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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.316 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.316
§ 21.316. LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS FOR WRONGFUL DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (c), the directors of a corporation who vote for or assent to a distribution by the corporation that is prohibited by Section 21. 303 are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount by which the distribution exceeds the amount permitted by that section to be distributed.

(b) A director is not liable for all or part of the excess amount if a distribution of that amount would have been permitted by Section 21.303 after the date the director authorized the distribution.

(c) A director is not jointly and severally liable under Subsection (a) if, in voting for or assenting to the distribution, the director:

(1) relies in good faith and with ordinary care on:

(A) the statements, valuations, or information described by Section 21.314; or

(B) other information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, concerning the corporation or another person that are prepared or presented by:

(i) one or more officers or employees of the corporation;

(ii) a legal counsel, public accountant, investment banker, or other person relating to a matter the director reasonably believes is within the person's professional or expert competence; or

(iii) a committee of the board of directors of which the director is not a member;

(2) acting in good faith and with ordinary care, considers the assets of the corporation to be valued at least at their book value; or

(3) in determining whether the corporation made adequate provision for payment, satisfaction, or discharge of all of the corporation's liabilities and obligations, as provided by Sections 11.053 and 11.356, relies in good faith and with ordinary care on financial statements of, or other information concerning, a person who was or became contractually obligated to pay, satisfy, or discharge some or all of the corporation's liabilities or obligations.

(d) The liability imposed under Subsection (a) is the only liability of a director to the corporation or its creditors for authorizing a distribution that is prohibited by Section 21.303.

(e) This section and Sections 21.317 and 21.318 do not limit any liability imposed under Chapter 24, Business & Commerce Code, or the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Tex. Water Code § 58.561 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.561
§ 58.561. ASSESSMENT OF DISTRICT PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The assessor and collector shall assess all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.112
§ 3833.112. APPLICATION OF INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code, the implementation of an improvement under this subchapter is a governmental function or service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7986A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7986A / Section 7986A.0402
§ 7986A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7986A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2208.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2208 / Section 2208.103
§ 2208.103. OFFICERS; MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each individual who serves as an officer of the governing board of the association described by Section 2208.101(b) serves as an officer of the board.

(b) The board shall hold meetings at the call of the presiding officer and at times established by the board's rules.

(c) A majority of the board members constitutes a quorum.
Tex. Water Code § 17.965 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.965
§ 17.965. LEGAL INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

Water financial assistance bonds are legal and authorized investments for:

(1) banks;

(2) savings banks;

(3) trust companies;

(4) savings and loan associations;

(5) insurance companies;

(6) fiduciaries;

(7) trustees;

(8) guardians; and

(9) sinking funds and other public funds of the state and its agencies and of political subdivisions of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0505
§ 9092.0505. BONDS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "net revenue" means the district's gross revenue less the amount necessary to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining and operating the district and the district's property.

(b) The board may issue bonds payable, as pledged by board resolution, from:

(1) all or part of the district's net revenue;

(2) the net revenue of one or more contracts made before or after the issuance of the bonds; or

(3) other revenue or income specified by board resolution or in the trust indenture.

(c) The pledge may reserve the right to issue additional bonds on a parity with, or subordinate to, the bonds being issued, subject to conditions specified by the pledge.
Tex. Government Code § 82.035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 82 / Section 82.035
§ 82.035. AUDIT; FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The financial transactions of the Board of Law Examiners are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321.

(b) The board shall file annually with the supreme court, the governor, and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a copy of the annual financial report prepared by the board under Section 2101.011.
Tex. Transportation Code § 315.072 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 315 / Section 315.072
§ 315.072. LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment under this subchapter against a property or property owner and any costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred are a personal claim against the owner secured by a lien against the property.

(b) A lien under this section reverts back and takes effect as of the date of the original resolution ordering the lighting improvement. Adoption of the resolution is notice of the lien to all persons.

(c) A person who owns property on the date of an ordinance providing for an assessment against the property under Section 315.069 is personally liable for that person's respective portion of the assessment.

(d) Assessing in one assessment more than one parcel of property owned by a single owner or owned jointly by two or more persons does not invalidate the assessment or a lien or claim of personal liability under the assessment.

(e) An error in the name of an owner of assessed property in the ordinance providing for the assessment does not invalidate the lien or personal liability created by the ordinance. The lien or personal liability exists against the true owner of the property as if the owner had been correctly described.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.220 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.220
§ 1551.220. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY OF PARTICIPANT.
Status: in_force

(a) Any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a participant or the beneficiary of a participant in the group benefits program may not be paid to a person convicted of or adjudicated as having caused that death but instead are payable as if the convicted person had predeceased the decedent.

(b) The Employees Retirement System of Texas is not required to change the recipient of any benefits, funds, or account balances under this section unless it receives actual notice of the conviction or adjudication of a beneficiary. However, the retirement system may delay payment of any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a participant or beneficiary of a participant pending the results of a criminal investigation or civil proceeding and other legal proceedings relating to the cause of death.

