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Tex. Labor Code § 302.0051 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.0051
§ 302.0051. PREKINDERGARTEN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish and administer a prekindergarten partnership program to assist child-care providers who meet the definition of an eligible private provider under Section 29.171, Education Code, in partnering with local school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to provide the prekindergarten classes required under Section 29.153, Education Code.

(b) Using existing funds, the commission shall coordinate with the Texas Education Agency to develop joint strategies to expand the availability of prekindergarten partnership programs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8812.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8812 / Section 8812.101
§ 8812.101. PROHIBITION ON DISTRICT USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 183.002 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 183 / Section 183.002
§ 183.002. CREATION, CONVEYANCES, ACCEPTANCES, AND DURATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements.

(b) A right or duty in favor of or against a holder and a right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement does not arise under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and the recordation of the acceptance.

(c) Except as provided by Section 183.003(b) of this code, a conservation easement is unlimited in duration unless the instrument creating it makes some other provision.

(d) An interest that exists in real property at the time a conservation easement is created is not impaired unless the owner of the interest is a party to the conservation easement or consents to it.

(e) A conservation easement must be created in writing, acknowledged and recorded in the deed records of the county in which the servient estate is located, and must include a legal description of the real property which constitutes the servient estate.

(f) If land that has been subject to a conservation easement is no longer subject to such easement, an additional tax is imposed on the land equal to the difference, if any, between the taxes imposed on the land for each of the five years preceding the year in which the easement terminates and the taxes that would have been imposed had the land not been subject to a conservation easement in each of those years, plus interest at an annual rate of seven percent calculated from the dates on which the differences would have become due.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1901.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.004
§ 1901.004. ANNUAL REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer that issues professional liability insurance policies covering physicians and health care providers shall file annually with the commissioner a report of:

(1) all claims and the amounts of those claims;

(2) amounts of claims reserves;

(3) investment income of the insurer derived from medical professional liability premiums;

(4) information relating to amounts of judgments and settlements paid on claims; and

(5) other information required by the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner may promulgate a form on which the information under Subsection (a) must be reported. The form must require that the information be reported in an accurate manner and be reasonably calculated to:

(1) facilitate interpretation; and

(2) protect the confidentiality of the physician or health care provider.
Tex. Education Code § 43.013 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.013
§ 43.013. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The district courts of Travis County have jurisdiction of any suit on bonds or obligations belonging to the permanent school fund, or purchased therewith, concurrent with that of any other court having jurisdiction in the case.
Tex. Government Code § 306.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 306 / Section 306.003
§ 306.003. CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Records of a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor that are composed exclusively of memoranda of communications with residents of this state and of personal information concerning the person communicating with the member or lieutenant governor are confidential. However, the member or the lieutenant governor may disclose all or a part of a record to which this subsection applies, and that disclosure does not violate the law of this state.

(b) The method used to store or maintain a record covered by Subsection (a) does not affect the confidentiality of the record.

(c) If a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor discloses to the Department of Family and Protective Services or a governmental unit that is a "covered entity" under Section 181.001(b), Health and Safety Code, all or part of a record to which Subsection (a) applies or communicates to the department or governmental unit a description of the information contained in the record that identifies or would tend to identify the resident of this state who communicated with the member or lieutenant governor, the record or the described information, as applicable, in the possession of the department or governmental unit is subject to and confidential under Subsection (a) and may be disclosed to any other person only to the extent that the member of the legislature or lieutenant governor elects to disclose the record or the described information.

(d) If the department or governmental unit that is a "covered entity" under Section 181.001(b), Health and Safety Code, receives a request for public information under Chapter 552, and information subject to the request is information described by Subsection (c), the department or governmental unit shall promptly notify, in writing or by electronic means, the member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor, as applicable, that the department or governmental entity received the request. The notification must specify the type of information that is requested and include a copy of the request.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 251.063 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 251 / Section 251.063
§ 251.063. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter if the department finds that the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of patients of an end stage renal disease facility.

(b) A district court, on petition of the department and on a finding that a person is violating this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, may by injunction:

(1) prohibit a person from continuing the violation;

(2) restrain or prevent the operation of an end stage renal disease facility without a license issued under this chapter; or

(3) grant other injunctive relief warranted by the facts.

(c) The attorney general may institute and conduct a suit authorized by this section at the request of the department.

(d) Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the county in which the end stage renal disease facility is located or in Travis County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7936.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7936 / Section 7936.002
§ 7936.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.252 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.252
§ 61.252. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the commissioners court of a county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits, by order, may regulate mass gatherings of individuals on any beach in the unincorporated area of the county by requiring a person to obtain a permit and pay a permit fee set by the commissioners court before the person may hold a mass gathering.

