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Tex. Property Code § 123.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 123 / Section 123.001
§ 123.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Charitable entity" means a corporation, trust, community chest, fund, foundation, or other entity organized for scientific, educational, philanthropic, or environmental purposes, social welfare, the arts and humanities, or another civic or public purpose described by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)).

(2) "Charitable trust" means a charitable entity, a trust the stated purpose of which is to benefit a charitable entity, or an inter vivos or testamentary gift to a charitable entity.

(3) "Proceeding involving a charitable trust" means a suit or other judicial proceeding the object of which is to:

(A) terminate a charitable trust or distribute its assets to other than charitable donees;

(B) depart from the objects of the charitable trust stated in the instrument creating the trust, including a proceeding in which the doctrine of cy-pres is invoked;

(C) construe, nullify, or impair the provisions of a testamentary or other instrument creating or affecting a charitable trust;

(D) contest or set aside the probate of an alleged will under which money, property, or another thing of value is given for charitable purposes;

(E) allow a charitable trust to contest or set aside the probate of an alleged will;

(F) determine matters relating to the probate and administration of an estate involving a charitable trust; or

(G) obtain a declaratory judgment involving a charitable trust.

(4) "Fiduciary or managerial agent" means an individual, corporation, or other entity acting either as a trustee, a member of the board of directors, an officer, an executor, or an administrator for a charitable trust.
Tex. Education Code § 29.306 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.306
§ 29.306. FAMILIAL AND ADVOCATE INVOLVEMENT.
Status: in_force

A student who is deaf or hard of hearing must have an education in which the student's parents or legal guardians and advocates for the student's parents or legal guardians are involved in determining the extent, content, and purpose of programs. Other individuals, including individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, may be involved at the discretion of parents or legal guardians or the school district.
Tex. Government Code § 411.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.015
§ 411.015. ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the designation by this chapter of certain divisions and division chiefs is not mandatory and this chapter does not prevent the commission from reorganization or consolidation within the department in the interest of more efficient and economical management and direction of the department. The director, with the commission's approval, may organize and maintain within the department divisions of service considered necessary for the efficient conduct of the department's work.

(b) The division relating to the Texas Rangers may not be abolished.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3792.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3792 / Section 3792.0501
§ 3792.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8324.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8324 / Section 8324.108
§ 8324.108. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION BY CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
Status: in_force

(a) The City of Weatherford may annex part of the territory of the district into its corporate limits without annexing all of the territory of the district under an agreement entered into before the effective date of the Act creating this chapter between the City of Weatherford and the landowners of the land being annexed. The district continues in existence following annexation of part of the territory of the district as described by this subsection.

(b) The district shall be dissolved and its debts and obligations assumed by the City of Weatherford in accordance with Chapter 43, Local Government Code, including Sections 43.075 and 43.0715, on annexation of all of the territory of the district by the City of Weatherford, provided that:

(1) water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements, and roads have been constructed to serve at least 95 percent of the territory of the district; or

(2) the board adopts a resolution consenting to the dissolution of the district.

(c) If all of the territory of the district is annexed by the City of Weatherford but the conditions under Subsection (b) have not been met, the City of Weatherford may dissolve the district by resolution only on or after the 20th anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, a contract ("Allocation Agreement") between the City of Weatherford and the district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the district and the city following the date of inclusion of all the district's territory in the corporate limits of the city, may provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the city and the district from taxable property in the district may exceed the city's ad valorem tax on the property.
Tex. Government Code § 26.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.004
§ 26.004. MINUTES OF COURT.
Status: repealed

(a) Each morning, the minutes of the proceedings of the preceding day shall be read in open court. On the last day of the session, the minutes shall be read, corrected if necessary, and signed in open court by the county judge.

(b) A visiting judge shall sign the minutes of the proceedings before the visiting judge.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 602, Sec. 19(1), eff. June 19, 2009.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.204 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.204
§ 202.204. EXPERT WITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "expert witness" means a podiatrist or other qualified individual with whom the department contracts to assist the department with reviewing, investigating, or prosecuting complaints filed under this chapter.

