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Tex. Estates Code § 1051.055 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.055
§ 1051.055. SERVICE ON PARTY'S ATTORNEY OF RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) If a party is represented by an attorney of record in a guardianship proceeding, including a proposed ward who has been personally served with notice of the proceeding and is represented by an attorney ad litem, a citation or notice required to be served on the party shall be served instead on that attorney.

(b) A notice served on an attorney under this section may be served by delivery to the attorney in person or by a qualified delivery method.

(c) A notice or citation may be served on an attorney under this section by:

(1) another party to the proceeding;

(2) the attorney of record for another party to the proceeding;

(3) an appropriate sheriff or constable; or

(4) another person competent to testify.

(d) Each of the following is prima facie evidence of the fact that service has been made under this section:

(1) the written statement of an attorney of record showing service;

(2) the return of the officer showing service; and

(3) the affidavit of a person showing service.

(e) Except as provided by Section 1051.105, an attorney ad litem may not waive personal service of citation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.311 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.311
§ 143.311. APPOINTMENTS TO CLASSIFICATION IMMEDIATELY BELOW DEPARTMENT HEAD.
Status: in_force

Section 143.014(c) does not apply to a municipality to which this subchapter applies.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.261 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.261
§ 151.261. NOTICE TO CITIES.
Status: in_force

If a permit or registration is revoked or suspended under this subchapter, the comptroller shall notify the applicable city of any delinquency under the Local Sales and Use Tax Act.
Tex. Government Code § 803.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 803 / Section 803.302
§ 803.302. COMPUTATION OF CERTAIN BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) If payable to or on behalf of a person who has used combined service credit to qualify for benefits from at least one retirement system to which this chapter applies, each of the following types of benefits must be computed as provided by Subsection (b):

(1) a base retirement annuity that does not vary in amount directly with the amount of a person's service credit;

(2) a fixed lump-sum death benefit payable on the death of a retiree;

(3) any death benefit payable on the death of a retiree who received service retirement benefits; and

(4) a survivor benefit payable to a beneficiary of a deceased retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

(b) The amount of a benefit payable under Subsection (a) by a retirement system to which this chapter applies is a percentage, but not more than 100 percent, of the benefit that would be or would have been payable if the person retired or had retired on the basis of only the service that is credited in that system. The percentage applied is equal to the amount of service credit in that system, divided by the amount of service credit that would be or would have been required for the benefit if the person retired or had retired on the basis of only the service that is credited in that system.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.067 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.067
§ 32.067. DELIVERY OF COMPREHENSIVE CARE SERVICES TO CERTAIN RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "certified agency" and "home health service" have the meanings assigned by Section 142.001, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The commission shall assure that any agency licensed to provide home health services under Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code, and not only a certified agency licensed under that chapter, may provide home health services to individuals enrolled in the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.558 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.558
§ 2306.558. ALTERATION AND TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to this subchapter and the prohibition on the impairment of contracts in the law of this state, the corporation's board of directors by written resolution may alter the structure, organization, programs, or activities of the corporation or terminate and dissolve the corporation.

(b) The corporation's board of directors shall dissolve the corporation if the board by resolution determines that:

(1) the purposes for which the corporation was formed have been substantially fulfilled; and

(2) all bonds and other obligations issued by the corporation and all guaranties and insurance and other contractual obligations have been fully paid or provision for that payment has been made.

(c) On dissolution, the title to funds and properties previously owned by the corporation shall be transferred to the department.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.162 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.162
§ 4102.162. USE OF DIFFERENT NAME PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A license holder may not use a name different from the name under which the license holder is currently licensed in an advertisement, solicitation, or contract for business unless the name is used under a valid assumed name certificate as provided by Chapter 71, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.013 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.013
§ 303.013. DETERMINATION OF CEILING FOR CONTRACT TO RENEW OR EXTEND DEBT PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The rate ceiling for a contract to renew or extend the terms of payment of a debt is the ceiling in effect under this chapter when the contract for renewal or extension is made, regardless of when the debt is incurred.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.029 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.029
§ 225.029. PRESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR.
Status: in_force

(a) In recognition of the connection between the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin and the George Herbert Walker Bush Library in College Station, the parts of U.S. Highway 290 from Interstate Highway 35 to State Highway 21 and State Highway 21 from U.S. Highway 290 to State Highway 6 are the Presidential Corridor. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) The department shall design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Presidential Corridor, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the corridor and at appropriate intermediate sites along the corridor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5001.024 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5001 / Section 5001.024
§ 5001.024. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The secretary of the commission shall give notice of an election by posting or publishing the notice for at least 20 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8134.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8134 / Section 8134.101
§ 8134.101. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; PREREQUISITES.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time before the district issues indebtedness secured by taxes or net revenues, the district, including any annexed territory, may be divided into an original district and one or more new districts. The board shall determine which portion of the divided area constitutes the original district.

(b) A district created by division of the original district under Subsection (a) may further subdivide as determined by the board of that district.

