section 42.002 at which an elderly person or an adult with a disability resides or is in the facility's care; and

(D) a home and community support services agency licensed under Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code.

(4) "Health and human services agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.0001, Government Code.

(5) "Home and community-based services" means services provided in the home or community in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1315, 42 U.S.C. Section 1315a, 42 U.S.C. Section 1396a, or 42 U.S.C. Section 1396n, and as otherwise provided by department rule.

(6) "Local intellectual and developmental disability authority" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.

(7) "Local mental health authority" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.

(8) "Managed care organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 540.0001, Government Code.

(9) "Provider" means:

(A) a facility;

(B) a community center, local mental health authority, and local intellectual and developmental disability authority;

(C) a person who contracts with a health and human services agency or managed care organization to provide home and community-based services;

(D) a person who contracts with a Medicaid managed care organization to provide behavioral health services;

(E) a managed care organization;

(F) an officer, employee, agent, contractor, or subcontractor of a person or entity listed in Paragraphs (A)-(E); and

(G) an employee, fiscal agent, case manager, or service coordinator of an individual employer participating in the consumer-directed service option, as defined by Section 546.0101, Government Code.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt definitions of "abuse," "neglect," "exploitation," and "an individual receiving services" for purposes of this subchapter and investigations conducted under this subchapter.
Tex. Election Code § 1.007 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.007
§ 1.007. DELIVERING, SUBMITTING, AND FILING DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) When this code provides for the delivery, submission, or filing of an application, notice, report, or other document or paper with an authority having administrative responsibility under this code, a delivery, submission, or filing with an employee of the authority at the authority's usual place for conducting official business constitutes filing with the authority.

(b) The authority to whom a delivery, submission, or filing is required by this code to be made may accept the document or paper at a place other than the authority's usual place for conducting official business.

(c) A delivery, submission, or filing of a document or paper under this code may be made by personal delivery, mail, telephonic facsimile machine, e-mail, or any other method of transmission.

(d) Any other provision of this code supersedes this section to the extent of any conflict.
Tex. Education Code § 75.202 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 75 / Section 75.202
§ 75.202. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

The board may establish and maintain the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute as a joint partnership of the health science center and the university.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3835.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3835 / Section 3835.051
§ 3835.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting directors on the board, but only if the board determines that the change is in the best interest of the district. The board may not consist of fewer than five or more than 15 voting directors.
Tex. Election Code § 173.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 173 / Section 173.008
§ 173.008. LIMITING STATE COMPENSATION FOR ELECTION PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may limit the number of election clerks in a primary election whose service is payable with state funds.

(b) The secretary of state may limit the total state compensation payable to persons employed to assist a county chair in connection with a primary election.

(c) Rules adopted under this section must provide for state compensation for sufficient personnel to properly hold the primary, taking into account the number of registered voters, number of votes cast in previous primary elections, method of voting, and other relevant factors, but in no case may state compensation be limited to fewer than two clerks for each election precinct.

(d) State funds may be paid in excess of the limits prescribed under this section if the secretary of state determines good cause exists for the additional state compensation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.715 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.715
§ 452.715. CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The interim executive committee, or the governing body of a contiguous municipality for the creation of a subregional authority by that municipality, in ordering the confirmation election shall submit to the qualified voters of each municipality and unincorporated area participating in the election in the authority the following proposition:

"Shall the creation of (name of authority) be confirmed and shall the levy of the proposed tax, not to exceed (rate), be authorized?"

(b) In addition to other information required by law, the notice of the election must include a description of the nature and rate of the proposed tax.

(c) An election to confirm an authority created by a contiguous municipality may not be held on the same day as a withdrawal election held in accordance with Subchapter Q.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7916.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7916 / Section 7916.104
§ 7916.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Water Code § 51.178 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.178
§ 51.178. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE IRRIGATION SYSTEM SUBJECT TO MORTGAGE.
Status: in_force

A district may acquire by gift, grant, or purchase any part of an irrigation system serving the district which is subject to a mortgage or encumbrance. The mortgage or encumbrance shall not be assumed by the district and shall not be an indebtedness of the district but shall constitute solely a charge on the encumbered property and the revenue from it.
Tex. Estates Code § 1356.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1356 / Section 1356.051
§ 1356.051. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS OF A MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) On the petition of the guardian of the estate of a minor, a court may issue an order approving for purposes of this chapter an arts and entertainment contract, advertisement contract, or sports contract that is entered into by the minor.

(b) Approval of a contract under this section extends to the contract as a whole and each term and provision of the contract, including any optional or conditional contract provision relating to the extension or termination of the contract's term.