(b) The department may contract with an expert witness, including an advisory board member under Section 202.051(a)(1), to assist the department with reviewing, investigating, or prosecuting a complaint filed under this chapter.

(c) Except for an act by an expert witness involving fraud, conspiracy, or malice, an expert witness is immune from liability and may not be subject to a suit for damages for any act arising from the performance of the expert witness's duties in:

(1) participating in an informal conference to determine the facts of a complaint;

(2) evaluating evidence in a complaint and offering an opinion or technical guidance on an alleged violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;

(3) testifying at a hearing regarding a complaint; or

(4) making an evaluation, report, or recommendation regarding a complaint.
Tex. Education Code § 61.606 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.606
§ 61.606. REPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall deliver any repayment under this subchapter in a lump sum payable:

(1) to both the lender or other holder of the loan and the mental health professional; or

(2) directly to the lender or other holder of the loan on the mental health professional's behalf.

(b) A repayment under this subchapter may be applied to any amount due in connection with the loan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3986.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3986 / Section 3986.0310
§ 3986.0310. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if:

(1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt;

(2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes; and

(3) not more than four new districts are created by the division.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint initial directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(f) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(g) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(h) A new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by Section 3986.0501 to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8053.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8053 / Section 8053.0104
§ 8053.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8053.0103 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. Insurance Code § 1451.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.302
§ 1451.302. DIETITIAN SERVICES.
Status: in_force

An individual or group accident and health insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state may not:

(1) exclude or deny coverage for services performed by:

(A) a dietitian; or

(B) a provisionally licensed dietitian acting under the supervision of a dietitian; or

(2) refuse payment or reimbursement for charges for services described by Subdivision (1) if the services:

(A) are in the scope of the dietitian's license;

(B) are related to an injury or illness the policy covers if the services are scheduled in the policy; and

(C) are provided under a professional recommendation of a physician whose treatment or examination for the injury or illness would be covered by the policy and would be payable or reimbursable under the policy.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.200 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.200
§ 225.200. TROOPER DANIEL HIGDON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 20 in Smith County between mile marker 571 and mile marker 575 is designated as the Trooper Daniel Higdon Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Daniel Higdon Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.222 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.222
§ 375.222. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district shall attempt to stimulate the growth of disadvantaged businesses inside its boundaries by encouraging the full participation of disadvantaged businesses in all phases of its procurement activities and affording those disadvantaged businesses a full and fair opportunity to compete for district contracts.

(b) A district shall establish one or more programs designed to increase participation by disadvantaged businesses in public contract awards. Each program shall be structured to further remedial goals and shall be established to eradicate the effects of any prior discrimination.

(c) The board shall review each of its disadvantaged business programs on an annual basis to determine if each program is the most effective method for remedying historical discriminatory actions. The board's review shall determine whether statistically significant disparities exist between the disadvantaged businesses in the relevant market that are qualified to undertake district work and the percentage of total district funds that are awarded to disadvantaged businesses.

(d) A program established by a district under this section must attempt to remedy any statistically significant disparities that are found to exist, and, because a program is remedial in nature, it continues only until its purposes and objectives are met as determined by the regular periodic review.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8265.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8265 / Section 8265.151
§ 8265.151. TAX TO REPAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on bonds or other obligations issued under Section 8264.201.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 22.14 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.14
§ 22.14. JUDGMENT FINAL.
Status: in_force

When, upon a trial of the issues presented, no sufficient cause is shown for the failure of the principal to appear, the judgment shall be made final against him and his sureties, if any, for the amount in which they are respectively bound; and the same shall be collected by execution as in civil actions. Separate executions shall issue against each party for the amount adjudged against him. The costs shall be equally divided between the sureties, if there be more than one.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.110
§ 1103.110. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay for all or part of the patient's care and treatment in the hospital, the amount that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient's support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to their financial ability and may not exceed the actual per capita cost of maintenance.

(d) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from those relatives legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue any appropriate order.

