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Tex. Water Code § 51.761 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.761
§ 51.761. HEARING, NOTICE, AND ORDER OF EXCLUSION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the board's motion or on receipt of a petition to exclude land, the board shall give notice and hold a hearing on the proposed exclusion.

(b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must appear at least 14 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) The notice must advise interested property owners in the district:

(1) of the right to offer evidence in support of or to contest the proposed exclusion;

(2) of the right to present a petition for exclusion under Sections 51.759 through 51.766;

(3) of the date, time, and place of the hearing; and

(4) by a general description of the property proposed for exclusion.

(d) The board may adjourn the hearing from one day to another until the board hears every person who desires to be heard.

(e) The board shall specifically describe all property that it proposes to exclude on its own motion.

(f) In a hearing on exclusion of property on the board's own motion, the board shall hear protests and evidence against the exclusion before the board hears any other evidence or matter.

(g) The board shall issue an order excluding the property if after considering evidence presented at the hearing the board finds that:

(1) the described property is eligible for exclusion under Section 51.759;

(2) if applicable, the written consent required by Section 51.762 has been filed;

(3) the owners of the property to be excluded do not object to the exclusion; and

(4) to exclude the property from the district is in the best interest of the district and of the property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8298.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8298 / Section 8298.155
§ 8298.155. DIRECTOR AS SHAREHOLDER IN DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

A director may be a shareholder in a depository of district funds.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.111 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.111
§ 345.111. STATEMENT OF CASH PRICE.
Status: in_force

The cash price in a retail installment transaction under a retail charge agreement shall be stated in a sales slip or other memorandum furnished by a retail seller to a retail buyer under or in connection with the agreement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.204
§ 425.204. APPROVAL OF INVESTMENTS AND LOANS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may not make an investment unless the investment has been authorized by the insurer's board of directors or by a committee responsible for supervising investments.

(b) An insurer may not make a loan other than a policy loan unless the loan has been authorized by the insurer's board of directors or by a committee responsible for supervising loans.
Tex. Education Code § 132.2415 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.2415
§ 132.2415. TUITION TRUST ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Workforce Commission depository bonds guaranty trust account is renamed the career school or college tuition trust account. The career school or college tuition trust account is the account designated to receive all amounts related to the protection of career school or college tuition. The balance of the trust account may not exceed $1 million.

(b) The commission may collect annually a fee from each career school or college to be deposited to the credit of the career school or college tuition trust account. The total amount of the fees collected in a year shall be set by the commission in the amount estimated as necessary to pay the liabilities of the trust account during that year, not to exceed 0.2 percent of the gross amount of tuition and fees charged by career schools and colleges in that year, excluding amounts refunded under Section 132.061 or 132.0611.

(c) If, at the end of a fiscal year, the commission determines that the commission has collected fees under this chapter in excess of the amount necessary to defray the expense of administering this chapter, the commission may transfer any portion of the excess amount to the career school or college tuition trust account.

(d) From money in the career school or college tuition trust account, the commission shall attempt to provide a full refund to each student of a closed career school or college of the amount owed to the student as determined under Section 132.061. The commission may provide a partial refund to a student only if the commission determines that the amount in the trust account is insufficient to provide a full refund to the student. The commission shall consider the following factors in determining the amount of a partial refund to be paid to a student:

(1) the amount of money in the trust account;

(2) the cost and number of claims against the trust account resulting from closure of the school or college;

(3) the average cost of a claim paid from the trust account in the past; and

(4) the availability of other schools or colleges, regardless of whether the school or college is a career school or college, at which the student may complete the student's training.

(e) Expired.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9653 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9653
§ 61.9653. LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

A dental hygienist may receive repayment assistance grants for each of not more than five years.
Tex. Education Code § 75.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 75 / Section 75.104
§ 75.104. CORRELATION OF PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

In order to correlate the programs offered by the institute and the institute established by the University of Houston under Subchapter D, Chapter 111, of this code, there shall be maintained regular liaison between the institutes concerning programs undertaken, a joint committee for future planning, and a union catalogue of research resources. This correlation shall be achieved by utilizing regular administrative channels, including the staff of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.
Tex. Transportation Code § 257.124 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 257 / Section 257.124
§ 257.124. BOND WARRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The treasurer or depository of a road district established under this subchapter shall pay out the proceeds from the sale of the district's bonds on warrants drawn on the available road fund and issued by the county clerk of the county in the road district having the greatest population. A warrant must be countersigned by the county judge of each district included in whole or part in the road district.

(b) A warrant may be issued only in payment of a certified account approved by the ex officio directors of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 502.358 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 502 / Section 502.358
§ 502.358. REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the executive council may order a license holder to pay a refund to a consumer as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference instead of or in addition to imposing an administrative penalty under Subchapter H, Chapter 507.

