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Tex. Government Code § 606.071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 606 / Section 606.071
§ 606.071. EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

The retirement system may employ personnel, including accountants and attorneys, purchase equipment, and make other expenditures as necessary to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 521.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 521 / Section 521.004
§ 521.004. RECORDS OF COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

The department shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the department that concerns an activity regulated by the department or the commissioner.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 168.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 168 / Section 168.005
§ 168.005. TRAINING FOR UNLICENSED DIABETES CARE ASSISTANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Diabetes Council shall develop guidelines, with the assistance of the following entities, for the training of unlicensed diabetes care assistants:

(1) the department's School Health Program;

(2) the American Diabetes Association;

(3) the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International;

(4) the American Association of Diabetes Educators;

(5) the Texas Nurses Association;

(6) the Texas School Nurse Organization; and

(7) the Texas Education Agency.

(b) If a school nurse is assigned to a campus, the school nurse shall coordinate the training of school employees acting as unlicensed diabetes care assistants.

(c) Training under this section must be provided by a health care professional with expertise in the care of persons with diabetes or by the school nurse. The training must be provided before the beginning of the school year or as soon as practicable following:

(1) the enrollment of a student with diabetes at a campus that previously had no students with diabetes; or

(2) a diagnosis of diabetes for a student at a campus that previously had no students with diabetes.

(d) The training must include instruction in:

(1) recognizing the symptoms of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia;

(2) understanding the proper action to take if the blood glucose levels of a student with diabetes are outside the target ranges indicated by the student's diabetes management and treatment plan;

(3) understanding the details of a student's individualized health plan;

(4) performing finger-sticks to check blood glucose levels, checking urine ketone levels, and recording the results of those checks;

(5) properly administering glucagon and insulin and recording the results of the administration;

(6) recognizing complications that require seeking emergency assistance; and

(7) understanding the recommended schedules and food intake for meals and snacks for a student with diabetes, the effect of physical activity on blood glucose levels, and the proper actions to be taken if a student's schedule is disrupted.

(e) The school nurse or principal shall maintain a copy of the training guidelines and any records associated with the training.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.201 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.201
§ 751.201. ACCEPTANCE OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless one or more grounds for refusal under Section 751.206 exist, a person who is presented with and asked to accept a durable power of attorney by an agent with authority to act under the power of attorney shall:

(1) accept the power of attorney; or

(2) before accepting the power of attorney:

(A) request an agent's certification under Section 751.203 or an opinion of counsel under Section 751.204 not later than the 10th business day after the date the power of attorney is presented, except as provided by Subsection (c); or

(B) if applicable, request an English translation under Section 751.205 not later than the fifth business day after the date the power of attorney is presented, except as provided by Subsection (c).

(b) Unless one or more grounds for refusal under Section 751.206 exist and except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who requests:

(1) an agent's certification must accept the durable power of attorney not later than the seventh business day after the date the person receives the requested certification; and

(2) an opinion of counsel must accept the durable power of attorney not later than the seventh business day after the date the person receives the requested opinion.

(c) An agent presenting a durable power of attorney for acceptance and the person to whom the power of attorney is presented may agree to extend a period prescribed by Subsection (a) or (b).

(d) If an English translation of a durable power of attorney is requested as authorized by Subsection (a)(2)(B), the power of attorney is not considered presented for acceptance under Subsection (a) until the date the requestor receives the translation. On and after that date, the power of attorney shall be treated as a power of attorney originally prepared in English for all the purposes of this subchapter.

(e) A person is not required to accept a durable power of attorney under this section if the agent refuses to or does not provide a requested certification, opinion of counsel, or English translation under this subchapter.
Tex. Estates Code § 254.006 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 254 / Section 254.006
§ 254.006. DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A testator may grant in a will to an executor named in the will or to another person identified by name, office, or function the authority to designate one or more persons to serve as administrator of the testator's estate.

(b) To be effective, a designation of an administrator of a testator's estate as authorized by a will under Subsection (a) must be in writing and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and administer oaths.

(c) Unless the will provides otherwise, a person designated to serve as administrator of a testator's estate as provided by Subsection (a) may serve only if:

(1) each executor named in the testator's will:

(A) is deceased;

(B) is disqualified to serve as executor; or

(C) indicates by affidavit filed with the county clerk of the county in which the application for letters testamentary is filed or, if an application has not been filed, a county described by Section 33.001(a)(1) or (2) the executor's inability or unwillingness to serve as executor;

(2) the designation is effective as provided by Subsection (b); and

(3) the person is not disqualified from serving under Section 304.003.