(c) A court may withhold approval of a contract in which part of the minor's net earnings will be set aside as provided by Section 1356.054 until the guardian of the minor's estate executes and files with the court written consent to the issuance of the order.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.103
§ 1158.103. SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
Status: in_force

Unless the court directs otherwise, before estate personal property is sold at public auction, notice must be:

(1) issued by the guardian of the estate; and

(2) posted in the manner notice is posted for original proceedings in probate.
Tex. Election Code § 51.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 51 / Section 51.001
§ 51.001. ELECTION SUPPLIES.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "election supplies" means the equipment, ballots, forms, lists of registered voters, and other materials necessary to conduct an election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6605.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6605 / Section 6605.152
§ 6605.152. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRICT MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is responsible for all money the district receives.

(b) The county judge does not have a duty to countersign any warrants or checks. The county treasurer and the county auditor do not have a duty to perform any services for the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 181.108 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 181 / Section 181.108
§ 181.108. LIABILITY OF COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL LIMITED.
Status: in_force

(a) The banking commissioner, a member of the finance commission, a deputy banking commissioner, an examiner, assistant examiner, supervisor, conservator, agent, or other officer or employee of the department, or an agent of the banking commissioner is not personally liable for damages arising from the person's official act or omission unless the act or omission is corrupt or malicious.

(b) The attorney general shall defend an action brought against a person because of an official act or omission under Subsection (a), regardless of whether the defendant has terminated service with the department before the action commences.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 394.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 394 / Section 394.007
§ 394.007. AMOUNT OF GRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop a grant schedule that:

(1) assigns a standardized grant in an amount up to 90 percent of the incremental cost of a natural gas vehicle purchase, lease, other commercial finance, or repowering;

(2) is based on:

(A) the certified emission level of nitrogen oxides, or other pollutants as determined by the commission, of the engine powering the natural gas vehicle; and

(B) the usage of the natural gas vehicle; and

(3) may take into account the overall emissions reduction achieved by the natural gas vehicle.

(b) Not less than 60 percent of the total amount of grants awarded under this chapter for the purchase and repowering of motor vehicles must be awarded to motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 33,001 pounds. The minimum grant requirement under this subsection does not apply if the commission does not receive enough grant applications to satisfy the requirement for motor vehicles described by this subsection that are eligible to receive a grant under this chapter.

(c) A person may not receive a grant under this chapter that, when combined with any other grant, tax credit, or other governmental incentive, exceeds the incremental cost of the vehicle or vehicle repower for which the grant is awarded. A person shall return to the commission the amount of a grant awarded under this chapter that, when combined with any other grant, tax credit, or other governmental incentive, exceeds the incremental cost of the vehicle or vehicle repower for which the grant is awarded.

(d) The commission shall reduce the amount of a grant awarded under this chapter as necessary to keep the combined incentive total at or below the incremental cost of the vehicle for which the grant is awarded if the grant recipient is eligible to receive an automatic incentive at or before the time a grant is awarded under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 502.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 502 / Section 502.006
§ 502.006. SAFETY DATA SHEET.
Status: in_force

(a) A chemical manufacturer or distributor shall provide appropriate safety data sheets to employers who acquire hazardous chemicals in this state with each initial shipment and with the first shipment after an SDS is updated. The SDSs must conform to the most current requirements of the OSHA standard.

(b) An employer shall maintain a legible copy of a current SDS for each hazardous chemical purchased. If the employer does not have a current SDS for a hazardous chemical when the chemical is received at the workplace, the employer shall request an SDS in writing from the manufacturer or distributor in a timely manner or shall otherwise obtain a current SDS. The manufacturer or distributor shall respond with an appropriate SDS in a timely manner.

(c) Safety data sheets shall be readily available, on request, for review by employees or designated representatives at each workplace.

(d) A copy of an SDS maintained by an employer under this section shall be provided to the department on request.
Tex. Education Code § 38.215 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.215
§ 38.215. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who in good faith takes, or fails to take, any action under this subchapter is immune from civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action resulting from that action or failure to act, including:

(1) issuing an order for epinephrine delivery systems or medication for respiratory distress;

(2) supervising or delegating the administration of an epinephrine delivery system or medication for respiratory distress;

(3) possessing, maintaining, storing, or disposing of an epinephrine delivery system or medication for respiratory distress;

(4) prescribing an epinephrine delivery system or medication for respiratory distress;

(5) dispensing:

(A) an epinephrine delivery system; or

(B) medication for respiratory distress;

(6) administering, or assisting in administering, an epinephrine delivery system or medication for respiratory distress;

(7) providing, or assisting in providing, training, consultation, or advice in the development, adoption, or implementation of policies, guidelines, rules, or plans; or

(8) undertaking any other act permitted or required under this subchapter.

