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Tex. Estates Code § 1104.406 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.406
§ 1104.406. DEPARTMENT'S DUTY TO OBTAIN CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall obtain criminal history record information that is maintained by the Department of Public Safety or the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division relating to each individual who is or will be providing guardianship services to a ward of or referred by the department, including:

(1) an employee of or an applicant selected for an employment position with the department;

(2) a volunteer or an applicant selected to volunteer with the department;

(3) an employee of or an applicant selected for an employment position with a business entity or other person who contracts with the department to provide guardianship services to a ward referred by the department;

(4) a volunteer or an applicant selected to volunteer with a business entity or other person described by Subdivision (3); and

(5) a contractor or an employee of a contractor who provides services to a ward of the Department of Aging and Disability Services under a contract with the estate of the ward.

(b) The department must obtain the information in Subsection (a) before:

(1) making an offer of employment to an applicant for an employment position; or

(2) a volunteer contacts a ward of or referred by the department.

(c) The department must annually obtain the information in Subsection (a) regarding employees, contractors, or volunteers providing guardianship services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.101
§ 651.101. BOOKS, ACCOUNTS, AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder shall maintain books, accounts, and records in sufficient detail to enable a representative of the department to determine whether the license holder is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted by the commissioner.

(b) A license holder shall maintain for inspection the license holder's books, accounts, and records, including any cards used in a card system, for at least four years after the date the final entry of any premium finance agreement is recorded in those books, accounts, and records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0303
§ 7952A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0257 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0257
§ 548.0257. REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to determining whether to provide home telemonitoring services to Medicaid recipients with the conditions described by Section 548.0253(a)(2), the commission shall determine whether high-risk pregnancy is a condition for which the provision of home telemonitoring services is cost-effective and clinically effective. If the commission determines that high-risk pregnancy is a condition for which the provision of home telemonitoring services is cost-effective and clinically effective:

(1) the commission shall, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, provide recipients experiencing a high-risk pregnancy with clinically appropriate home telemonitoring services equipment for temporary use in the recipient's home; and

(2) the executive commissioner by rule shall:

(A) establish criteria to identify recipients experiencing a high-risk pregnancy who would benefit from access to home telemonitoring services equipment;

(B) ensure that, if cost-effective, feasible, and clinically appropriate, the home telemonitoring services equipment provided includes uterine remote monitoring services equipment and pregnancy-induced hypertension remote monitoring services equipment;

(C) subject to Subsection (b), require that a provider obtain:

(i) prior authorization from the commission before providing home telemonitoring services equipment to a recipient during the first month the equipment is provided to the recipient; and

(ii) an extension of the authorization under Subparagraph (i) from the commission before providing the equipment in a subsequent month based on the recipient's ongoing medical need; and

(D) prohibit payment or reimbursement for home telemonitoring services equipment during any period that the equipment was not in use because the recipient was hospitalized or away from the recipient's home regardless of whether the equipment remained in the recipient's home while the recipient was hospitalized or away.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), the commission shall require that:

(1) a request for prior authorization under Subsection (a)(2)(C)(i) be based on an in-person assessment of the recipient; and

(2) documentation of the recipient's ongoing medical need for the equipment is provided to the commission before the commission grants an extension under Subsection (a)(2)(C)(ii).
Tex. Occupations Code § 602.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 602 / Section 602.201
§ 602.201. LICENSE REQUIRED; SPECIALTY LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not practice medical physics without a license.