(d) Unless the will or designation provides otherwise, a person designated as administrator of a testator's estate as provided by this section has the same rights, powers, and duties as an executor named in the will, including the right to serve as an independent administrator with the power to sell property without the need for consent of the distributees under Section 401.002 or 401.006.
Tex. Government Code § 845.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.302
§ 845.302. CUSTODY AND INVESTMENT OF ASSETS PENDING TRANSACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees, in the exercise of its discretion to manage the assets of the retirement system, may select one or more commercial banks, depository trust companies, or other entities to serve as custodian or custodians of the system's cash or securities pending completion of an investment transaction and may authorize the custodian to invest the cash so held in such short-term securities as the board of trustees determines.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.167 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.167
§ 21.167. COMMITMENT TO PURCHASE SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who contemplates the acquisition of shares in a corporation may commit to act in a specified manner with respect to the shares after the acquisition, including the voting of the shares or the retention or disposition of the shares. To be binding, the commitment must be in writing and be signed by the person acquiring the shares.

(b) A written commitment entered into under Subsection (a) is a contract between the shareholder and the corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 825.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 825 / Section 825.003
§ 825.003. EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Status: in_force

The state funds appropriated to administer this subchapter shall be spent in amounts as authorized by the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System and disbursed on vouchers or payrolls certified by the director of the extension service.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.311 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.311
§ 702.311. VOID CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

A contract is void if:

(1) the contract or an assignment of the contract does not comply with this chapter;

(2) the seller does not hold a certificate of registration issued under this chapter at the time of contract; or

(3) the purchaser enters into the contract in reliance on false, fraudulent, or misleading information wilfully provided by, or a false, fraudulent, or misleading representation, notice, or advertisement wilfully made by, the seller or the health spa owner or operator.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.112
§ 1104.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Labor Code § 206.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 206 / Section 206.001
§ 206.001. YEARLY COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

An employing unit that is or becomes an employer in a calendar year is subject to this subtitle during that entire calendar year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7997.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7997 / Section 7997.004
§ 7997.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7997.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.118 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.118
§ 1477.118. COUNTY USE OF GAS.
Status: in_force

The county shall pay for gas used by the county for its own facilities from general funds of the county legally available for that purpose, and free service is prohibited.
Tex. Local Government Code § 327.160 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 327 / Section 327.160
§ 327.160. DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A zoo board may accept a donation, grant, or other gift from any person for any zoo board purpose.

(b) Before accepting a donation, grant, or other gift under this section, the zoo board must obtain the approval of the county commissioners court.
Tex. Government Code § 469.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 469 / Section 469.057
§ 469.057. DUTY TO INFORM ABOUT LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) The department periodically shall inform professional organizations and others, including persons with disabilities, architects, engineers, and other building professionals, of this chapter and its application.

(b) Information about the architectural barriers program disseminated by the department must include:

(1) the type of buildings and leases subject to this chapter;

(2) the procedures for submitting plans and specifications for review;

(3) complaint procedures; and

(4) the address and telephone number of the department's program under this chapter.

(c) The department may enter into cooperative agreements to integrate information about the architectural barriers program with information produced or distributed by other public entities or by private entities.
Tex. Education Code § 131.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 131 / Section 131.004
§ 131.004. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The college shall offer, but is not limited to offering, the following courses, programs, and services for hearing-impaired post-secondary students:

(1) learning development services, including academic counseling, tutorial services, reading instruction, services to counter learning disabilities, and library-related services;

(2) communications services, including interpreters for academic and nonacademic functions, speech therapy, and auditory evaluation and training;

(3) academic college preparatory courses;

(4) career analysis services designed to assist each student in identifying a career interest, considering the student's aptitudes, abilities, and skills;

(5) regular college courses, including vocational and technical education and liberal arts courses;

(6) extracurricular activities, including intramural athletics; and

(7) postgraduation services, including job placement services and services designed to orient employers to hearing-impaired workers.

(b) The course work offered by the college shall emphasize self-contained classrooms with instruction conducted by instructors who are trained and qualified to work with hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual communication skills. Hearing-impaired students may enroll in integrated classes that are regular classes offered to students with unimpaired hearing enrolled in the junior college.

(c) The programs, services, and facilities of the college shall be designed to be appropriate to the needs of hearing-impaired students.

(d) The executive director shall determine which courses offered by the college are appropriate for an electronic display on a screen or terminal, with less than 30 seconds delay, of a speaker's spoken message. The college shall implement the electronic display in those courses.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.252 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248A / Section 248A.252
§ 248A.252. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $500 for each violation, and each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(b) The amount shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;

(2) the threat to health or safety caused by the violation;

(3) any previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(5) the efforts made by the violator to correct the violation; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Utilities Code § 105.021 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 105 / Section 105.021
§ 105.021. ACTION TO ENJOIN OR REQUIRE COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general, on the request of the railroad commission, shall apply in the name of the commission for an order under Subsection (b) if the commission determines that a gas utility or other person is:

(1) engaging in or about to engage in an act that violates this subtitle or an order or rule of the commission entered or adopted under this subtitle; or

(2) failing to comply with the requirements of this subtitle or a rule or order of the commission.

(b) A court, in an action under this section, may:

(1) prohibit the commencement or continuation of an act that violates this subtitle or an order or rule of the commission entered or adopted under this subtitle; or

(2) require compliance with a provision of this subtitle or an order or rule of the commission.

