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Tex. Water Code § 7.355 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.355
§ 7.355. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

In the case of a violation of Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, a local government or person affected may file with the commission a written complaint and may request an investigation of an alleged violation by a person who holds a permit subject to the commission's jurisdiction.
Tex. Government Code § 475.0053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 475 / Section 475.0053
§ 475.0053. TIME FOR DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

The office shall approve or deny a request under Section 475.0052 not later than the 30th day after the date the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county submits the request.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.301 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.301
§ 214.301. PERMITTED REGULATION OF APARTMENT BUILDING STAIRWAY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may exercise the authority under this section regardless of whether the municipality has adopted local amendments to the International Building Code under Section 214.216(c).

(b) A municipality may authorize an apartment building to have a single stairway only if the building:

(1) does not have more than six stories above grade plane and is not a high-rise as defined by the International Building Code, as adopted under Section 214.216;

(2) does not have more than four dwelling units on any floor;

(3) has automatic sprinkler locations in each interior exit stairway, regardless of the type of stairway construction, that comply with the requirements prescribed by National Fire Protection Association Standard 13 for combustible stairways;

(4) has:

(A) an exterior stairway; or

(B) an interior exit stairway for which the doors:

(i) into the stairway from the interior of the building swing into the stairway regardless of the occupant load served; and

(ii) from the interior exit stairway to the building exterior swing in the direction of exit travel;

(5) has interior exit stairway enclosures that:

(A) have a fire resistance rating of not less than two hours; and

(B) do not contain an elevator opening;

(6) has on each floor a corridor from each dwelling unit entry or exit door to an interior exit stairway, including any related exit passageway, that has a fire resistance rating of at least one hour;

(7) does not have more than 20 feet between the entry or exit door of a dwelling unit and an exit stairway;

(8) does not have more than 125 feet of exit access travel distance;

(9) has an exit serving the portion of the building that contains two or more dwelling units that does not discharge through a portion of the building with a different occupancy category, including an accessory parking garage;

(10) has an exit that terminates in an egress court for which the court depth does not exceed the court width, unless it is possible to exit the egress court to the public way in either direction;

(11) does not have an opening within 10 feet of an unprotected opening into an exit stairway other than a required exit door that has a fire resistance rating of at least one hour;

(12) has emergency escape and rescue openings that comply with Section 1031 of the International Building Code as adopted under Section 214.216 on each floor served by a single exit;

(13) does not have an electrical receptacle in an interior exit stairway; and

(14) has an automatic smoke and fire detection system that activates an occupant notification system that complies with Section 907.5 of the International Building Code as adopted under Section 214.216 installed in each:

(A) common space outside of a dwelling unit;

(B) laundry room, mechanical equipment room, and storage room;

(C) interior corridor serving a dwelling unit; and

(D) main floor landing or interior or exterior exit stairway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8205.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8205 / Section 8205.005
§ 8205.005. EFFECT OF CHAPTER ON BROOKSHIRE-KATY DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF WALLER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the powers of the Brookshire-Katy Drainage District of Waller County.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.105
§ 201.105. DEPARTMENT DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall divide the state into not more than 25 districts for the purpose of the performance of the department's duties.

(b) In determining a district's boundaries, the commission shall consider all costs and benefits, including highway activity in and the number of employees required for the proposed district.

(c) Not more than one district office may be in a district.

(d) The commission shall determine the number of department offices necessary for maintenance and construction personnel in a district.

(e) The commission periodically shall review the necessity for the number of maintenance, construction, and support operations in each district. The commission shall include the findings of its review as a part of the department's budget request submitted to the Legislative Budget Board.

(f) The department is exempt from any law purporting to require the department to conform the provision of its services to service regions other than the districts established under this section.

(g) The commission may require by rule that any product or material that is approved for use in any one district may be approved for use by any other district.

(h) The commission by rule shall prescribe criteria for the classification of each district as metropolitan, urban, or rural. The rules must classify a district with a population of more than one million as metropolitan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171A.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171A / Section 171A.002
§ 171A.002. APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to and a civil action under this chapter may not be brought against:

(1) a hospital;

(2) a health care facility licensed, owned, maintained, or operated by this state;

(3) a health care provider, other than a provider against whom a qui tam action may be brought in accordance with Section 171A.101(d)(8);

(4) a physician, other than a physician against whom a qui tam action may be brought in accordance with Section 171A.101(d)(8);

(5) a physician group;

(6) an Internet service provider or the provider's affiliates or subsidiaries;

(7) an Internet search engine;

(8) a cloud service provider solely providing access or connection to or from an Internet website or other information or content on the Internet or on a facility, system, or network that is not under the provider's control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software, or other services; or

(9) a person who manufactures, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, prescribes, provides, or possesses abortion-inducing drugs in this state solely for one or more of the following purposes:

(A) treating a medical emergency;

(B) removing an ectopic pregnancy;

(C) removing a dead, unborn child whose death was caused by spontaneous abortion; or

(D) a purpose that does not include performing, inducing, attempting, or assisting an abortion, other than an abortion performed in response to a medical emergency.