(b) The amount of a refund ordered as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference may not exceed the amount the consumer paid to the license holder for a service regulated by this chapter. The executive council may not require payment of other damages or estimate harm in a refund order.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.092 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.092
§ 91.092. PROPERTY NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

Property necessary or convenient for the department's acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of rail facilities includes an interest in real property or a property right the commission determines is necessary or convenient to provide:

(1) right-of-way for a location for:

(A) a rail facility; or

(B) the future expansion of a rail facility;

(2) land for mitigation of adverse environmental effects;

(3) buffer zones for scenic or safety purposes; and

(4) revenue for use in acquiring, constructing, maintaining, or operating a rail facility or system, including revenue received under a contract described by Section 91.074(c).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 364.055 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 364 / Section 364.055
§ 364.055. INVESTMENT AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may set aside from proceeds of a bond sale:

(1) interest to accrue on the bonds;

(2) administrative expenses to the estimated date when the solid waste disposal system will become revenue producing; and

(3) reserve funds created by the resolution authorizing the bonds.

(b) Proceeds from the sale of bonds may be invested, pending their use, in the securities or time deposits as specified by the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds.

(c) The earnings on the investments may be applied as provided by the resolution or trust indenture.
Tex. Labor Code § 22.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 22 / Section 22.004
§ 22.004. EXEMPTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) Section 22.002 does not apply to individuals employed as emergency services personnel if the employer provides adequate emergency shelter for those individuals.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a person who is necessary to provide for the safety and well-being of the general public, including a person necessary for the restoration of vital services.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.654 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.654
§ 1158.654. PURCHASE IN VIOLATION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the guardian of the estate of a ward purchases estate property in violation of this subchapter, a person interested in the estate may file a written complaint with the court in which the guardianship proceedings are pending.

(b) On service of citation on the guardian on a complaint filed under Subsection (a) and after hearing and proof, the court shall:

(1) declare the sale void;

(2) set aside the sale; and

(3) order the reconveyance of the property to the estate.

(c) The court shall adjudge against the guardian all costs of the sale, protest, and suit, if found necessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8838.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8838 / Section 8838.105
§ 8838.105. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may participate in the construction, implementation, and maintenance of best management practices for water resource management in the district and may engage in and promote the acceptance of best management practices through education efforts sponsored by the district.

(b) Construction, implementation, and maintenance of best management practices must address water quantity and quality practices such as brush management, prescribed grazing, recharge structures, water and silt detention and retention structures, plugging of abandoned wells, rainwater harvesting, and other treatment measures for the conservation of water resources.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.024 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.024
§ 51.024. POWERS OF COMMISSION; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may require reports, conduct investigations, and take other action it considers necessary to implement this chapter.

(b) In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, a member of the commission or an authorized representative of the commission may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses who may be found within 100 miles of the relevant event and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records considered necessary as evidence in the administration of this chapter. Notwithstanding Chapter 152 or 154, Local Government Code, or any other law of this state, the commission shall pay the fee of a sheriff or constable for serving a subpoena under this subsection from the administrative funds of the commission, and the comptroller shall issue a warrant for that fee as directed by the commission.

(c) In the case of contumacy or other refusal to obey a subpoena issued by a member of the commission or an authorized representative of the commission, a county court or district court within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is conducted or the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business has jurisdiction on application by the commission or its representative to issue to the person an order requiring the person to appear before a commissioner, the commission, or an authorized representative of the commission to produce evidence or give testimony regarding the matter under investigation. Failure to obey the court order may be punished by the court as contempt.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person, without just cause, fails or refuses to obey a commission subpoena to:

(1) attend and testify;

(2) answer any lawful inquiry; or

(3) produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records.

(e) An offense under Subsection (d) is punishable by a fine of not less than $200, by confinement for not more than 60 days, or by both fine and confinement. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8161.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8161 / Section 8161.051
§ 8161.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.110
§ 1121.110. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction of any railroad, highway, pipeline, or electric transmission and electric distribution, telegraph, or telephone line, conduit, pole, or facility, the district shall pay the actual cost of that activity to provide a comparable replacement, without enhancement of facilities, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.308 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.308
§ 2308.308. PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
Status: in_force

A public community college shall promptly provide workforce training and services that are requested:

(1) by a board if the need for the training and services is based on the labor market information system available for the area;

(2) by employers located in the college's taxing district when the request is presented directly to the college by the employers or through the board; or

(3) as part of economic development incentives designed to attract or retain an employer, including incentives offered under the skills development fund program under Chapter 303, Labor Code.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9804 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9804
§ 61.9804. PRIORITY FOR FUNDING.
Status: in_force

In awarding a grant under this subchapter, the board shall give priority to an emergency and trauma care education partnership that submits a proposal that:

(1) provides for collaborative educational models between one or more participating hospitals and one or more participating education programs that have signed a memorandum of understanding or other written agreement under which the participants agree to comply with standards established by the board, including any standards the board may establish that:

(A) provide for program management that offers a centralized decision-making process allowing for inclusion of each entity participating in the partnership;

(B) provide for access to clinical training positions for students in graduate professional nursing and graduate medical education programs that are not participating in the partnership; and

(C) specify the details of any requirement relating to a student in a participating education program being employed after graduation in a hospital participating in the partnership, including any details relating to the employment of students who do not complete the program, are not offered a position at the hospital, or choose to pursue other employment;

