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Tex. Insurance Code § 425.222 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.222
§ 425.222.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.222. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS FOR CAPITAL, SURPLUS, AND CONTINGENCY FUNDS: LIFE INCOME INTERESTS IN QUALIFIED TRUSTS. (a) Subject to this section, an insurer may invest the insurer's capital, surplus, and contingency funds in a life income interest in a qualified irrevocable express testamentary trust.

(b) For purposes of this section, a trust is a qualified trust if:

(1) each fee simple recipient of any part of the corpus of the trust:

(A) is a public charity, church, educational institution, or scientific institution;

(B) is located in this state; and

(C) is recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as exempt from payment of income taxes;

(2) the corpus of the trust is wholly or partly composed of interests in real estate, stocks, bonds, debentures, and other securities of an aggregate total value of at least $5 million; and

(3) the corpus of the trust produces annual income of at least $100,000.

(c) An insurer's life income interest in a qualified trust may not exceed 10 percent of the insurer's admitted assets.

(d) Before an insurer may acquire a life income interest in a qualified trust, the insurer must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that shows:

(1) the interest is subject to transfer and is recognized as transferable;

(2) the interest is capable of reasonable valuation;

(3) a market for the sale of the interest exists; and

(4) the interest is supported by life insurance in:

(A) an amount not less than the admitted value of the interest; and

(B) a form approved by the commissioner.

(e) In valuing a life income interest in a qualified trust on the insurer's books, the insurer may value the interest only on the basis of the lesser of:

(1) the recognized market established in accordance with Subsection (d)(3); or

(2) the ratio that the fractional life income interest in the income of the trust bears to the total market value of the properties held by the trust that are of a type of property an insurer may lawfully acquire under the investment statutes of this state.
Tex. Water Code § 58.183 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.183
§ 58.183. SELLING WATERPOWER PRIVILEGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may enter into a contract to sell waterpower privileges if power can be generated from water flowing from the district's reservoirs within its canal system.

(b) The sale of waterpower privileges may not interfere with the district's obligation to furnish an adequate supply of water for the purpose for which the district was organized and for municipal purposes in districts that furnish water for municipal purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 1331.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1331 / Section 1331.001
§ 1331.001. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

A municipality may issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes in the amount it considers expedient to:

(1) construct or purchase permanent improvements inside the municipal boundaries, including public buildings, waterworks, or sewers;

(2) construct or improve the streets and bridges of the municipality; or

(3) construct or purchase building sites or buildings for the public schools and other institutions of learning inside the municipality, if the municipality has assumed exclusive control of those schools and institutions.
Tex. Government Code § 469.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 469 / Section 469.206
§ 469.206. CERTIFICATE TERM.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall specify the term of a certificate of registration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1019.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1019 / Section 1019.152
§ 1019.152.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1019.152. PROPOSED BUDGET: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district resident is entitled to:

(1) appear at the time and place designated in the notice; and

(2) be heard regarding any item included in the proposed budget.
Tex. Insurance Code § 3502.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 3502 / Section 3502.102
§ 3502.102. RATE STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A mortgage guaranty insurance rate, rating plan, or charge may not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory and must be reasonable with respect to the benefits provided.

(b) This chapter does not require the department to:

(1) establish standard and absolute rates or a single and uniform rate for each risk or risks; or

(2) compel all insurers to adhere to rates previously filed by other insurers.

(c) The department may accept different rates for different insurers for the same risk or risks on mortgage guaranty insurance. The department may accept different rates for different insurers as filed by any authorized insurer unless the department finds that the filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.582 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.582
§ 2210.582. OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish an ombudsman program to provide information and educational programs to assist persons insured under this chapter with the claim processes under this subchapter.

(b) Not later than March 1 of each year, the department shall prepare and submit to the commissioner a budget for the ombudsman program, including approval of all expenditures incurred in administering and operating the program. The commissioner shall adopt or modify and adopt the budget not later than April 1 of the year in which the budget is submitted.

(c) Not later than May 1 of each year, the association shall transfer to the ombudsman program money in an amount equal to the amount of the budget adopted under Subsection (b). The ombudsman program, not later than April 30 of each year, shall return to the association any unexpended funds that the program received from the association in the previous year.