(b) A commissioners court that requires a permit under this subchapter must adopt procedures governing the application for and issuance of a permit under this subchapter. The commissioners court may require the holder of the permit to take reasonable specified actions to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2B.0107 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2B / Section 2B.0107
§ 2B.0107. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a law enforcement agency may operate a body worn camera program, the agency must provide training to:

(1) peace officers who will wear the body worn cameras; and

(2) any other personnel who will come into contact with video and audio data obtained from the use of body worn cameras.

(b) The commission, in consultation with the department, the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, the Caruth Police Institute at Dallas, and the Texas Police Chiefs Association, shall develop or approve a curriculum for a training program under this article.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8274.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8274 / Section 8274.155
§ 8274.155. COPY OF AUDIT REPORT.
Status: in_force

A copy of the audit report prepared under Subchapter G, Chapter 49, Water Code, shall be delivered:

(1) to each director; and

(2) to a holder of at least 25 percent of the outstanding bonds of the district, on request.
Tex. Property Code § 94.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.003
§ 94.003. WAIVER OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

A provision in a lease agreement or a manufactured home community rule that purports to waive a right or to exempt a landlord or a tenant from a duty or from liability under this chapter is void.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0352 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0352
§ 548.0352. ESTABLISHMENT OF PEDIATRIC TELE-CONNECTIVITY RESOURCE PROGRAM FOR RURAL TEXAS.
Status: in_force

The commission with any necessary assistance of pediatric tele-specialty providers shall establish a pediatric tele-connectivity resource program for rural Texas to award grants to rural hospitals and rural health clinics to connect the hospitals and clinics with pediatric specialists and pediatric subspecialists who provide telemedicine medical services or with an institution of higher education that is a member of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium established under Chapter 113, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Election Code § 15.083 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 15 / Section 15.083
§ 15.083. DELIVERY OF LIST TO SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may require the registrar to deliver a copy of the suspense list to the secretary in the form prescribed by the secretary.

(b) The registrar shall deliver the list within the period prescribed by the secretary of state.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.5552 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.5552
§ 2306.5552. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall supplement the technical and financial capacity of other appropriate nonprofit organizations to provide for the multifamily and single-family housing needs of individuals and families of low, very low, and extremely low income.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.032 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.032
§ 68.032. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates.
Tex. Government Code § 437.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.054
§ 437.054.
Status: in_force

Sec. 437.054. ADJUTANT GENERAL: GENERAL POWERS. (a) The adjutant general is the decision-making authority on all matters concerning the location and maintenance of military forces and facilities in this state. The adjutant general may set priorities for the construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance of Texas military forces armories, facilities, and improvements owned or leased by this state. The adjutant general in this capacity is a public authority and a body politic and corporate and has all powers necessary for the acquisition and procurement related to construction, construction, rental, control, maintenance, operation, and disposition of Texas military forces facilities and real property and all associated property and equipment.

(b) The adjutant general may execute the cooperative agreements with the National Guard Bureau and an interagency military agreement with a federal, state, or local governmental or quasi-governmental agency.

(c) The adjutant general may delegate the authority granted under this section in whole or in part.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 113.053 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.053
§ 113.053. EFFECT ON CERTAIN CONTAINERS.
Status: in_force

Rules, standards, and codes adopted pursuant to Sections 113.051 through 113.052 of this code do not apply to containers used in accordance with and subject to the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation or to containers that are owned or used by the United States government.
Tex. Transportation Code § 171.254 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 171 / Section 171.254
§ 171.254. FEES CHARGED TO RAILROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may not impose a fee or other charge on a railroad unless the railroad agrees to the fee or other charge.

(b) This section does not prohibit a railroad from voluntarily contributing to the cost of rail facilities or prohibit the district from charging for the use of a rail facility by a railroad or other person.
Tex. Government Code § 417.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 417 / Section 417.005
§ 417.005. ADOPTION OF RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, after consulting with the state fire marshal, may adopt necessary rules to guide the state fire marshal and fire and arson investigators commissioned by the state fire marshal in the investigation of arson, fire, and suspected arson and in the performance of other duties for the commissioner.
Tex. Government Code § 1371.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1371 / Section 1371.002
§ 1371.002. CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve the legislative intent and purposes of this chapter. A power granted by this chapter shall be broadly interpreted to achieve that intent and those purposes.
Tex. Labor Code § 212.103 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 212 / Section 212.103
§ 212.103. NOTICE OF APPEAL TRIBUNAL ACTION.
Status: in_force

The parties to an appeal shall be notified of the appeal tribunal's decision and the reasons for the decision.
Tex. Education Code § 21.3041 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.3041
§ 21.3041. REHEARING BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 20th day after the date the party or the party's representative receives notice of the commissioner's decision under Section 21.304, the party may file a request for rehearing.

