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Tex. Occupations Code § 163.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 163 / Section 163.004
§ 163.004. BOARD RULES REGARDING COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules reasonably necessary to implement this chapter relating to:

(1) per diem and expenses of committee members;

(2) matters to be heard or considered by a committee;

(3) the conduct of committee hearings;

(4) the authority the board may delegate to a committee; and

(5) other matters regarding the actions, duties, and responsibilities of a committee.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.126 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.126
§ 60.126. ASSESSMENT ROLL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prepare and maintain an assessment roll showing the assessment against each parcel of real property and against all applicable agricultural products and the board's basis for the assessment.

(b) The board shall allow the public to inspect the assessment roll.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.203 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.203
§ 601.203. HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) On application to the advisory board by a hospital, a federally qualified health center as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d, or a practitioner, the advisory board shall exempt the applicant from the requirements of Section 601.201 in employing a person certified under this chapter or trained as required by Section 601.201 if the applicant shows a hardship in employing a person certified under this chapter or trained as required by Section 601.201.

(b) The following conditions are considered to be a hardship for the purposes of Subsection (a):

(1) that the applicant:

(A) reports an inability to attract and retain medical radiologic technologists; and

(B) is located in a county with a population of less than 50,000;

(2) that the applicant is located at a great distance from a school of medical radiologic technology;

(3) that there is a list of qualified persons who have applied to a school of medical radiologic technology whose admissions are pending because of a lack of faculty or space;

(4) that the school of medical radiologic technology produces an insufficient number of graduates in medical radiologic technology to meet the needs of the applicant; or

(5) any other criteria determined by advisory board rule.
Tex. Utilities Code § 103.054 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 103 / Section 103.054
§ 103.054. FILING OF APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An appeal under this subchapter is initiated by filing a petition for review with the railroad commission and serving a copy of the petition on each party to the original rate proceeding.

(b) The appeal must be initiated not later than the 30th day after the date of the final decision by the governing body of the municipality.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.202 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.202
§ 289.202. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the county tax assessor-collector shall collect a tax imposed under this subchapter unless the commission employs a tax assessor and collector for the district. The county tax assessor-collector shall charge and deduct from taxes collected for the district a fee for collecting the tax in an amount determined by the commission, not to exceed the county tax assessor-collector's usual and customary charges for the collection of similar taxes.

(b) If determined by the commission to be appropriate, the commission may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes in the manner provided by Title 1, Tax Code, for the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes.

(c) Revenue from a fee charged by a county tax assessor-collector for collecting the tax shall be deposited in the county general fund and, if appropriate, shall be reported as fees of the county tax assessor-collector.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.0265 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.0265
§ 241.0265. STANDARDS FOR CARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The care and treatment of a patient receiving mental health services in a facility licensed by the department under this chapter or Chapter 577 are governed by the applicable department standards adopted under this chapter or Chapter 577.

(b) The care and treatment of a patient receiving chemical dependency treatment in a facility licensed by the department under this chapter are governed by the same standards that govern the care and treatment of a patient receiving treatment in a treatment facility licensed under Chapter 464, to the same extent as if the standards were rules adopted under this chapter.

(c) The department shall enforce the standards provided by Subsections (a) and (b). A violation of a standard is subject to the same consequence as a violation of a rule adopted under this chapter or Chapter 577. The department is not required to enforce a standard if the enforcement violates a federal law, rule, or regulation.
Tex. Finance Code § 152.304 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 152 / Section 152.304
§ 152.304. DISCLOSURES FOR PAYROLL PROCESSING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A money transmission licensee that provides payroll processing services shall:

(1) issue reports to clients detailing client payroll obligations in advance of the payroll funds being deducted from an account; and

(2) make available worker pay stubs or an equivalent statement to workers.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a money transmission licensee providing payroll processing services where the licensee's client designates the intended recipients to the licensee and is responsible for providing the disclosures required by Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8388.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8388 / Section 8388.102
§ 8388.102. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DISTRICT FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall operate and maintain any levee, retainage pond, pump, mitigation channel, or other facility, improvement, or property that serves property in the district unless the Harris County Flood Control District undertakes to operate or maintain the facility, improvement, or property.

(b) If, at the time the district is annexed by a municipality, the annexing municipality determines not to undertake to operate or maintain a levee, retainage pond, pump, mitigation channel, or other facility, improvement, or property that serves property in the district, the municipality may specify in the annexation ordinance that the district shall continue to exist exclusively to:

(1) operate and maintain the levee, retainage pond, pump, mitigation channel, or other facility, improvement, or property; and

(2) impose a maintenance tax in the boundaries of the district, to the extent that a maintenance tax has previously been authorized.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 606.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 606 / Section 606.001
§ 606.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Active duty military service" means:

(A) service as a member of the armed forces of the United States;

(B) with respect to a member of the Texas National Guard or the National Guard of another state or a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, active duty under an order of the president of the United States; or

(C) state active duty as a member of the Texas military forces.

(2) "Cable service," "cable service provider," "video service," and "video service provider" have the meanings assigned by Section 66.002, Utilities Code.