(b) A medical physicist may not practice the following specialties unless the person holds a license for that specialty:

(1) diagnostic radiological physics;

(2) medical health physics;

(3) medical nuclear physics; or

(4) therapeutic radiological physics.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 113.234 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.234
§ 113.234. WARNING TAG.
Status: in_force

An inspector, employee, or agent of the commission may declare any container, appliance, equipment, transport, system, or LP-gas operation that does not conform to the safety requirements of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, or which is otherwise defective, as unsafe or dangerous for LP-gas service and shall attach a warning tag in a conspicuous location.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.751 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.751
§ 882.751. AUTHORITY TO CONVERT.
Status: in_force

A mutual life insurance company organized or operating under this chapter may convert by forming an insurance holding company based on a mutual plan and continuing the corporate existence of the converting mutual life insurance company as a stock life insurance company if the commissioner:

(1) determines that the conversion is fair and equitable to the policyholders of the converting company; and

(2) approves the proposed plan of conversion.
Tex. Government Code § 438.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 438 / Section 438.201
§ 438.201. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory committee may consult with and retain external advisors to provide expertise and collaborative research support.

(b) The advisory committee may conduct field investigations, hold hearings, receive testimony in any form, consult with federal and state officials, and otherwise take any lawful action to carry out the purposes of the advisory committee.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.107 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.107
§ 22.107. PROCEDURES TO ADOPT AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a corporation has no members or has no members with voting rights, or in the case of an amendment under Subsection (b), an amendment to the corporation's certificate of formation shall be adopted at a meeting of the board of directors on receiving the vote of directors required by Section 22.164.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by the certificate of formation, the board of directors of a corporation with members having voting rights may, without member approval, adopt amendments to the certificate of formation to:

(1) extend the duration of the corporation if the corporation was incorporated when limited duration was required by law;

(2) delete the names and addresses of the initial directors;

(3) delete the name and address of the initial registered agent or registered office, if a statement of change is on file with the secretary of state; or

(4) change the corporate name by:

(A) substituting the word "corporation," "incorporated," "company," or "limited," or the abbreviation "corp.," "inc.," "co.," or "ltd.," for a similar word or abbreviation in the name; or

(B) adding, deleting, or changing a geographical attribution to the name.
Tex. Estates Code § 1155.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1155 / Section 1155.004
§ 1155.004. CONSIDERATIONS IN AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

In determining whether to authorize compensation for a guardian under this subchapter, the court shall consider:

(1) the ward's monthly income from all sources; and

(2) whether the ward receives medical assistance under the state Medicaid program.
Tex. Government Code § 660.093 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.093
§ 660.093. COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

The amount that a state agency pays or reimburses for a state employee to travel between points by commercial airline may not exceed the lowest rate available. First class airfare may be paid or reimbursed only if it is the only available airfare. Business class airfare may be paid or reimbursed only if a lower airfare is not available.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.106 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.106
§ 1201.106.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1201.106. SECURITY: AMOUNT.

(a) An applicant for a license or a license holder shall file a bond or other security under Section 1201.105 for the issuance or renewal of a license in the following amount:

(1) $100,000 for a manufacturer;

(2) $50,000 for a retailer;

(3) $50,000 for a broker; or

(4) $25,000 for an installer.

(a-1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a), the director may require additional security for the licensing, renewal, or relicensing of a person, or the sponsoring of a salesperson, who, either directly, as a related person, or through a related person, has been the subject of a license revocation, has caused the manufactured homeowner consumer claims program to incur unreimbursed costs or liabilities in excess of available surety bond coverage, or has failed to pay an administrative penalty that has been assessed by final order.

(b) To ensure the availability of prompt and satisfactory warranty service, a manufacturer that does not have a licensed manufacturing plant or other facility in this state from which warranty service and repairs can be provided shall file a bond or other security in the additional amount of $100,000.