(b) A request for rehearing is not required for a party to appeal the commissioner's decision under Section 21.307.

(c) A request for rehearing is denied by operation of law if the commissioner does not issue an order before the 45th day after the date the party or the party's representative receives notice of the commissioner's decision.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 501.021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 501 / Section 501.021
§ 501.021. FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS; DETERMINATION OF FLAMMABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish the methods for determining the flammability of solids, fabrics, children's clothing, household furnishings, and the contents of self-pressurized containers that the executive commissioner finds are generally applicable to those materials or containers.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish flammability standards for articles described by Subsection (a). The standards must conform to standards prescribed by federal regulations adopted under the federal Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1191 et seq.), as amended, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1261 et seq.), as amended, and the federal Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2051 et seq.), as amended. Until the executive commissioner adopts standards, the flammability standards for articles described by Subsection (a) are the standards prescribed by federal regulations adopted under the federal Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1191 et seq.), the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1261 et seq.), and the federal Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2051 et seq.) as of September 1, 2001.

(c) The department may obtain samples of articles described by Subsection (a) and determine the flammability of the articles for compliance with applicable standards established under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7916.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7916 / Section 7916.001
§ 7916.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 7.
Tex. Utilities Code § 59.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 59 / Section 59.001
§ 59.001. POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that an incumbent local exchange company that does not elect to be regulated under Chapter 58 should have incentives to deploy infrastructure that will benefit the residents of this state while maintaining reasonable local rates and universal service.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 110.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.001
§ 110.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Child pornography" means an image of a child engaging in sexual conduct or sexual performance.

(2) "Commercial mobile service provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 64.201, Utilities Code.

(3) "Computer technician" means an individual who in the course and scope of employment or business installs, repairs, or otherwise services a computer for a fee.

(4) "Information service provider" includes an Internet service provider and hosting service provider.

(5) "Sexual conduct" and "sexual performance" have the meanings assigned by Section 43.25, Penal Code.

(6) "Telecommunications provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Utilities Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 33.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 33 / Section 33.032
§ 33.032. PROGRAM SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Within the limits of funds available for this purpose and in cooperation with the individual's physician, the department may provide services directly or through approved providers to individuals of any age who meet the eligibility criteria specified by department rules on the confirmation of a positive test for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, phenylketonuria, other heritable diseases, hypothyroidism, or another disorder for which the screening tests are required.

(b) The executive commissioner may adopt:

(1) rules specifying the type, amount, and duration of program services to be offered;

(2) rules establishing the criteria for eligibility for services, including the medical and financial criteria;

(3) rules establishing the procedures necessary to determine the medical, financial, and other eligibility of the individual;

(4) substantive and procedural rules for applying for program services and processing those applications;

(5) rules for providing services according to a sliding scale of financial eligibility;

(6) substantive and procedural rules for the denial, modification, suspension, and revocation of an individual's approval to receive services; and

(7) substantive and procedural rules for the approval of providers to furnish program services.

(c) The department may select providers according to the criteria in the department's rules.

(d) The executive commissioner by rule may establish fees to be collected by the department for the provision of services, except that services may not be denied to an individual because of the individual's inability to pay the fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3823.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3823 / Section 3823.054
§ 3823.054. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ONE-TIME AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section:

(1) a director appointed under Section 11 may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest for directors.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file a one-time affidavit declaring the interest. An additional affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes. After the affidavit is filed with the board secretary, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity; or

(2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.

(c) A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in the discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that public entity.

(d) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 54.061 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.061
§ 54.061. REDUCED DESIGNATED TUITION RATES FOR COURSES PROVIDED DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a course offered by an institution of higher education:

(1) beginning at 6 p.m. or later during a weekday;

(2) on weekends; or

(3) at other times when the institution's instructional facilities would otherwise be underutilized, as determined by the governing board of the institution.

(b) In accordance with coordinating board rules and for the purposes stated in Section 61.0592, the governing board of an institution of higher education to which Section 61.0592 applies may establish tuition rates under Section 54.0513 for a course described by Subsection (a) that are not more than 25 percent lower than the rates that would otherwise apply to the course under that section.

(c) This section applies only if the legislature specifically appropriates money to institutions to which Section 61.0592 applies for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, to cover the tuition revenue lost to the institutions by the application of this section.
Tex. Family Code § 47.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 47 / Section 47.001
§ 47.001. APPLICABILITY OF DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the definitions in Chapter 101 apply to terms used in this title.

(b) If a term defined in this title has a meaning different from the meaning provided by Chapter 101, the meaning provided by this title prevails.
Tex. Government Code § 81.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.021
§ 81.021. OPEN MEETINGS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Meetings of the board of directors of the state bar are subject to Chapter 551.

(b) The board of directors shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the board.