(d) The department shall, not later than 60 days after the date of a catastrophic event, prepare and submit an amended budget to the commissioner for approval and report to the commissioner the approximate number of claimants eligible for ombudsman services. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement an amended budget submitted under this section, including rules regarding the transfer of additional money from the association to the program.

(e) The ombudsman program may provide to persons insured under this chapter information and educational programs through:

(1) informational materials;

(2) toll-free telephone numbers;

(3) public meetings;

(4) outreach centers;

(5) the Internet; and

(6) other reasonable means.

(f) The ombudsman program is administratively attached to the department. The department shall provide the staff, services, and facilities necessary for the ombudsman program to operate, including:

(1) administrative assistance and service, including budget planning and purchasing;

(2) personnel services;

(3) office space; and

(4) computer equipment and support.

(g) The ombudsman program shall prepare and make available to each person insured under this chapter information describing the functions of the ombudsman program.

(h) The association, in the manner prescribed by the commissioner by rule, shall notify each person insured under this chapter concerning the operation of the ombudsman program.

(i) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Government Code § 482.503 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 482 / Section 482.503
§ 482.503. PREFERENCE FOR TEXAS SUPPLIERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall establish standards to ensure that grant recipients purchase goods and services from suppliers in this state to the extent reasonably possible, in a good faith effort to achieve a goal of more than 50 percent of those purchases from suppliers in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.003
§ 1079.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01894 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01894
§ 30.01894. MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The city manager shall appoint a municipal court administrator to serve as the clerk of the municipal courts of record.

(b) The municipal court administrator shall:

(1) perform, as applicable, the duties prescribed by law for the county clerk of a county court at law;

(2) maintain central docket records for all cases filed in the municipal courts of record;

(3) maintain an index of all municipal courts of record judgments in the same manner as county clerks are required by law to prepare for criminal cases arising in county courts; and

(4) request the jurors needed for cases that are set for trial by jury.

(c) The municipal court administrator may hire, direct, supervise, and remove personnel authorized in the city's annual budget for the clerk's office in accordance with the city's general government policies and procedures manual and subject to approval by the city manager.

(d) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.252
§ 3952.252. BORROWING MONEY.
Status: in_force

The district may borrow money for a district purpose by issuing or executing bonds, 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.
Tex. Occupations Code § 562.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 562 / Section 562.008
§ 562.008. GENERIC EQUIVALENT OR INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) If a practitioner certifies on the prescription form that a specific prescribed brand is medically necessary, the pharmacist shall dispense the drug or biological product as written by the practitioner. The certification must be made as required by the dispensing directive adopted under Section 562.015. This subchapter does not permit a pharmacist to substitute a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product unless the substitution is made as provided by this subchapter.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a pharmacist who receives a prescription for a drug or biological product for which there is one or more generic equivalents or one or more interchangeable biological products may dispense any of the generic equivalents or interchangeable biological products.
Tex. Occupations Code § 501.352 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.352
§ 501.352. PERFORMANCE OF DELEGATED ACT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY.
Status: in_force

A person to whom a psychologist delegates a psychological test or service under Section 501.351(a) is not considered to be engaged in the independent practice of psychology without a license issued under this chapter unless the person acts with the knowledge that the delegation and the action taken under the delegation violate this subtitle.
Tex. Government Code § 493.027 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.027
§ 493.027. MANAGEMENT-EMPLOYEE MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of the department may meet regularly with representatives of an eligible state employee organization, as certified by the comptroller under Section 403.0165, that represents department employees in disciplinary or grievance matters to identify:

(1) department policies or practices that impair the efficient, safe, and effective operation of department facilities; and

(2) issues that could lead to unnecessary conflicts between the department and department employees and that could undermine retention and recruitment of those employees.