(c) For the purposes of this section, a person has been convicted of or adjudicated as having caused the death of a participant or beneficiary of a participant if the person:

(1) pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty by a court or jury in a criminal proceeding of, causing the death of the participant or beneficiary of a participant, regardless of whether sentence is imposed or probated, and no appeal of the conviction is pending and the time provided for appeal has expired; or

(2) is found liable by a court or jury in a civil proceeding for causing the death of the member or annuitant and no appeal of the judgment is pending and the time provided for appeal has expired.
Tex. Insurance Code § 261.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 261 / Section 261.001
§ 261.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "exchange" means the Texas Insurance Exchange.
Tex. Tax Code § 160.041 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 160 / Section 160.041
§ 160.041. COLLECTION PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, each agent of the department, and each tax assessor-collector shall collect the taxes imposed by this chapter. The department, agent of the department, or tax assessor-collector of the county in which an application for a Texas certificate of number or certificate of title for a taxable boat or motor is made shall collect the taxes imposed by this chapter on that boat or motor.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department, agent of the department, or the tax assessor-collector may not accept an application for a Texas certificate of number or certificate of title for a taxable boat or motor from a person unless the tax, if any, is paid.

(c) The tax imposed by Section 160.021 is due on the 45th working day after the date that the taxable boat or motor is delivered to the purchaser. The purchaser or the seller, if the purchaser paid the tax to the seller, shall pay the tax to the department, to an agent of the department, or to a tax assessor-collector on or before the due date.

(d) If a purchaser pays the tax imposed by Section 160.021 to the seller, and the seller fails to remit the tax in the time and manner required by Subsection (c), the department, agent of the department, or county tax assessor-collector shall accept an application for a Texas certificate of number or certificate of title for a taxable boat or motor from the purchaser if the purchaser provides proof that the tax was paid to the seller. The comptroller shall adopt rules establishing the method of proof required.

(e) The tax imposed by Section 160.022 or 160.023 is due on the 45th working day after the date that the taxable boat or motor is brought into this state. The person liable for the tax shall pay the tax to the department or to a tax assessor-collector on or before the due date.
Tex. Water Code § 42.009 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 42 / Section 42.009
§ 42.009. COOPERATION OF TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall cooperate with the commissioner in the performance of his duties and shall furnish him any available data and information he needs.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.208 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.208
§ 1104.208. PROOF OF DECLARATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may admit a declaration that is self-proved into evidence without the testimony of witnesses attesting to the competency of the declarant and the execution of the declaration. Additional proof of the execution of the declaration with the formalities and solemnities and under the circumstances required to make it a valid declaration is not necessary.

(b) A declaration described by Section 1104.203(a)(1) that is not self-proved may be proved in the same manner that a will written wholly in the testator's handwriting is proved under Section 256.154.

(c) A declaration described by Section 1104.203(a)(2) that is not self-proved may be proved in the same manner that an attested written will produced in court is proved under Section 256.153.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.302
§ 846.302. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

The department may require periodic reports by multiple employer welfare arrangements and agents regarding the health benefit plans issued by the arrangements. The reporting requirements must comply with federal law and regulations.
Tex. Insurance Code § 38.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.251
§ 38.251. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to any issuer of a health benefit plan that is subject to this code that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage or similar coverage document.
Tex. Government Code § 662.068 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.068
§ 662.068. BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The third Wednesday in October of each year is Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day to promote education, awareness, and access for women considering postmastectomy breast reconstruction.

(b) Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day shall be regularly observed by appropriate programs and activities.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.572 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.572
§ 2054.572. LEGACY SYSTEM MODERNIZATION STRATEGY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall, in collaboration with state agencies other than institutions of higher education, develop a legacy system modernization strategy to guide the state in legacy system modernization efforts.

(b) The strategy must:

(1) plan for legacy system modernization statewide and at the agency level;

(2) establish a statewide application development framework;

(3) facilitate standardization and collaboration among state agencies; and

(4) promote the use of common technology solutions and collective purchasing by the state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.603 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.603
§ 1369.603. REDUCTION OF CERTAIN CLAIM PAYMENT AMOUNTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager may not directly or indirectly reduce the amount of a claim payment to a pharmacist or pharmacy after adjudication of the claim through the use of an aggregated effective rate, quality assurance program, other direct or indirect remuneration fee, or otherwise, except in accordance with an audit performed under Subchapter F.

(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager from increasing a claim payment amount after adjudication of the claim.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 67.151 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.151
§ 67.151. REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) This article does not apply to information collected under this chapter by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), information collected under this chapter relating to a criminal street gang must be removed after five years from an intelligence database established under Article 67.051 and the intelligence database maintained by the department under Article 67.052 if:

(1) the information relates to the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity engaged in by an individual other than a child; and

(2) the individual who is the subject of the information has not been arrested for criminal activity reported to the department under Chapter 66.