(c) The bond or other security is open to successive claims up to the face value of the bond or other security. The surety is not liable for successive claims in excess of the face value of the bond, regardless of the number of years the bond remains in force.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.507 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.507
§ 901.507. REINSTATEMENT.
Status: in_force

On receipt of a written application, and after notice and hearing, the board may:

(1) issue a new certificate to an individual whose certificate was revoked;

(2) issue a new firm license to a person whose firm license was revoked;

(3) reinstate a suspended license or modify the terms of the suspension;

(4) approve a previously denied application to take the uniform CPA examination; or

(5) reinstate an individual's previously voided uniform CPA examination grades.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.212 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.212
§ 186.212. OBTAINING RECORD OR OTHER PROPERTY IN POSSESSION OF OTHER PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state trust company affiliate, officer, director, manager, managing participant, employee, shareholder, participant, participant-transferee, trustee, agent, servant, employee, attorney, attorney-in-fact, or correspondent shall immediately deliver to the receiver, without cost to the receiver, any record or other property of the state trust company or that relates to the business of the state trust company.

(b) If by contract or otherwise a record or other property that can be copied is the property of a person listed in Subsection (a), it shall be copied and the copy shall be delivered to the receiver. The owner shall retain the original until notification by the receiver that it is no longer required in the administration of the state trust company's estate or until another time the court, after notice and hearing, directs. The copy is considered to be a record of the state trust company in liquidation under Section 186.225.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.0455 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.0455
§ 574.0455. LIST OF QUALIFIED TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may:

(1) establish and maintain a list of qualified transportation service providers that a court may authorize or with whom a person may contract to transport a person to a mental health facility in accordance with Section 574.045;

(2) establish an application procedure for a person to be included on the list, including an appropriate application fee to be deposited in the county general fund;

(3) contract with qualified transportation service providers on terms acceptable to the county;

(4) allow officers and employees of the county to utilize persons on the list on a rotating basis if the officer or employee is authorized to provide transportation under Section 574.045 and chooses to utilize a qualified transportation service provider in accordance with the terms of the contract approved by the commissioners court; and

(5) ensure that the list is made available to any person authorized to provide transportation under Section 574.045.

(b) The executive commissioner shall prescribe uniform standards:

(1) that a person must meet to be listed as a qualified transportation service provider under Subsection (a); and

(2) prescribing requirements relating to how the transportation of a person to a mental health facility by a qualified transportation service provider is provided.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2651.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2651 / Section 2651.103
§ 2651.103. EXAMINATION OF LOSS COVERED BY BOND OR DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time it appears that a loss covered by a bond or deposit has occurred, the department may require the title insurance agent or direct operation to appear in Travis County, with records the department determines to be proper, for an examination.

(b) The department shall specify a date for the examination that is not earlier than the 10th day or later than the 15th day after the date of service of notice of the requirement to appear.

(c) If after the examination the department determines that a loss covered by the bond or deposit has occurred, the department shall immediately notify the surety on the bond, if applicable, and prepare a written statement of the facts of the loss and deliver the statement to the attorney general.
Tex. Education Code § 56.168 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.168
§ 56.168. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) A loan recipient is eligible for suspension of the recipient's loan if the recipient enters a postdoctoral fellowship not later than the first day of the seventh month after the date on which the recipient ceases to be enrolled in a doctoral program at an institution.

(b) The board shall suspend the accrual of interest and the repayment of principal and interest on an eligible recipient's loan until a date determined by board rule.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.455 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.455
§ 801.455. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If a respondent requests a hearing pursuant to Section 801.407, the hearing shall be conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(b) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall consider the board's applicable substantive rules and policies when conducting a hearing under this subchapter.

(c) The administrative law judge shall:

(1) make findings of fact and conclusions of law; and

(2) promptly issue to the board a proposal for a decision as to the occurrence of the violation, any recommended license sanction, and the amount of any proposed administrative penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8099.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8099 / Section 8099.0305
§ 8099.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0103
§ 4015.0103. 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.

(b) By creating the district and in authorizing the county, the city, 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.

(c) 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.

