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Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1741 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1741
§ 152.1741. MITCHELL COUNTY.
Status: repealed

(a) Mitchell County is included in the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board.

(b) Section 152.1831 applies to the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 4(2), eff. October 1, 2017.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 4(2), eff. October 1, 2017.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 4(2), eff. October 1, 2017.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 4(2), eff. October 1, 2017.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 4(2), eff. October 1, 2017.
Tex. Family Code § 101.0094 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0094
§ 101.0094. DENTAL INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

"Dental insurance" means insurance coverage that provides preventive dental care and other dental services, including usual dentist services, office visits, examinations, X-rays, and emergency services, that may be provided through a single service health maintenance organization or other private or public organization.
Tex. Government Code § 302.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 302 / Section 302.016
§ 302.016. PUBLIC RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each statement filed under this subchapter is public information and shall be preserved for two years after the election for which it was filed.

(b) Unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders further preservation, a statement may be destroyed after the two-year period prescribed by Subsection (a).
Tex. Water Code § 27.035 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.035
§ 27.035. JURISDICTION OVER IN SITU RECOVERY OF TAR SANDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The railroad commission has jurisdiction over the in situ recovery of tar sands and may issue permits for injection wells used for the in situ recovery of tar sands.

(b) A person may not begin to drill an injection well to be used in the in situ recovery of tar sands unless that person has a valid permit for the well issued by the railroad commission under this chapter.

(c) The railroad commission shall adopt rules that are necessary to administer and regulate the in situ recovery of tar sands.

(d) For purposes of regulation by the railroad commission, an injection well for the in situ recovery of tar sands is designated as a Class V well under the underground injection control program administered by the railroad commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8269.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8269 / Section 8269.051
§ 8269.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Except for temporary or initial directors, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.3085 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.3085
§ 375.3085. ANNEXATION OR DISANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may vote to annex or disannex territory to an authority.

(b) Not earlier than the 60th or later than the 30th day before the date the board votes on the annexation or disannexation, the board shall hold two public hearings to consider the annexation or disannexation. The board must publish notice of each public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the proposed annexed or disannexed territory at least seven days before each public hearing.

(c) The notice must state:

(1) the date, time, and place for the public hearing; and

(2) the amended boundaries of the authority, including a map of the proposed annexation or disannexation of territory in the authority.

(d) If the board approves the proposed annexation or disannexation, the board shall submit the action to the governing body of the municipality for approval. The annexation or disannexation takes effect on the date the governing body of the municipality approves the annexation or disannexation by ordinance.

(e) Section 375.043 does not apply to the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008A / Section 8008A.0304
§ 8008A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

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

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8026A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8026A / Section 8026A.0104
§ 8026A.0104. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7953A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7953A / Section 7953A.0104
§ 7953A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7953A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 7.065 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 7 / Section 7.065
§ 7.065. TEACHING AND LEARNING CONDITIONS SURVEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop an online survey to be administered statewide at least biennially to superintendents, principals, supervisors, classroom teachers, counselors, and other appropriate full-time professional employees who are required to hold a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.

(b) In developing the survey under this section, the commissioner shall ensure that the survey is designed to elicit information relating to the following issues:

(1) teaching and learning conditions as predictors of student achievement and growth;

(2) the relationship between teaching and learning conditions and teacher retention;

(3) the influence of school leadership on teaching and learning conditions, including:

(A) meaningful involvement of teachers in determining professional development needs;

(B) meaningful involvement of teachers in campus decisions and initiatives;

(C) support for teachers in student disciplinary matters; and

(D) limiting required meetings for and noninstructional duties of teachers;

(4) the relationship between teaching and learning conditions and student attendance and graduation;

(5) the appropriate time during the day for collaborative instructional planning;

(6) facilities resources needs; and

(7) other supports needed for educators to be successful in the classroom.

(c) The commissioner shall contract with a third-party entity with appropriate research and evaluation expertise to administer the survey required by this section. The third-party survey administrator shall collect responses and protect the identity of the respondents. The third-party survey administrator shall provide the survey responses to the commissioner or a person designated by the commissioner not later than the 60th day after the date the survey is administered.

(d) After the administration of each survey, the commissioner shall:

(1) make the survey results available to the public; and

(2) provide the survey results to school districts and campuses.