(c) After a division under Subsection (a) or (b), the original district and any new district created must be at least 100 acres.

(d) The board by resolution may declare an intent to divide the district. The resolution must:

(1) set the terms of the division, including a plan for the payment or performance of any outstanding district obligations; and

(2) contain a metes and bounds description for each district, including the modified original district.

(e) Section 42.042, Local Government Code, and Section 54.016, Water Code, do not apply to the creation of a new district by division under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8214.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8214 / Section 8214.102
§ 8214.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located. If the district is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, a road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the district is located.

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 172.306 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 172 / Section 172.306
§ 172.306. EXEMPTION FROM REVIEW OF NOTES BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

District notes authorized to be issued to an agency of the federal or state government, and related records, are not required to be submitted to the attorney general for examination under Chapter 1202, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.109
§ 3831.109. FEES FOR USE OF DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may establish and maintain reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates, fares, charges, rents, or other fees or compensation for the use of the improvements constructed by, operated by, leased to or by, or maintained by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9501.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9501 / Section 9501.003
§ 9501.003. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission has jurisdiction only in county commissioners precinct number three in Matagorda County, as that precinct existed on December 31, 1959.

(b) The commission does not have jurisdiction in the municipality of Bay City.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.303
§ 1030.303. 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 Frio Hospital District."
Tex. Local Government Code § 112.034 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 112 / Section 112.034
§ 112.034. DELIVERY OF TAX ROLLS TO SUCCESSOR.
Status: in_force

(a) On leaving office, the outgoing tax assessor-collector shall deliver the tax rolls in that officer's possession to the successor officer. The successor officer shall give to the outgoing tax assessor-collector a written receipt for the amount of taxes owed on those rolls.

(b) The receipt must specify the amount of each fund and each year separately and must also indicate the amount due on the indigent and delinquent taxpayer lists.

(c) The outgoing tax assessor-collector shall deliver the receipts to the county clerk, who shall enter those allowed by the commissioners court to the credit of the officer who presents them. The clerk shall charge the credited amounts to the successor officer in the proper accounts.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1252.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1252 / Section 1252.102
§ 1252.102. EXTENSION OF BENEFITS PROVISION; EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan must contain, subject to this section and Section 1252.103, a reasonable provision providing for an extension of benefits for a total disability that exists on the date of the plan's discontinuation.

(b) A health benefit plan must contain a reasonable extension of benefits provision for coverage for hospital or medical expenses other than dental expenses. A provision is considered reasonable if it provides to an individual who is covered under the plan and who is totally disabled on the date of the plan's discontinuation an extension of benefits for expenses incurred in treating the condition causing the total disability and the extension is provided for at least the lesser of:

(1) 90 days; or

(2) the duration of the total disability.

(c) An extension of benefits provision required under this section may provide for an exclusion from coverage for an individual whose coverage is being discontinued and replaced with coverage that:

(1) is provided by a succeeding carrier; and

(2) provides a level of benefits that is at least substantially equal to the level of benefits provided under the replaced health benefit plan.

(d) An applicable extension of benefits provision must be described in the policy or contract and the group insurance certificate.

(e) Benefits payable during an extension period may be subject to the regular benefit limits of the health benefit plan.

(f) This section does not apply to a health benefit plan that was delivered or issued for delivery in this state before January 1, 1982, and whose level of benefits has not been modified after December 31, 1981.
Tex. Local Government Code § 240.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 240 / Section 240.042
§ 240.042. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE PLACEMENT OF WATER WELLS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 2.1 million or more by order may regulate the placement of private water wells in the unincorporated area of the county to prevent:

(1) the contamination of a well from an on-site sewage disposal system;

(2) rendering an on-site sewage disposal system that was in place before the well was drilled out of compliance with applicable law because of the placement of the well; and

(3) drilling of a domestic well into a contaminated groundwater plume or aquifer.

(b) A commissioners court that decides to regulate the placement of private water wells under this subchapter by order shall adopt rules governing the placement of a water well in relation to an existing on-site sewage disposal system or drilling into a contaminated groundwater plume or aquifer and enforcement of those rules. The rules must require:

(1) a person desiring to drill a private water well, or the owner of the land on which the well is to be located, to:

(A) notify the county health officer or an official designated by the commissioners court of the intent to drill the well; and

(B) include with the notice a diagram showing the proposed location of the well and its distance from any on-site sewage disposal system that is located within 100 feet of the well; and

(2) the county health officer or an official designated by the commissioners court to:

(A) review the notice and diagram;

(B) not later than the 10th business day after the date the notice is received:

(i) approve the drilling of the well if the well will not be drilled into or through an aquifer or groundwater plume that has been confirmed as contaminated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or the United States Environmental Protection Agency and placement of the well will not violate the rules adopted by the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation under Chapters 1901 and 1902, Occupations Code; or

(ii) disapprove the drilling of the well; and

(C) provide a written acknowledgment to the person desiring to drill the well and to the owner of the land on which the well is to be located that states:

(i) that the requirements of the rules adopted under Subdivision (1) have been satisfied; and

(ii) whether the drilling of the well has been approved or disapproved.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.053
§ 1024.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must:

(1) be signed by at least 50 registered voters of the district as determined by the most recent official list of registered voters;

(2) be filed not later than 5 p.m. on the same day that an application for a place on the ballot must be filed under Section 144.005, Election Code; and

(3) specify the single-member district the candidate wants to represent.
Tex. Water Code § 36.157 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.157
§ 36.157. REPAYMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district, or the county or counties where the district is to be located, may pay all costs and expenses necessarily incurred in the creation and organization of a district, including legal fees and other incidental expenses, and may reimburse any person, including a county, for money advanced for these purposes.