(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the county or the city from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant county or city services provided in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 301.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 301 / Section 301.015
§ 301.015. SURPLUS REVENUE.
Status: in_force

The directors of a hospital laundry cooperative association may, in accordance with the association's bylaws, deposit to the credit of the surplus fund any surplus revenue derived from the laundry system or divide the surplus revenue among the patrons in proportion to the patrons' respective contributions to the working capital of the association and their patronage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3806.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3806 / Section 3806.105
§ 3806.105. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Occupations Code § 559.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 559 / Section 559.051
§ 559.051. SATISFACTION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A holder of a license to practice pharmacy may meet the continuing education requirement by:

(1) completing continuing education programs approved by the board; or

(2) passing a standardized pharmacy examination approved by the board.

(b) A license holder who takes the examination under Subsection (a)(2) must pay the examination fee assessed by the board under Section 554.006.
Tex. Local Government Code § 250.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 250 / Section 250.001
§ 250.001. RESTRICTION ON REGULATION OF SPORT SHOOTING RANGES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Association" or "private club" means an association or private club that operates a sport shooting range at which not fewer than 20 different individuals discharge firearms each calendar year.

(2) "Sport shooting range" means a business establishment, private club, or association that operates an area for the discharge or other use of firearms for silhouette, skeet, trap, black powder, target, self-defense, or similar recreational shooting.

(b) A governmental official may not seek a civil or criminal penalty against a sport shooting range or its owner or operator based on the violation of a municipal or county ordinance, order, or rule regulating noise:

(1) if the sport shooting range is in compliance with the applicable ordinance, order, or rule; or

(2) if no applicable noise ordinance, order, or rule exists.

(c) A person may not bring a nuisance or similar cause of action against a sport shooting range based on noise:

(1) if the sport shooting range is in compliance with all applicable municipal and county ordinances, orders, and rules regulating noise; or

(2) if no applicable noise ordinance, order, or rule exists.
Tex. Education Code § 37.056 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.056
§ 37.056. COURT SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "court" means a juvenile court or alternate juvenile court designated under Chapter 51, Family Code. The court may delegate responsibility under this section to a referee appointed under Section 51.04, Family Code.

(b) If a representative of the school district, the student, and the parent or guardian for any reason fail to reach an agreement under Section 37.055, the court may, on the request of any party and after a hearing, enter an order establishing the responsibilities and duties of each of the parties as the court considers appropriate.

(c) The court may compel attendance at any hearing held under this section through any legal process, including subpoena and habeas corpus.

(d) If the parties reach an agreement under Section 37.055, and if the written agreement so provides, the court may enter an order that incorporates the terms of the agreement.

(e) Any party who violates an order issued under this section may be punished for contempt of court.

(f) A school district may enter into an agreement to share the costs incurred by a county under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 1431.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1431 / Section 1431.011
§ 1431.011. ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROVAL OF CERTAIN NOTES.
Status: in_force

Chapter 1371 governs approval by the attorney general of anticipation notes issued under Section 1431.003.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.011 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.011
§ 23.011. ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A county surveyor is elected to a four-year term as provided by Article XVI, Sections 64 and 65, of the Texas Constitution.

(b) To be eligible to serve as a county surveyor, a person must be a registered professional land surveyor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8109.401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8109 / Section 8109.401
§ 8109.401. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter:

(1) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Tax Code, to a municipality is a reference to the district; and

(2) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Tax Code, to the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the board.

(b) Except as inconsistent with this subchapter, Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized by this subchapter, including the collection of the tax, subject to the limitations prescribed by Sections 351.002(b) and (c), Tax Code.
Tex. Water Code § 15.996 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.996
§ 15.996. LOANS TO NONPROFIT WATER SUPPLY OR SEWER SERVICE CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other method of providing financial assistance authorized by this subchapter, the board may make financial assistance available to an applicant that is a nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporation by entering into a loan agreement with the applicant.

(b) To be eligible to receive financial assistance under this section, the applicant must:

(1) execute a promissory note for the full amount of the loan; and

(2) provide to the board an attorney's opinion stating that the applicant has the authority to incur the debt.

(c) An applicant for financial assistance under this section is not required to appoint or employ:

(1) a bond counsel; or

(2) a financial advisor.