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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.953 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.953
§ 361.953. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Computers and related display devices are critical elements to the strength and growth of this state's economic prosperity and quality of life. Many of those products can be refurbished and reused, and many contain valuable components that can be recycled.

(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a comprehensive, convenient, and environmentally sound program for the collection, recycling, and reuse of computer equipment that has reached the end of its useful life. The program is based on individual manufacturer responsibility and shared responsibility among consumers, retailers, and the government of this state.
Tex. Education Code § 61.0517 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0517
§ 61.0517. APPLIED STEM COURSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "applied STEM course" means an applied science, technology, engineering, or mathematics course offered as part of a school district's career and technology education or technology applications curriculum and approved, as provided by Section 28.027, by the State Board of Education for purposes of satisfying the mathematics and science curriculum requirements for the foundation high school program under Section 28.025.

(b) The board shall work with institutions of higher education to ensure that credit for an applied STEM course may be applied to relevant degree programs offered by institutions of higher education in this state.

(c) The board shall include applied STEM courses in the board's review of courses considered for approval for offer by a public junior college or public technical institute.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.161 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.161
§ 22.161. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A member entitled to vote at an election of directors is entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the member has a right to vote.

(b) If expressly authorized by the corporation's certificate of formation, the member may cumulate the member's vote by:

(1) giving one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of the directors to be elected multiplied by the member's vote; or

(2) distributing the votes on the same principle among any number of the candidates.

(c) A member who intends to cumulate votes under Subsection (b) shall give written notice of the member's intention to the secretary of the corporation not later than the day preceding the date of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3945.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3945 / Section 3945.0310
§ 3945.0310. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 621.005 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 621 / Section 621.005
§ 621.005. DETERMINATION OF RETAIL VALUE OF PRIZE OR GIFT.
Status: in_force

(a) The retail value of an item offered as a prize or gift is the price at which at least two principal retail outlets in this state have made a substantial number of sales of an identical item to members of the public during the six months preceding the offering of the prize or gift. The item sold by the principal retail outlets must be from the same manufacturer, and be of the same brand, model, and type, as the item offered as a prize or gift.

(b) If a substantial number of sales of a particular item offered as a prize or gift have not been made in this state during the six months preceding the offering of the item described in the solicitation or if the offeror elects, the retail value of the item is the actual cost of the item to the offeror, net of any rebates, plus 200 percent.

(c) If a prize or gift involves lodging, airfare, a trip, or a recreational activity, the retail value is the retail sales price of that lodging, airfare, trip, or recreational activity to a member of the public who is not involved in a promotional or other discount transaction.
Tex. Labor Code § 352.107 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 352 / Section 352.107
§ 352.107. CLIENT ORIENTATION MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and distribute at intake client orientation materials for the vocational rehabilitation program that include information on the commission's decision-making criteria.
Tex. Family Code § 262.351 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.351
§ 262.351. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(1-a) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(1-b) "Relinquishment avoidance program" means the Health and Human Services Commission's program that provides mental health services to a child with a severe emotional disturbance without the child entering the managing conservatorship of the department.

(2) "Severe emotional disturbance" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.001.
Tex. Local Government Code § 386.033 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 386 / Section 386.033
§ 386.033. CREATION OF DEVELOPMENT ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) A development zone is created to promote and encourage:

(1) commercial development, including the development of businesses in the technology field;

(2) workforce development;

(3) excellence in education through cooperation with public schools, junior colleges, and institutions of higher education;

(4) public and private sector partnerships; and

(5) the revitalization of neighborhoods.

(b) The governing body of a municipality or county, individually or in combination with other municipalities, by ordinance or order may create as a development zone an area within its jurisdiction that meets the criteria under Section 386.031.

(c) Each creating body must hold a public hearing before adopting an ordinance or order under this section.

(d) The governing body of a county may not designate territory in the jurisdiction of a municipality as part of a proposed development zone unless the governing body of the municipality also designates the territory.