(b) Payments may be made from money obtained from the sale of bonds first issued by the district or out of maintenance taxes or other revenues of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292 / Section 292.003
§ 292.003. COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM; PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A county health care provider participation program authorizes a county to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the county to be deposited in a local provider participation fund established by the county. Money in the fund may be used by the county to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs as provided by this chapter.

(b) The commissioners court may adopt an order authorizing a county to participate in the program, subject to the limitations provided by this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.044 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.044
§ 161.044. REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK MOVEMENT FROM STOCKYARDS OR RAILWAY SHIPPING PENS.
Status: in_force

The commission may regulate the movement of livestock out of stockyards or railway shipping pens and require treatment or certification of those animals as reasonably necessary to protect against communicable diseases.
Tex. Water Code § 8.015 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.015
§ 8.015. TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The two appointed commissioners serve staggered terms of four years, with the term of one appointed commissioner expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) Each appointed commissioner serves until the commissioner's successor is appointed.

(c) A vacancy in an appointed position on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original appointment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.184 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.184
§ 391.184. DISPOSAL OF STATE REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

An interest in real property acquired to implement this chapter that becomes surplus and is determined by the commission as no longer necessary to the state for the purpose for which it was acquired or for a highway purpose shall be disposed of in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 202.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1101.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.004
§ 1101.004. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

The privilege established by this chapter applies to environmental or health and safety audits that are conducted on or after May 23, 1995.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.0525 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.0525
§ 392.0525. LETTER OF CREDIT ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE BONDS.
Status: in_force

In the award of a contract for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any public building or for the completion of any public work, an authority must comply with applicable state laws regarding the execution of a contractor's performance bond and payment bond. However, if authorized by a federal program or federal regulation, an authority may accept, in lieu of a performance bond and payment bond, an unconditional and irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of the contract price and payable to the authority.
Tex. Property Code § 81.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.002
§ 81.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Apartment" means an enclosed space, regardless of whether it is designed for residential or other use, that consists of one or more rooms in a building and that has a direct exit to a thoroughfare or to a common space that leads to a thoroughfare.

(2) "Building" includes each principal structure on or to be erected on real property dedicated in a declaration to a condominium regime.

(3) "Condominium" means a form of real property ownership that combines separate ownership of individual apartments or units with common ownership of other elements.

(4) "Council of owners" means all the apartment owners in a condominium project.

(5) "Declaration" means the instrument that establishes property under a condominium regime.

(6) "General common elements" means the property that is part of a condominium regime other than property that is part of or belongs to an apartment in the regime, including:

(A) land on which the building is erected;

(B) foundations, bearing walls and columns, roofs, halls, lobbies, stairways, and entrance, exit, and communication ways;

(C) basements, flat roofs, yards, and gardens, except as otherwise provided;

(D) premises for the lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the building, except as otherwise provided;

(E) compartments or installation of central services such as power, light, gas, water, refrigeration, central heat and air, reservoirs, water tanks and pumps, and swimming pools; and

(F) elevators and elevator shafts, garbage incinerators, and all other devices and installations generally existing for common use.

(7) "Limited common elements" means a portion of the common elements allocated by unanimous agreement of a council of owners for the use of one or more but less than all of the apartments, such as special corridors, stairways and elevators, sanitary services common to the apartments of a particular floor, and similar areas or facilities.

(8) "Master deed" means a deed that establishes property under a condominium regime.

(9) "Master lease" means a lease that establishes property under a condominium regime.

(10) "Project" means a plan to offer for sale or to sell real property consisting of four or more apartments, rooms, office spaces, or other units in an existing or proposed building as a condominium.

(11) "Property" means real property, whether leased or owned, the improvements on the property, and the incorporeal rights that are appurtenant to the property.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1550.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1550 / Section 1550.054
§ 1550.054. EXCEPTION FOR WRITTEN WAIVER.
Status: in_force

By executing a written waiver in favor of the insurer, a municipality as defined by Section 1.005, Local Government Code, may waive a requirement of Section 1550.052 or 1550.053(2).
Tex. Local Government Code § 394.0045 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.0045
§ 394.0045. APPLICABILITY OF OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN RECORDS LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter.

(b) Chapter 552, Government Code, applies to all records of a housing finance corporation.