(3) "Health spa" has the meaning assigned by Section 702.003, Occupations Code.

(4) "Health spa services" has the meaning assigned to the term "services" by Section 702.003, Occupations Code.

(5) "Health spa services provider" means a person providing health spa services.

(6) "Internet service provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 324.055.

(7) "Military service member" means:

(A) a member of the armed forces of the United States;

(B) a member of the Texas National Guard or the National Guard of another state serving on active duty under an order of the president of the United States;

(C) a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who is on active duty under an order of the president of the United States; or

(D) a member of the Texas military forces serving on state active duty.

(8) "Service provider" means a cable service provider, a health spa services provider, an Internet service provider, a telecommunications provider, or a video service provider.

(9) "State active duty" and "Texas military forces" have the meanings assigned by Section 437.001, Government Code.

(10) "Telecommunications provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Utilities Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.003
§ 3852.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Travis County, the City of Pflugerville, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Travis County or the City of Pflugerville from providing the level of services provided as of September 1, 2005, to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 284.042 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 284 / Section 284.042
§ 284.042. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS; LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter:

(1) may be used only to pay the costs of the project described by Section 284.043; and

(2) shall be disbursed under the restrictions the bond instrument provides.

(b) Project operating and maintenance costs to be paid from proceeds of bonds payable in whole or in part from project revenue may include only items expressly defined in the proceedings authorizing the bonds.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), bond proceeds that remain after the project costs are paid in full shall be used to pay interest on and retire the bonds, unless otherwise provided in the bond instrument.

(d) Unless otherwise provided in the bond instrument, if the bond proceeds are not sufficient to pay all the project costs, additional bonds may be issued up to the amount necessary to pay the remaining costs. The additional bonds are considered to be of the same issue as the original bonds and are entitled to payment from the same fund, without preference for the bonds first issued.

(e) The bondholder or a bond trustee has a lien on the bond proceeds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1118.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.115
§ 1118.115. CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "charitable organization" means an organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by being listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the code.

(b) The board may facilitate the achievement of district purposes by creating a charitable organization to:

(1) provide or arrange for hospital and health care services;

(2) develop resources for hospital and health care services; and

(3) provide ancillary support services for the district.

(c) A charitable organization created under this section is a unit of local government for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.055 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.055
§ 246.055. ADVERTISEMENT IN CONFLICT WITH DISCLOSURES.
Status: in_force

(a) A provider may not engage in any type of advertisement for a continuing care contract or facility if the advertisement contains a statement or representation in conflict with the disclosures required under this subchapter.

(b) A person may not use the title "continuing care facility" or "continuing care retirement community" in advertising materials unless the person holds a certificate of authority issued under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.303
§ 1072.303. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the North Runnels County Hospital District."
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.754 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.754
§ 1101.754. PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS BY BROKER, SALES AGENT, OR CERTIFICATE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who receives a commission or other consideration as a result of acting as a broker or sales agent without holding a license or certificate of registration under this chapter is liable to an aggrieved person for a penalty of not less than the amount of money received or more than three times the amount of money received.

(b) The aggrieved person may file suit to recover a penalty under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.115 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.115
§ 49A.115. LIMITED AUTOPSY.
Status: in_force

If the medical examiner considers a complete autopsy to be unnecessary to determine a person's cause of death, the medical examiner may perform a limited autopsy by taking blood samples or other samples of body fluids, tissues, or organs, to determine the cause of death or whether a crime has been committed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.202
§ 4001.202. APPOINTMENT BY MULTIPLE INSURERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specifically prohibited by this code, an agent may represent and act as an agent for more than one insurer.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the effective date of the appointment, the agent and the insurer involved shall notify the department, on a form prescribed by the department, of any additional appointment authorizing the agent to act as agent for one or more additional insurers. The notice must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in an amount set by the department for each additional appointment for which the insurer applies.
Tex. Finance Code § 281.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 281 / Section 281.004
§ 281.004. TEMPORARY HOLD ON TRANSACTIONS IN CERTAIN CASES OF SUSPECTED FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE ADULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a financial institution:

(1) may place a hold on any transaction that involves an account of a vulnerable adult if the financial institution:

(A) submits a report of suspected financial exploitation of the vulnerable adult to the department under Section 281.002(b); and

(B) has cause to believe the transaction is related to the suspected financial exploitation alleged in the report; and

(2) must place a hold on any transaction involving an account of a vulnerable adult if the hold is requested by the department or a law enforcement agency.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a hold placed on any transaction under Subsection (a) expires on the 10th business day after the date the hold is placed.

(c) The financial institution may extend a hold placed on any transaction under Subsection (a) for a period not to exceed 30 business days after the expiration of the period prescribed by Subsection (b) if requested by a state or federal agency or a law enforcement agency investigating the suspected financial exploitation. The financial institution may also petition a court to extend a hold placed on any transaction under Subsection (a) beyond the period prescribed by Subsection (b). A court may enter an order extending or shortening a hold or providing other relief.