(e) A development zone created under this section is a:

(1) political subdivision of the state; and

(2) special district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.106
§ 1085.106. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) all accounting and control procedures.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.1865 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.1865
§ 241.1865. WAIVER FROM LEVEL OF CARE DESIGNATION REQUIREMENTS; CONDITIONAL DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop and implement a process through which a hospital may request and enter into an agreement with the department to:

(1) receive or maintain a level of care designation for which the hospital does not meet all requirements conditioned on the hospital, in accordance with a plan approved by the department and outlined under the agreement, satisfying all requirements for the level of care designation within a time specified under the agreement, which may not exceed the first anniversary of the effective date of the agreement; or

(2) waive one specific requirement for a level of care designation in accordance with Subsection (c).

(b) The process developed and implemented under this section must:

(1) subject to Subdivision (2), allow a hospital to submit a written request under Subsection (a) at any time;

(2) require a hospital to:

(A) before submitting the request, provide notice of the hospital's intention to seek a waiver under this section to the hospital's medical staff who practice in a specialty service area affected by the waiver;

(B) provide the notice required by Paragraph (A) in accordance with the hospital's process for communicating information to medical staff; and

(C) document the provision of the notice required by Paragraph (A); and

(3) allow the department to make a determination on the request at any time.

(c) The department may enter into an agreement with a hospital to waive a requirement under Subsection (a)(2) only if the department determines the waiver is justified after considering:

(1) the expected impact on:

(A) the accessibility of care in the geographical area served by the hospital if the waiver is not granted; and

(B) quality of care and patient safety; or

(2) whether health care services related to the requirement can be provided through telemedicine medical services under Section 241.1835.

(d) A waiver agreement entered into under Subsection (a):

(1) must expire not later than at the end of each designation cycle but may be renewed on expiration by the department under the same or different terms; and

(2) may specify any conditions for ongoing reporting and monitoring during the agreement.

(e) A hospital that enters into a waiver agreement under Subsection (a) is required to satisfy all other requirements for a level of care designation that are not waived in the agreement.

(f) The department shall post on the department's Internet website and periodically update:

(1) a list of hospitals that enter into an agreement with the department under this section; and

(2) an aggregated list of the requirements conditionally met or waived in agreements entered into under this section.

(g) A hospital that enters into an agreement with the department under this section shall post on the hospital's Internet website the nature and general terms of the agreement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.119 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.119
§ 534.119. FEE COLLECTION POLICY.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall establish a uniform fee collection policy for all local intellectual and developmental disability authorities that is equitable, provides for collections, and maximizes contributions to local revenue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8183.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8183 / Section 8183.155
§ 8183.155. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) To carry out a power provided by this chapter, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to land and other property and easements, inside or outside the district, including land needed for a reservoir, dam, or flood easement above the probable high-water line around a reservoir.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.

(c) The district is a municipal corporation for the purposes of Chapter 21, Property Code.

(d) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property owned by any other political subdivision.

(e) In exercising the power of eminent domain against a person that has the power of eminent domain or a receiver or trustee for that person, the district may acquire an easement only and not the fee title.

(f) The board shall determine the amount of and the type of interest in land, other property, or easements to be acquired under this section.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.303 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.303
§ 342.303.
Status: in_force

Sec. 342.303. ADDITIONAL INTEREST FOR INSTALLMENT DEFERMENT: REGULAR TRANSACTIONS. (a) On a secondary mortgage loan that includes precomputed interest or uses the scheduled installment earnings method and that is a regular transaction, an authorized lender may charge additional interest for the deferment of an installment if:

(1) the entire amount of the installment is unpaid;

(2) no interest for default has been collected on the installment; and

(3) payment of the installment is deferred for one or more full months and the maturity of the contract is extended for a corresponding period.

(b) The interest for deferment under Subsection (a) may not exceed the amount computed by:

(1) taking the difference between the refund that would be required for prepayment in full as of the date of deferment and the refund that would be required for prepayment in full one month before the date of deferment; and

(2) multiplying the results under Subdivision (1) by the number of months in the deferment period.