(e) Each school district and campus shall use the survey results:

(1) to review and revise, as appropriate, district-level or campus-level improvement plans in the manner provided under Subchapter F, Chapter 11; and

(2) for other purposes, as appropriate to enhance the district and campus learning environment.

(f) The commissioner shall use the survey results to develop, review, and revise:

(1) agency professional development offerings;

(2) agency initiatives aimed at teacher retention; and

(3) standards for principals and superintendents.

(g) The commissioner shall carry out duties under this section, including contracting for the administration of the survey, using only available funds and resources from public and private sources.
Tex. Property Code § 41.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 41 / Section 41.003
§ 41.003. TEMPORARY RENTING OF A HOMESTEAD.
Status: in_force

Temporary renting of a homestead does not change its homestead character if the homestead claimant has not acquired another homestead.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.092 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.092
§ 207.092. DISCLOSURE OF CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual at the time of filing a new claim for benefits shall disclose whether the individual owes a child support obligation.

(b) If the individual discloses a child support obligation and the individual is determined to be eligible for benefits, the commission shall notify the state or local child support enforcement agency enforcing the child support obligation that the individual has been determined to be eligible for benefits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8281.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8281 / Section 8281.101
§ 8281.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by general law applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.161 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.161
§ 285.161. TAX AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A majority of voters in a hospital district created under general or special law of which all or a majority of the territory is located in a county or counties each with a population of 75,000 or less may impose a sales and use tax to raise revenue if the imposition is authorized at an election under this subchapter.

(b) A district may not adopt a tax under this subchapter or increase the rate of the tax if as a result of the adoption or increase the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 101A.157 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.157
§ 101A.157. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a copayment system using a sliding scale that is based on an elderly person's income.

(b) An elderly person whose income exceeds the basic income and resources requirements for eligibility for the community care for aged and disabled program of the department, but whose income is less than 200 percent of that level, shall pay a portion of the cost of support services provided to the person by a case management unit according to the fee scale.

(c) An elderly person whose income exceeds 200 percent of the level established by the department for the community care for aged and disabled program shall pay the full cost of support services provided by a case management unit.

(d) A local case management unit shall collect and account for all fees imposed for services provided by the case management unit and shall submit reports to the department as prescribed by department rules.

(e) Fees collected shall be used to defray program costs and to expand the Options for Independent Living program.
Tex. Government Code § 511.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 511 / Section 511.012
§ 511.012. FAILURE TO COMPLY AFTER REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall grant the county or sheriff a reasonable period of not more than one year after the date of the report under Section 511.011 to comply with commission rules and procedures and state law.

(b) If the county commissioners or sheriff does not comply within the period granted by the commission, the commission by order may prohibit confinement of prisoners in the county jail. In that event, the commission shall furnish the sheriff with a list of qualified detention facilities to which the prisoners may be transferred for confinement. Immediately on issuance of the commission's order, the sheriff shall transfer the number of prisoners necessary to bring the county jail into compliance to a detention facility that agrees to accept the prisoners. The agreement must be in writing and signed by the sheriffs of the counties transferring and receiving the prisoners. A county transferring prisoners under this section shall remove the prisoners from the receiving facility immediately on request of the sheriff of the receiving county.

(c) The county transferring prisoners under this section is liable for payment of the costs of transportation for, and maintenance of, transferred prisoners. These costs shall be determined by agreement between the participating counties and shall be paid into the treasury of the entity operating the detention facility receiving the prisoners.
Tex. Transportation Code § 455.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 455 / Section 455.054
§ 455.054. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) enforce federal and state laws on rail fixed guideway public transportation safety;

(2) review, revise, approve, oversee, and enforce the public transportation agency safety plan required under 49 U.S.C. Section 5329(d), including the implementation by a rail fixed guideway public transportation system of the system's plan;

(3) investigate and enforce the safety of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems; and

(4) coordinate all enforcement responsibilities with other governmental entities as needed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.060
§ 1088.060. APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES; CONTRACT WITH DOCTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff or contract with any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ fiscal agents, accountants, architects, and attorneys the board considers proper.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to hire district employees, including technicians and nurses.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 75.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 75 / Section 75.101
§ 75.101. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED; PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
Status: in_force

In developing a regional or local health care program, a governing body may provide health care services or benefits as described by this subchapter or may develop another type of program to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. A regional or local health care program must be developed, to the extent practicable, to:

(1) reduce the number of individuals without health benefit plan coverage within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;