(2) includes a demonstrable education model to:

(A) increase the number of students enrolled in, the number of students graduating from, and the number of faculty employed by each participating education program; and

(B) improve student or resident retention in each participating education program;

(3) indicates the availability of money to match a portion of the grant money, including matching money or in-kind services approved by the board from a hospital, private or nonprofit entity, or institution of higher education;

(4) can be replicated by other emergency and trauma care education partnerships or other graduate professional nursing or graduate medical education programs; and

(5) includes plans for sustainability of the partnership.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3972.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3972 / Section 3972.0204
§ 3972.0204. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(b) A director may resign from the board at any time.
Tex. Education Code § 61.057 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.057
§ 61.057. PROMOTION OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE.
Status: in_force

To achieve excellence in the teaching of students at institutions and agencies of higher education, the board shall:

(1) develop and recommend:

(A) minimum faculty compensation plans, basic increment programs, and incentive salary increases;

(B) minimum standards for faculty appointment, advancement, promotion, and retirement;

(C) general policies for faculty teaching loads, and division of faculty time between teaching, research, administrative duties, and special assignments;

(D) faculty improvement programs, including a plan for sabbatical leaves, appropriate for the junior and senior colleges and universities, respectively; and

(E) minimum standards for academic freedom, academic responsibility, and tenure;

(2) pursue vigorously and continuously a goal of having all college and university academic classes taught by persons holding the minimum of an earned master's degree or its equivalent in academic training, creative work, or professional accomplishment;

(3) explore, promote, and coordinate the use of educational television among institutions of higher education and encourage participation by public and private schools and private institutions of higher education in educational television;

(4) conduct, and encourage the institutions of higher education to conduct, research into new methods, materials, and techniques for improving the quality of instruction and for the maximum utilization of all available teaching techniques, devices, and resources, including but not limited to large classes, team teaching, programmed instruction, interlibrary exchanges, joint libraries, specially-designed facilities, visual aids, and other innovations that offer promise for superior teaching or for meeting the need for new faculty members to teach anticipated larger numbers of students; and

(5) assume initiative and leadership in providing through the institutions of higher education in the state those programs and offerings which will achieve the objectives set forth in Section 61.002 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0504
§ 8510.0504. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may issue bonds as authorized by this chapter for the purpose of providing money for any purpose authorized by this chapter.

(b) The authority, without an election, may issue bonds payable from the authority's revenue pledged by board resolution.

(c) The bonds must be authorized by a board resolution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293 / Section 293.103
§ 293.103. LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND; AUTHORIZED USES OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall create a local provider participation fund.

(b) The local provider participation fund of a county consists of:

(1) all revenue received by the county attributable to mandatory payments authorized under this chapter, including any penalties and interest attributable to delinquent payments;

(2) money received from the Health and Human Services Commission as a refund of an intergovernmental transfer from the county to the state for the purpose of providing the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments, provided that the intergovernmental transfer does not receive a federal matching payment; and

(3) the earnings of the fund.

(c) Money deposited to the local provider participation fund may be used only to:

(1) fund intergovernmental transfers from the county to the state to provide:

(A) the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program authorized under the state Medicaid plan, the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315), or a successor waiver program authorizing similar Medicaid supplemental payment programs; or

(B) payments to Medicaid managed care organizations that are dedicated for payment to hospitals;

(2) subsidize indigent programs;

(3) pay the administrative expenses of the county solely for activities under this chapter;

(4) refund a portion of a mandatory payment collected in error from a paying hospital;

(5) refund to paying hospitals the proportionate share of money received by the county from the Health and Human Services Commission that is not used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments; and

(6) refund to paying hospitals the proportionate share of money that the county determines cannot be used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments.

(d) Money in the local provider participation fund may not be commingled with other county funds.

(e) An intergovernmental transfer of funds described by Subsection (c)(1) and any funds received by the county as a result of an intergovernmental transfer described by that subsection may not be used by the county or any other entity to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152).
Tex. Government Code § 609.115 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.115
§ 609.115. CONTRACT WITH QUALIFIED VENDOR.
Status: in_force

(a) After a plan administrator approves an application of a vendor to become a qualified vendor or, under a 401(k) plan, after the plan administrator approves an application of a vendor to become a qualified vendor and approves the vendor's investment products, the plan administrator shall execute a written contract with the vendor to participate in the deferred compensation plan.

(b) A plan administrator shall develop and implement criteria and procedures for evaluating a qualified vendor's investment products to determine whether those products are acceptable as qualified investment products.

(c) A qualified vendor may offer to employees participating in a 457 plan only qualified investment products.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.315 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.315
§ 204.315. SURRENDER OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The physician assistant board may accept the voluntary surrender of a license.

(b) A surrendered license may not be returned to the license holder unless the physician assistant board determines, under physician assistant board rules, that the former holder of the license is competent to resume practice.

(c) The physician assistant board by rule shall establish guidelines for determining the competency of a former license holder to return to practice.