(b) The immunities and protections provided by this subchapter are in addition to other immunities or limitations of liability provided by law.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, this subchapter does not create a civil, criminal, or administrative cause of action or liability or create a standard of care, obligation, or duty that provides a basis for a cause of action for an act or omission under this subchapter.

(d) A cause of action does not arise from an act or omission described by this section.

(e) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school and school personnel and school volunteers are immune from suit resulting from an act, or failure to act, under this subchapter, including an act or failure to act under related policies and procedures.

(f) An act or failure to act by school personnel or a school volunteer under this subchapter, including an act or failure to act under related policies and procedures, is the exercise of judgment or discretion on the part of the school personnel or school volunteer and is not considered to be a ministerial act for purposes of liability of the school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.030 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.030
§ 22.030. RIGHT TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

In pledging the rents, revenues, and income, the department may expressly reserve the right to issue additional bonds on a parity with or subordinate to the bonds then being issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3816.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3816 / Section 3816.106
§ 3816.106. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district must obtain the approval of the City of Frisco's governing body:

(1) for the issuance of a bond for each improvement project;

(2) of the plans and specifications of an improvement project financed by the bond; and

(3) of the plans and specifications of a district improvement project related to the use of land owned by the City of Frisco, an easement granted by the City of Frisco, or a right-of-way of a street, road, or highway.

(b) If the district obtains the approval of the City of Frisco's governing body of a capital improvements budget for a period not to exceed five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without the further approval of the city.
Tex. Water Code § 152.201 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.201
§ 152.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A river authority may issue revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations for a purpose authorized by:

(1) this chapter; or

(2) another law, if the purpose relates to the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity.

(b) This chapter constitutes full authority for a river authority to issue revenue bonds and other obligations without reference to any other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8154.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8154 / Section 8154.152
§ 8154.152. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks or trust companies in this state to act as a depository of bond proceeds or of revenue derived from the operation of district facilities.

(b) The depository shall, as determined by the board:

(1) furnish indemnity bonds;

(2) pledge securities; or

(3) meet any other requirement.
Tex. Government Code § 155.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 155 / Section 155.207
§ 155.207. USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall use the criminal history record information obtained under this subchapter only for a purpose authorized by this subchapter.

(b) A court may use the criminal history record information obtained under this subchapter only in the same manner and only to the same extent a court is authorized to use the information under Section 1104.409, Estates Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 364.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 364 / Section 364.002
§ 364.002. RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH TOLL BRIDGE.
Status: in_force

When a county acquires a toll bridge under Section 364.001, the county may, as determined by the commissioners court of the county, acquire any or all of the following items in connection with the toll bridge:

(1) a permit, grant, franchise, right, or privilege granted or extended by the United States, the United Mexican States, or a state, municipality, or political subdivision of the United States or United Mexican States, for or related to the maintenance or operation of the toll bridge or the collection of a toll or charge for the use of the toll bridge;

(2) an interest in real property in either the United States or the United Mexican States that is held or used for or incident to the maintenance or operation of the toll bridge or an approach to it, or for the use or occupancy of any building or other structure, appurtenance, appliance, road or street, park, grounds, or convenience or facility of any kind relating to or incident to the maintenance or operation of the toll bridge;

(3) a building or other structure, appurtenance, appliance, equipment, convenience, or facility of any kind held or used for or incident to the maintenance or operation of the toll bridge; or

(4) any other right or property used for or incident to the maintenance or operation of the toll bridge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.208
§ 1020.208. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.202
§ 651.202. CONFIDENTIALITY OF REPORTS AND RELATED MATERIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A report of an examination or investigation under Section 651.201 and any correspondence or memoranda concerning or arising from the examination or investigation:

(1) are confidential communications;

(2) are not subject to subpoena; and

(3) may not be made public, except in connection with a hearing under Section 651.204 or an appearance in connection with the hearing.

(b) Subsection (a) applies to an authenticated copy of a report described by Subsection (a) in the possession of the commissioner, the department, or a license holder.

(c) Information obtained in the course of an examination or investigation may be made available to another governmental agency if the information involves a matter within the scope or jurisdiction of the agency.
Tex. Water Code § 42.007 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 42 / Section 42.007
§ 42.007. EMPLOYEES; ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may employ engineering, legal, and clerical personnel as necessary to protect the interest of the state and to carry out and enforce the terms of the compact. He may incur necessary office expenses and other expenses incident to the proper performance of his duties and the proper administration of the compact. However, the commissioner shall not incur any financial obligation on behalf of this state until the legislature has authorized and appropriated money for the obligation.
Tex. Labor Code § 62.052 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 62 / Section 62.052
§ 62.052. TIPPED EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the employer is the amount described as paid to a tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)).

(b) In this section, "tipped employee" means an employee engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $20 a month in tips.