(f) A party to the dispute who is not satisfied with the order may appeal to the district court. The appeal shall be by trial de novo as that term is used in an appeal from a justice court to the county court.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.402 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.402
§ 1001.402. TERMINATION POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) As a condition for obtaining a driver training provider license, the provider must maintain a policy for the refund of the unused portion of tuition, fees, and other charges if a student, after expiration of the cancellation period described by Section 1001.401, does not enter the course or withdraws or is discontinued from the course at any time before completion.

(b) The policy must provide that:

(1) refunds are based on the period of enrollment computed on the basis of course time expressed in clock hours;

(2) the effective date of the termination for refund purposes is the earliest of:

(A) the last day of attendance, if the student's enrollment is terminated by the provider;

(B) the date the provider receives written notice from the student; or

(C) the 10th school day after the last day of attendance;

(3) if tuition is collected in advance of entrance and if a student does not enter the course, terminates enrollment, or withdraws, the provider:

(A) may retain not more than $50 as an administrative expense; and

(B) shall refund that portion of the student's remaining classroom tuition and fees and behind-the-wheel tuition and fees that corresponds to services the student does not receive;

(4) the provider shall refund items of extra expense to the student, including instructional supplies, books, laboratory fees, service charges, rentals, deposits, and all other charges not later than the 30th day after the effective date of enrollment termination if:

(A) the extra expenses are separately stated and shown in the information provided to the student before enrollment; and

(B) the student returns to the provider any provider property in the student's possession; and

(5) refunds shall be completed not later than the 30th day after the effective date of enrollment termination.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0605 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0605
§ 8513.0605. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority's tax rate shall be uniform throughout the territory of the authority. The chair and secretary of the board shall certify the tax rate to the assessor-collector of each included county.

(b) The fee of each county tax assessor-collector for assessing and collecting the authority's taxes may not exceed two percent of the taxes collected, to be paid over and disbursed in each county in the same manner as other fees of office.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.501 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.501
§ 451.501. BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a board is composed of:

(1) five members; plus

(2) the number of additional members determined under Subsection (c), (d), or (e).

(b) The board of an authority created by an alternate municipality is composed of five members.

(c) If less than 50 percent of the population of the principal county, excluding the population of the principal municipality, reside in the authority, the board has two additional members.

(d) If 50 percent or more but less than 75 percent of the population of the principal county, excluding the population of the principal municipality, reside in the authority, the board has four additional members.

(e) If 75 percent or more of the population of the principal county, excluding the population of the principal municipality, reside in the authority, the board has six additional members.

(f) In this section and Section 451.502, "principal county" means the county in which not less than 51 percent of the territory of the principal municipality is located.

(g) This section does not apply to the board of an authority described by Section 451.5021(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7879A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7879A / Section 7879A.0101
§ 7879A.0101. 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 Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 56.
Tex. Transportation Code § 5.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 5 / Section 5.007
§ 5.007. PRIORITY OF SHIPMENT OF STORED GOODS.
Status: in_force

(a) A common carrier that receives goods for transportation in its warehouse or depot shall transport the goods in the order received.

(b) A common carrier that violates Subsection (a) is liable for any:

(1) loss occurring while the goods are in the warehouse or depot; and

(2) damage resulting from the delay in transporting the goods.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.306 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.306
§ 884.306. LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

A life insurance policy issued by a stipulated premium company constitutes the entire contract, except that if a copy of the application for the policy is attached to the policy, the policy and application constitute the entire contract.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 438 / Section 438.033
§ 438.033. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On the request of an employer, the department or the department's representative, or the local health authority or the local health authority's representative, a person employed or seeking employment in an activity regulated under Section 438.032:

(1) shall be examined by a licensed physician; and

(2) must receive a certificate signed by the physician stating that the examination has been performed and that to the best of the physician's knowledge the person examined did not have on the date of the examination a transmissible condition of a communicable disease or a local infection commonly transmitted through the handling of food.

(b) The examination must be actual and thorough and conducted with practical scientific procedures to determine the existence of a communicable disease that may be transmitted through the handling of food.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7995A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7995A / Section 7995A.0106
§ 7995A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.