(c) The remedy under this section is in addition to any other remedy provided under this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8147.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8147 / Section 8147.103
§ 8147.103. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of the municipality or county in whose jurisdiction the district is located.

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality or county in whose jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004 / Section 8004.003
§ 8004.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8814.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8814 / Section 8814.002
§ 8814.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste and pollution of the district's groundwater and surface water, consistent with the objectives of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 36 and Subchapters H and I, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.256 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.256
§ 1508.256. CLAIMS EXPERIENCE DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) Based on available data and appropriate actuarial assumptions, the commissioner shall separately estimate the per covered individual annual cost of total claims reimbursement from the fund for qualifying health benefit plans.

(b) On request, a health benefit plan issuer participating in the program shall furnish to the department claims experience data for use in the estimates described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 443.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443 / Section 443.009
§ 443.009. OFFICES, RECORDS, AND DOCUMENTS IN THE CAPITOL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board and the employees of the board may not move the office of the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, or a member of the legislature from the Capitol unless the removal is approved by the governor in the case of the governor's office, the lieutenant governor in the case of the lieutenant governor's office, the speaker of the house of representatives in the case of the speaker's office, or the house of the legislature in which the member serves in the case of a legislative member's office.

(b) The board and the employees of the board have no control over the furniture, furnishings, and decorative objects in the offices of the members of the legislature except as provided by Section 443.017 or as necessary to inventory or conserve items of historical significance owned by the state.

(c) The board and the employees of the board have no control over records and documents produced by or in the custody of a state agency, official, or employee having an office in the Capitol.
Tex. Property Code § 53.239 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.239
§ 53.239. ACTION ON BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A claimant must sue on the bond within six months after the bond is filed.

(b) The bond is not exhausted by one action on it. Each obligee or his assignee may maintain a separate suit on the bond in any court of jurisdiction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.153
§ 242.153. DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

An institution shall have a director of nursing services who shall be a registered nurse. The director of nursing services is responsible for:

(1) coordinating each resident's comprehensive plan of care; and

(2) ensuring that only personnel with an appropriate license or permit administer medication.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.256 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.256
§ 344.256. REVIEW BY CLERK OR SECRETARY.
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk or secretary of the municipality shall, on the request of any person, check each name on a petition to determine whether the signer is a registered voter of the district. A person requesting verification by the clerk or secretary of the municipality shall pay the clerk or secretary a sum equal to 20 cents for each name on the petition before the verification begins.

(b) The clerk or secretary of the municipality may not count a signature if the clerk or secretary has a reason to believe that:

(1) it is not the actual signature of the purported signer;

(2) the voter registration certificate number is not correct;

(3) it is a duplication either of a name or of handwriting used in any other signature on the petition;

(4) the residence address of the signer is not correct; or

(5) the name of the voter is not signed exactly as it appears on the official copy of the current list of registered voters for the voting year in which the petition is issued.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.066 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.066
§ 2155.066. REVIEW OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall review the specifications and purchase conditions of goods or services considered for purchase.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1204.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1204 / Section 1204.001
§ 1204.001. NONAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to indigent care or chronic disease care provided in or by an eleemosynary institution, sanitarium, sanitorium, mental health treatment facility, tuberculosis treatment facility, or cancer treatment facility that is owned or controlled by the state or by a unit of local government.
Tex. Government Code § 1476.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1476 / Section 1476.001
§ 1476.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies only to a county with a population of more than 2.5 million.

(b) If certificates of indebtedness were not issued under this chapter by January 1, 1980, this chapter has no effect.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1110.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1110 / Section 1110.204
§ 1110.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings and improvements for hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the district revenue derived from the operation of the district's hospitals.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner and in accordance with the procedures and requirements prescribed by Sections 264.042, 264.043, 264.046, 264.047, 264.048, and 264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Education Code § 30B.055 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30B / Section 30B.055
§ 30B.055. TUITION AND FEES.
Status: in_force

A school district or open-enrollment charter school may charge tuition and fees for a hybrid or virtual course provided to a student who:

(1) is not eligible to enroll in a public school in this state; or

(2) is not enrolled in the school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9033.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9033 / Section 9033.005
§ 9033.005. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the district may annex territory as provided by Section 49.302, Water Code.

(b) Territory may not be annexed to the district without the written consent of:

(1) all lienholders of record in Brazoria County; and

(2) at least a three-fourths majority of all landowners in the territory to be annexed whose land must also constitute at least three-fourths of the value of all land in the territory to be annexed, as shown by the tax rolls of the county in which the territory to be annexed is located.

(c) A finding by the district that the requirements of Subsection (b) have been met is:

(1) conclusive for all purposes; and

(2) not subject to judicial review.
Tex. Government Code § 434.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.002
§ 434.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET, OPEN MEETINGS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Veterans Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished September 1, 2031.

(b) The commission is subject to Chapter 551, and Chapter 2001.