(c) The five-year period described by Subsection (b) does not include any period during which the individual who is the subject of the information is:

(1) confined in a correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;

(2) committed to a secure correctional facility, as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code, operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; or

(3) confined in a county jail or confined in or committed to a facility operated by a juvenile board in lieu of being confined in a correctional facility described by Subdivision (1) or committed to a secure correctional facility described by Subdivision (2).
Tex. Government Code § 2155.062 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.062
§ 2155.062. PURCHASE METHODS.
Status: in_force

(a) In purchasing goods and services the comptroller may use, but is not limited to, the:

(1) contract purchase procedure;

(2) multiple award contract procedure, including under any schedules developed under Subchapter I;

(3) open market purchase procedure; or

(4) reverse auction procedure.

(b) Chapter 2156 provides additional information on purchase methods.

(c) Chapter 2157 provides additional information on purchase of automated information systems.

(d) In this subchapter, "reverse auction procedure" means:

(1) a real-time bidding process usually lasting less than one hour and taking place at a previously scheduled time and Internet location, in which multiple suppliers, anonymous to each other, submit bids to provide the designated goods or services; or

(2) a bidding process usually lasting less than two weeks and taking place during a previously scheduled period and at a previously scheduled Internet location, in which multiple suppliers, anonymous to each other, submit bids to provide the designated goods or services.
Tex. Occupations Code § 164.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 164 / Section 164.058
§ 164.058. REQUIRED SUSPENSION OF LICENSE OF INCARCERATED PHYSICIAN.
Status: in_force

Regardless of the offense, the board shall suspend the license of a physician serving a prison term in a state or federal penitentiary during the term of the incarceration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8000.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8000 / Section 8000.003
§ 8000.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Education Code § 51.96852 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.96852
§ 51.96852. RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) Each institution of higher education shall develop at least one recommended course sequence for each undergraduate certificate or degree program offered by the institution. Each recommended course sequence must:

(1) identify all required lower-division courses for the applicable certificate or degree program;

(2) include for each course, if applicable:

(A) the course number or course equivalent under the common course numbering system approved by the coordinating board under Section 61.832; and

(B) the course equivalent in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board;

(3) be designed to enable a full-time student to obtain a certificate or degree, as applicable, within:

(A) for a 60-hour degree or certificate program, two years; or

(B) for a 120-hour degree program, four years; and

(4) include a specific sequence in which courses should be completed to ensure completion of the applicable program within the time frame described by Subdivision (3).

(c) Each institution of higher education shall:

(1) include the recommended course sequences developed under this section in the institution's course catalog and on the institution's Internet website; and

(2) submit the recommended course sequences developed under this section to the coordinating board as provided by coordinating board rule.

(d) The coordinating board, in consultation with institutions of higher education, shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this section. In adopting those rules, the coordinating board shall use the negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0505 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0505
§ 526.0505. PROHIBITED PUNITIVE ACTION FOR FAILURE TO IMMUNIZE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.001, Family Code.

(2) "Punitive action" includes initiating an investigation of a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare for alleged or suspected abuse or neglect of a child.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prohibit a health and human services agency from taking a punitive action against a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare for the person's failure to ensure that the child receives the immunization series prescribed by Section 161.004, Health and Safety Code.

(c) This section does not affect a law, including Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, that specifically provides a punitive action for failure to ensure that a child receives the immunization series prescribed by Section 161.004, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 483 / Section 483.023
§ 483.023. RETENTION OF PRESCRIPTIONS.
Status: in_force

A pharmacy shall retain a prescription for a dangerous drug dispensed by the pharmacy for two years after the date of the initial dispensing or the last refilling of the prescription, whichever date is later.
Tex. Water Code § 26.085 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.085
§ 26.085. INCLUSION AT A LATER TIME.
Status: in_force

Any person or persons who are the subject of an action taken by the commission under Section 26.084 of this code and who are excluded from a regional or area-wide system because the person or persons will suffer undue financial hardship as a result of inclusion in the regional or area-wide system may be added to the system at a later time under the provisions of Section 26.084 of this code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 604.0522 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 604 / Section 604.0522
§ 604.0522. POWERS AND DUTIES OF MEDICAL BOARD RELATING TO RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The medical board shall adopt rules consistent with this chapter to regulate:

(1) respiratory care practitioners; and

(2) physicians who supervise respiratory care practitioners.

(b) The medical board, by a majority vote, shall approve or reject each rule adopted by the advisory board. If approved, the rule may take effect. If the rule is rejected, the medical board shall return the rule to the advisory board for revision.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0445 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0445
§ 42.0445. REQUIRED BACKGROUND SEARCH OF CENTRAL REGISTRY OF REPORTED CASES OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the department issues a license, listing, registration, or certification under this subchapter, the department shall search the central registry of reported cases of child abuse or neglect established under Section 261.002, Family Code, to determine whether the applicant or the owner or an employee of the facility or family home is listed in the registry as a person who abused or neglected a child.

(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3839.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3839 / Section 3839.053
§ 3839.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.