(2) address rising health care costs and reduce the cost of health care services or health benefit plan coverage for small employers and their employees within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;

(3) promote preventive care and reduce the incidence of preventable health conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes and low birth weight in infants;

(4) promote efficient and collaborative delivery of health care services;

(5) serve as a model for the innovative use of health information technology to promote efficient delivery of health care services, reduce health care costs, and improve the health of the community; and

(6) provide fair payment rates for health care providers.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.235 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.235
§ 623.235. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A permit issued under this subchapter must include:

(1) the name of the applicant;

(2) the date of issuance;

(3) the signature of the director of the district or the director's designee;

(4) a statement of the kind of cargo being transported, the maximum weight and dimensions of the equipment, and the kind and weight of each commodity to be transported, provided that the gross weight of such equipment and commodities shall not exceed 140,000 pounds;

(5) a statement of any condition on which the permit is issued;

(6) a statement that the cargo shall only be transported on a road designated under Section 623.232;

(7) the name of the driver of the vehicle in which the cargo is to be transported; and

(8) the location where the cargo was loaded.

(b) The district shall report to the Texas Department of Transportation all permits issued under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.201
§ 3906.201. BORROWING MONEY.
Status: in_force

The district may borrow money for a district purpose by issuing or executing bonds, negotiable or nonnegotiable notes, credit agreements, or other obligations of any kind found by the board to be necessary or appropriate for a district purpose. The bond, note, credit agreement, or other obligation must be secured by and payable from any combination of ad valorem taxes, assessments, or any other district revenue or sources of money.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.307 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.307
§ 153.307. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO FILE REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A domestic or foreign limited partnership that fails to file a report under Section 153.301 when the report is due forfeits the limited partnership's right to transact business in this state. A forfeiture under this section takes effect without judicial ascertainment.

(b) When the right to transact business has been forfeited under this section, the secretary of state shall note that the right to transact business has been forfeited and the date of forfeiture on the record kept in the secretary's office relating to the limited partnership.
Tex. Estates Code § 355.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 355 / Section 355.151
§ 355.151. OPTION TO TREAT CLAIM AS MATURED SECURED CLAIM OR PREFERRED DEBT AND LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) If a secured claim for money against an estate is presented, the claimant shall specify in the claim, in addition to all other matters required to be specified in the claim, whether the claimant desires to have the claim:

(1) allowed and approved as a matured secured claim to be paid in due course of administration, in which case the claim shall be paid in that manner if allowed and approved; or

(2) allowed, approved, and fixed as a preferred debt and lien against the specific property securing the indebtedness and paid according to the terms of the contract that secured the lien, in which case the claim shall be so allowed and approved if it is a valid lien.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), the personal representative may pay a claim that the claimant desired to have allowed, approved, and fixed as a preferred debt and lien as described by Subsection (a)(2) before maturity if that payment is in the best interest of the estate.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.304 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.304
§ 111.304. TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

No common carrier pipeline transporting coal in whatever form shall contract or otherwise agree to transport coal for a term in excess of three years without prior approval of that contract or agreement by the commission which approval shall be given on determination that the contract or agreement is in the public interest in which case the contract or agreement shall be enforceable.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.1361 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.1361
§ 212.1361. NOTICE FOR EXTENSION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A municipality proposing an extension of a moratorium under this subchapter must publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not later than the 15th day before the date of the hearing required by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.158
§ 1090.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 102A.0015 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 102A / Section 102A.0015
§ 102A.0015. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, a reference to a municipality or county includes a public health district created by one or more municipalities or counties.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.044 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.044
§ 85.044. EXEMPT PURCHASES.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 85.041 through 85.043 of this code do not apply to the purchase of products of oil if made by the ultimate consumer from a retail distributor of the products.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7925.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7925 / Section 7925.105
§ 7925.105. 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. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 9.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 9 / Section 9.001
§ 9.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Claimant" means a party, including a plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross-claimant, third-party plaintiff, or intervenor, seeking recovery of damages. In an action in which a party seeks recovery of damages for injury to another person, damage to the property of another person, death of another person, or other harm to another person, "claimant" includes both that other person and the party seeking recovery of damages.

(2) "Defendant" means a party, including a counterdefendant, cross-defendant, or third-party defendant, from whom a claimant seeks relief.

(3) "Groundless" means:

(A) no basis in fact; or

(B) not warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.

(4) "Pleading" includes a motion.