(b) This chapter may not be construed to require the actual performance, inducement, or attempted performance of an abortion in order for a person to bring a civil action authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 313.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 313 / Section 313.001
§ 313.001. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

A person who intends to apply for the passage of a local or special law must give notice of that intention as prescribed by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7931.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7931 / Section 7931.052
§ 7931.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6003.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6003 / Section 6003.252
§ 6003.252. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The state fire marshal may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a registration certificate or license if, after notice and hearing, the state fire marshal finds that the applicant, registrant, or license holder has engaged in acts that:

(1) violate this chapter;

(2) violate rules or standards adopted under this chapter; or

(3) constitute misrepresentation made in connection with:

(A) the sale of products; or

(B) services rendered.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.405 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.405
§ 887.405. COMPUTATION OF RESERVE LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year, an association shall compute its reserve liability on all outstanding insurance certificates.

(b) To make the computation, an association:

(1) shall use the net premium basis in accordance with the reserve table and interest rate adopted by the association and approved by the commissioner; and

(2) may use group methods and approximate averages for fractions of a year.

(c) The reserve liability may be computed on not more than a one-year preliminary term.

(d) As soon as practical each year, the commissioner shall compute or cause to be computed the reserve liability of each association. To make the computation, the commissioner may use group methods and approximate averages for fractions of a year.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.315 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.315
§ 601.315. REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the advisory board may order a certificate 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.

(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 certificate holder for a service regulated by this chapter. The advisory board may not require payment of other damages or estimate harm in a refund order.
Tex. Finance Code § 33.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 33 / Section 33.005
§ 33.005. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

The following acquisitions are exempt from Section 33.001:

(1) an acquisition of securities in connection with the exercise of a security interest or otherwise in full or partial satisfaction of a debt previously contracted for in good faith and the acquiring person files written notice of acquisition with the banking commissioner before the person votes the securities acquired;

(2) unless the banking commissioner provides otherwise in writing, an acquisition of voting securities in any class or series by a controlling person who was identified as a controlling person of the state bank in a prior application filed with and approved by the banking commissioner and:

(A) has from the date of receipt of approval under this subchapter continuously held power to vote 25 percent or more of any class of voting securities of the state bank; or

(B) is considered to have from the date of receipt of approval under this subchapter continuously controlled the state bank under Section 33.001(b);

(3) an acquisition or transfer by operation of law, will, or intestate succession and the acquiring person files written notice of acquisition with the banking commissioner before the person votes the securities acquired;

(4) a transaction subject to Chapter 202 if:

(A) the acquiring bank holding company currently owns and controls a state bank; or

(B) the post-transaction controlling person is identified as the controlling person in a merger or other acquisition-related application filed with the banking commissioner concurrently with the submission required by Section 202.001; and

(5) a transaction exempted by the banking commissioner or by rules adopted under this subtitle because the transaction is not within the purposes of this subchapter or the regulation of the transaction is not necessary or appropriate to achieve the objectives of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8421.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8421 / Section 8421.052
§ 8421.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Deborah Hamilton Arterburn;

(2) Christina Eliasha Cole;

(3) Jared Sean Fargo;

(4) Aimee Ordeneaux Raley; and

(5) Robert Wempe.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8421.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8421.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8421.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8380.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8380 / Section 8380.155
§ 8380.155. FEES AND CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The district may establish fees, user fees, rates, and charges that are sufficient:

(1) to accomplish the purposes of this chapter;

(2) for the operation and maintenance of the district;

(3) to pay the principal of and interest on notes, bonds, and other obligations issued in connection with the exercise of the district's general powers and duties; and

(4) to satisfy all rate covenants relating to the issuance of notes, bonds, and other obligations.
Tex. Transportation Code § 286.008 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 286 / Section 286.008
§ 286.008. HEARING.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall hold a hearing at which a person who owns an interest in property that abuts a county road that is to be improved under this subchapter may be heard on any matter relating to the improvement or a proposed assessment including:

(1) the amount of the assessment;

(2) the lien and liability created by the assessment;

(3) the special benefit to the property and the property owner because of the improvement; and

(4) the accuracy, sufficiency, regularity, and validity of a proceeding or contract related to the improvement or assessment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.400 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.400
§ 504.400. FEES FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTED PLATES.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue, without charge, not more than three sets of specialty license plates under this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 29.046 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.046
§ 29.046. ACCOUNT USE RESTRICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Money in an account assigned to a student under Section 29.045 may be used only for supplemental services and supplemental instructional materials.