(c) The amount of interest applicable to each deferred balance or installment period occurring after a deferment period remains the amount applicable to that balance or period under the original loan contract.

(d) If a loan is prepaid in full during the deferment period, the borrower shall receive, in addition to the refund required under Subchapter H, a pro rata refund of that part of the interest for deferment applicable to the number of full months remaining in the deferment period on the payment date.

(e) For the purposes of this section, a deferment period is the period during which a payment is not required or made because of the deferment and begins on the day after the due date of the scheduled installment that precedes the first installment being deferred.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 134.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 134 / Section 134.003
§ 134.003. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who commits theft is liable for the damages resulting from the theft.

(b) A parent or other person who has the duty of control and reasonable discipline of a child is liable for theft committed by the child.
Tex. Transportation Code § 542.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 542 / Section 542.004
§ 542.004. PERSONS AND EQUIPMENT ENGAGED IN WORK ON HIGHWAY SURFACE.
Status: in_force

This subtitle does not apply to a person, team, motor vehicle, or other equipment engaged in work on a highway unless the provision is specifically made applicable, but does apply to those persons and vehicles while traveling to or from that work.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 91.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 91 / Section 91.006
§ 91.006. CULLS.
Status: in_force

(a) Fruits and vegetables that are too small, ill-shaped, or poor in general quality to meet the standards of this chapter for any other grade are culls.

(b) A person may not ship culls unless the culls are marked "culls" and placed in a separate consignment from other fruits and vegetables.
Tex. Finance Code § 277.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 277 / Section 277.001
§ 277.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Business" means a legal entity, including a corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship, that is formed for the purpose of making a profit.

(2) "Business checking account" means an account at a financial institution from which withdrawals may be made by a business by check or draft. The term includes a money market account, a negotiable order of withdrawal account, or other account at a financial institution in which the account holder has check writing privileges.

(3) "Financial institution" means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan association, state or federal savings bank, or state or federal credit union doing business in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3975.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3975 / Section 3975.0501
§ 3975.0501. 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. Occupations Code § 2301.454 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.454
§ 2301.454. MODIFICATION OR REPLACEMENT OF FRANCHISE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise, a manufacturer, distributor, or representative may not modify or replace a franchise if the modification or replacement would adversely affect to a substantial degree the dealer's sales, investment, or obligations to provide service to the public, unless:

(1) the manufacturer, distributor, or representative provides written notice by registered or certified mail to each affected dealer and the department of the modification or replacement; and

(2) if a protest is filed under this section, the board approves the modification or replacement.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a)(1) must:

(1) be given not later than the 60th day before the date of the modification or replacement; and

(2) contain on its first page a conspicuous statement that reads: "NOTICE TO DEALER: YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO FILE A PROTEST WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND HAVE A HEARING IN WHICH YOU MAY PROTEST THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION OR REPLACEMENT OF YOUR FRANCHISE UNDER THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 2301, OCCUPATIONS CODE, IF YOU OPPOSE THIS ACTION."

(c) A franchised dealer may file a protest with the board of the modification or replacement not later than the latter of:

(1) the 60th day after the date of the receipt of the notice; or

(2) the time specified in the notice.

(d) After a protest is filed, the board shall determine whether the manufacturer, distributor, or representative has established by a preponderance of the evidence that there is good cause for the proposed modification or replacement. The prior franchise continues in effect until the board resolves the protest.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1204.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1204 / Section 1204.055
§ 1204.055. CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEDUCTIBLES AND COPAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The payment of benefits under an assignment does not relieve a covered person of a contractual obligation to pay a deductible or copayment.

(b) A physician or other health care provider may not waive a deductible or copayment by the acceptance of an assignment.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.154 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.154
§ 534.154. APPLICABILITY OF SPECIFIC LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonprofit health maintenance organization created under Section 534.151 is a health care provider that is a nonprofit health maintenance organization created and operated by a community center for purposes of Section 84.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies Code. The nonprofit health maintenance organization is not a governmental unit or a unit of local government, for purposes of Chapters 101 and 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, respectively, or a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.