(d) Each financial institution shall adopt internal policies, programs, plans, or procedures for placing a hold on a transaction involving an account of a vulnerable adult under this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.346 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.346
§ 843.346. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by this subchapter, a health maintenance organization shall pay a physician or provider for health care services and benefits provided to an enrollee not later than:

(1) the 45th day after the date on which a claim for payment is received with the documentation reasonably necessary to process the claim; or

(2) if applicable, within the number of calendar days specified by written agreement between the physician or provider and the health maintenance organization.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 321.052 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 321 / Section 321.052
§ 321.052. REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not intentionally take an action to transmit an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message unless:

(1) "ADV:" appears first in the subject line of the message or, if the message contains obscene material or material depicting sexual conduct, "ADV: ADULT ADVERTISEMENT" appears first in the subject line; and

(2) the sender or a person acting on behalf of the sender provides a functioning return electronic mail address to which a recipient of the message may, at no cost to the recipient, send a reply requesting the removal of the recipient's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail list.

(b) A sender shall remove a person's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail list not later than the third day after the date the sender receives a request for removal of that address under Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 49.003 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 49 / Section 49.003
§ 49.003. RECIPROCITY.
Status: in_force

A person in possession of a raptor under a license issued by another state who intends to establish residency in this state must apply to the department for a falconry permit not later than the 10th day after the date the person first moves a raptor into this state. A signed and notarized affidavit stating the person's intent to establish residency in this state must accompany the application.
Tex. Utilities Code § 103.056 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 103 / Section 103.056
§ 103.056. APPLICABILITY OF RATES.
Status: in_force

Temporary or permanent rates set by the railroad commission are prospective and observed from the date of the applicable railroad commission order, except an interim rate order necessary to provide a gas utility the opportunity to avoid confiscation during the period beginning on the date a petition for review is filed with the railroad commission and ending on the date of a final order establishing rates.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.065 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.065
§ 36.065. PENSION AND OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The regulatory authority shall include in the rates of an electric utility expenses for pension and other postemployment benefits, as determined by actuarial or other similar studies in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, in an amount the regulatory authority finds reasonable. Expenses for pension and other postemployment benefits include, in an amount found reasonable by the regulatory authority, the benefits attributable to the service of employees who were employed by the predecessor integrated electric utility of an electric utility before the utility's unbundling under Chapter 39 irrespective of the business activity performed by the employee or the affiliate to which the employee was transferred on or after the unbundling.

(b) An electric utility may establish one or more reserve accounts for expenses for pension and other postemployment benefits. An electric utility shall periodically record in the reserve account any difference between:

(1) the annual amount of pension and other postemployment benefits approved as an expense in the electric utility's last general rate proceeding or, if that amount cannot be determined from the regulatory authority's order, the amount recorded for pension and other postemployment benefits under generally accepted accounting principles during the first year that rates from the electric utility's last general rate proceeding are in effect; and

(2) the annual amount of pension and other postemployment benefits as determined by actuarial or other similar studies that are chargeable to the electric utility's expense.

(c) A surplus in the reserve account exists if the amount of pension and other postemployment benefits under Subsection (b)(1) is greater than the amount determined under Subsection (b)(2). A shortage in the reserve account exists if the amount of pension and other postemployment benefits under Subsection (b)(1) is less than the amount determined under Subsection (b)(2).

(d) If a reserve account for pension and other postemployment benefits is established, the regulatory authority at a subsequent general rate proceeding shall:

(1) review the amounts recorded to the reserve account to determine whether the amounts are reasonable expenses;

(2) determine whether the reserve account has a surplus or shortage under Subsection (c); and

(3) subtract any surplus from or add any shortage to the electric utility's rate base with the surplus or shortage amortized over a reasonable time.
Tex. Water Code § 7.110 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.110
§ 7.110. COMMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the commission approves an agreed final judgment, consent order, voluntary settlement agreement, or other voluntary settlement agreement, or other voluntary agreement that would finally settle a civil enforcement action initiated under this chapter to which the State of Texas is a party or before the court signs a judgment or other agreement settling a judicial enforcement action other than an enforcement action under Section 113 or 120 or Title II of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.), the attorney general shall permit the public to comment in writing on the proposed order, judgment, or other agreement.

(b) Notice of the opportunity to comment shall be published in the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date on which the public comment period closes.

(c) The attorney general shall promptly consider any written comments and may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed order, judgment, or other agreement if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter, the statutes within the commission's jurisdiction, or a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute. Further notice of changes to the proposed order, judgment, or other agreement is not required to be published if those changes arise from comments submitted in response to a previous notice.

(d) The attorney general may not oppose intervention by a person who has standing to intervene as provided by Rule 60, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(e) This section does not apply to:

(1) criminal enforcement proceedings; or

(2) proposed temporary restraining orders, temporary injunctions, emergency orders, or other emergency relief that is not a final judgment or final order of the court or commission.

(f) Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to public comment under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 24.401 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.401
§ 24.401.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.401. 223RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRAY COUNTY). The 223rd Judicial District is composed of Gray County.