(b) Supplemental services must be provided by an agency-approved provider.

(c) If the agency has approved vendors for a category of instructional material under Section 29.047, instructional materials must be purchased from an agency-approved vendor for that category of instructional material. If the agency does not establish criteria for agency approval for a category of instructional materials, money in the student's account may be used to purchase the instructional materials from any vendor.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.354 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.354
§ 201.354. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the board before the expiration date of the license.

(b) At least 30 days before the expiration of a person's license, the board shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the board's records.

(c) The renewal fee applies to each person licensed by the board, even if the person is not practicing chiropractic in this state.

(d) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal to 1-1/2 times the renewal fee set by the board under Section 201.153(a). If a person's license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the person may renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal to two times the renewal fee set by the board under Section 201.153(a).

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (g) and Section 201.355, a person may not renew a license that has been expired for one year or more. The person may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.

(f) A person who practices chiropractic without a renewal receipt for the current year practices chiropractic without a license.

(g) A person may renew a license that has been expired for at least one year but not more than three years if:

(1) the board determines according to criteria adopted by board rule that the person has shown good cause for the failure to renew the license; and

(2) the person pays to the board:

(A) the renewal fee set by the board under Section 201.153(a) for each year in which the license was expired; and

(B) an additional fee in an amount equal to the sum of:

(i) the renewal fee set by the board under Section 201.153(a), multiplied by the number of years the license was expired, prorated for fractional years; and

(ii) two times the renewal fee set by the board under Section 201.153(a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 266.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 266 / Section 266.001
§ 266.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(11), eff. September 1, 2017.

(2) "Dental laboratory" means a place in which a person performs or offers to perform a dental laboratory service.

(3) "Dental laboratory service" means:

(A) the making, assembly, processing, production, repair, relining, or adjustment of a prosthetic or orthodontic dental appliance, a full or partial denture, a fixed or removable dental bridge, a dental plate of false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process; or

(B) the fitting of a dental appliance, a denture, a bridge, a plate, false teeth, an artificial restoration, or a substitute or corrective device for the human teeth, gums, or jaws to or on a dental model, impression, or cast of any part of the human teeth, gums, jaws, or alveolar process.

(4) "Dental technician" means a person who performs, offers to perform, or aids, abets, or causes another to perform or offer to perform a dental laboratory service.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.037 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 711 / Section 711.037
§ 711.037. LIEN AGAINST CEMETERY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A cemetery organization by contract may incur indebtedness as required to conduct its business and may secure the indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien against its property.

(b) A mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien placed on dedicated cemetery property, or on cemetery property that is later dedicated with the consent of the holder of the lien, does not affect the dedication and is subject to the dedication. A sale on foreclosure of the lien is subject to the dedication of the property for cemetery purposes.
Tex. Transportation Code § 552.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 552 / Section 552.006
§ 552.006. USE OF SIDEWALK.
Status: in_force

(a) A pedestrian may not walk along and on a roadway if an adjacent sidewalk is provided and is accessible to the pedestrian.

(b) If a sidewalk is not provided, a pedestrian walking along and on a highway shall walk on the left side of the roadway or the shoulder of the highway facing oncoming traffic, unless the left side of the roadway or the shoulder of the highway facing oncoming traffic is obstructed or unsafe.

(c) The operator of a vehicle emerging from or entering an alley, building, or private road or driveway shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian approaching on a sidewalk extending across the alley, building entrance or exit, road, or driveway.
Tex. Education Code § 51.703 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.703
§ 51.703. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "fund" means the fund for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.
Tex. Insurance Code § 32.0015 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0015
§ 32.0015. FILING ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND OTHER PAPERS; CERTIFIED COPIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall file and maintain in a department office:

(1) all insurance companies' acts or articles of incorporation; and

(2) any other paper required by law to be filed with the department.

(b) The department shall provide a certified copy of a document described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) to a party interested in the document who:

(1) submits an application; and

(2) pays the fee prescribed by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3947.011 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3947 / Section 3947.011
§ 3947.011. CONCURRENCE ON ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

If the legislature grants the district a power that is in addition to the powers approved by the initial resolution of the governing body of the city consenting to the creation of the district, the district may not exercise that power unless the governing body of the city consents to that change by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Water Code § 26.172 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.172
§ 26.172. RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

A local government may make written recommendations to the commission as to what in its judgment the water quality standards should be for any public water within its territorial jurisdiction.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 246.006 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 246 / Section 246.006
§ 246.006. DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The industries program may be financed through contributions donated for this purpose by private businesses contracting with the department.