(b) Nothing in this subchapter precludes one or more community centers from forming a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 162, Occupations Code, to provide services on a risk-sharing or capitated basis as permitted under Chapter 844, Insurance Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 102.0121 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.0121
§ 102.0121. REIMBURSEMENT FEES FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES RELATED TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney may collect a reimbursement fee in an amount not to exceed $500 to be used to reimburse a county for expenses, including expenses of the district attorney's, criminal district attorney's, or county attorney's office, related to a defendant's participation in a pretrial intervention program offered in that county.

(b) The district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney may collect the reimbursement fee from any defendant who participates in a pretrial intervention program administered in any part by the attorney's office.

(c) Reimbursement fees collected under this article shall be deposited in the county treasury in a special fund to be used solely to administer the pretrial intervention program. An expenditure from the fund may be made only in accordance with a budget approved by the commissioners court.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.101 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.101
§ 303.101.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.101. OPEN-END ACCOUNT: CEILINGS. (a) To use the quarterly or annualized ceiling for setting the interest rate on current and future open-end account balances, the agreement must provide for use of the ceiling, and the creditor must give notice of the interest rate after the date on which the quarterly or annualized ceiling is computed but before the last day of the next succeeding calendar quarter.

(b) If the annualized ceiling is used, the rate is effective for the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the rate takes effect for the account.

(c) If the quarterly ceiling is used, the rate is effective for the three-month period beginning on the date on which the rate takes effect for the account. For an open-end account authorized under Section 342.455 or 346.003, in connection with which credit card transactions are authorized or a merchant discount is imposed or received by the creditor, the quarterly ceiling shall be adjusted, at the option of the creditor, on:

(1) the effective dates provided by Section 303.008; or

(2) the first day of the first billing cycle of the account beginning after those dates.

(d) If a quarterly or annualized ceiling is being used for an account and if the rate for the applicable period is less than or equal to the ceiling to be in effect for the succeeding period of equal length, the creditor may leave that rate in effect for the succeeding period.

(e) A creditor who has disclosed to an obligor that an election may be renewed under Subsection (d) is not required to give additional notice of a renewal under that subsection.

(f) To increase a previously agreed rate, a creditor shall comply with Section 303.103 before the end of the last calendar quarter of the period in which the rate previously agreed to is in effect. The ceiling in effect for that period remains the ceiling until the parties to the agreement agree to a new rate.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 93.042 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 93 / Section 93.042
§ 93.042. LICENSES.
Status: in_force

Inspectors and a firm, corporation, or association that has executed a cooperative agreement shall obtain a license from the department.
Tex. Election Code § 87.123 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.123
§ 87.123. DELIVERING OTHER RECORDS AND SUPPLIES.
Status: in_force

Not later than the second day after election day, the early voting clerk shall deliver:

(1) the early voting records and supplies, other than those required to be delivered to the early voting ballot board, to the authority to whom the corresponding precinct election records are delivered after the election; and

(2) the applications for early voting ballots voted by personal appearance to the general custodian of election records, to be retained for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
Tex. Utilities Code § 38.021 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 38 / Section 38.021
§ 38.021. UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE CONCERNING SERVICE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

In providing a service to persons in a classification, an electric utility may not:

(1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to a person in the classification; or

(2) subject a person in the classification to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 31.0515 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0515
§ 31.0515. DUTIES RELATED TO THE ALAMO COMPLEX.
Status: in_force

(a) The land office shall:

(1) employ staff necessary to preserve and maintain the Alamo complex and contract for professional services of qualified consultants;

(2) commission as a peace officer an Alamo complex ranger who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and

(3) prepare an annual budget and work plan, including preservation, future construction, and usual maintenance for the Alamo complex, including buildings on the Alamo property, their contents, and their grounds.

(b) An Alamo complex ranger commissioned as a peace officer under this section has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer while carrying out duties as an Alamo complex ranger under this section.