(b) The director annually shall submit a report to each standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over the department on the outcome of any meetings held under this section. The report must:

(1) be signed by the director and each representative of an employee organization described by Subsection (a) that participates in the meetings; and

(2) include a statement from each party regarding the impact of the meetings on the recruitment and retention of department employees and on employee morale.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.203 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.203
§ 204.203. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES OF REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE.
Status: repealed

(a) A registered Texas representative office of a foreign bank may engage in:

(1) representational and administrative functions in connection with the banking activities of the foreign bank that:

(A) may include soliciting new business for the foreign bank, conducting research, acting as liaison between the foreign bank's head office and customers in the United States, performing preliminary and servicing steps in connection with lending, or performing back-office functions; and

(B) do not include contracting for any deposit or deposit-like liability, lending money, or engaging in any other banking activity for the foreign bank;

(2) making credit decisions if:

(A) the foreign bank also operates one or more branches or agencies in the United States;

(B) the loans approved at the representative office are made by a United States office of the bank; and

(C) the loan proceeds are not disbursed in the representative office; and

(3) other functions for or on behalf of the foreign bank or its affiliates, including operating as a regional administrative office of the foreign bank, but only to the extent that the functions are not banking activities and are not prohibited by applicable federal or state law.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Government Code § 54.750 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.750
§ 54.750. EXCHANGE OF BENCHES.
Status: in_force

(a) The judges of the criminal law magistrate court may exchange benches and may sit and act for each other in any proceeding pending in the criminal law magistrate court.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the judges of the criminal law magistrate court may exchange benches and may sit and act for each other in any proceeding assigned to them under this subchapter if a felony or misdemeanor indictment has been filed or a felony or misdemeanor information has been filed.

(c) Any court that assigns an indicted case or a case in which an information has been filed under this subchapter to the criminal law magistrate court may provide in the assignment order or the local administrative rules may provide that only the judge who is named in the assignment order may act on the case and that another judge of the criminal law magistrate court may not exchange benches with or sit for the judge named in the assignment order or local administrative rules.

(d) When conducting a capias pro fine hearing for any court, the criminal law magistrate court acts in the same capacity and with the same authority as the judge who issued the capias pro fine.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.402 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.402
§ 154.402. CRIMINAL PENALTY RELATING TO DEPOSIT OR WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) fails to deposit money in compliance with this chapter; or

(2) withdraws money in a manner inconsistent with this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable as if it were an offense under Section 32.45, Penal Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1014.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1014 / Section 1014.151
§ 1014.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 505.505 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.505
§ 505.505. APPEAL BOND NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The executive council is not required to post an appeal bond in any action arising under this chapter.
Tex. Family Code § 6.204 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.204
§ 6.204. RECOGNITION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR CIVIL UNION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "civil union" means any relationship status other than marriage that:

(1) is intended as an alternative to marriage or applies primarily to cohabitating persons; and

(2) grants to the parties of the relationship legal protections, benefits, or responsibilities granted to the spouses of a marriage.

(b) A marriage between persons of the same sex or a civil union is contrary to the public policy of this state and is void in this state.

(c) The state or an agency or political subdivision of the state may not give effect to a:

(1) public act, record, or judicial proceeding that creates, recognizes, or validates a marriage between persons of the same sex or a civil union in this state or in any other jurisdiction; or

(2) right or claim to any legal protection, benefit, or responsibility asserted as a result of a marriage between persons of the same sex or a civil union in this state or in any other jurisdiction.
Tex. Government Code § 1373.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1373 / Section 1373.002
§ 1373.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to financial assistance provided by the Texas Water Development Board.
Tex. Government Code § 401.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.104
§ 401.104. GOVERNOR'S FLAG.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may adopt a flag for the governor's official use.

(b) By executive order published in the Texas Register, the governor shall provide a description of a flag adopted under this section.
Tex. Education Code § 61.503 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.503
§ 61.503. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules and regulations to implement this subchapter, including rules providing for:

(1) prior consultation on the annual budget with the board;

(2) a postaudit in a manner acceptable to the state auditor of expenditures related to the residency training program of a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations with which the board has contracted; and

(3) distribution of family physicians and improvement of medical care in underserved urban and rural areas of the state and, insofar as possible and prudent, encouraging the permanent location in underserved areas of family physicians trained in these programs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8070.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8070 / Section 8070.0304
§ 8070.0304. 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. Utilities Code § 58.301 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.301
§ 58.301. SWITCHED ACCESS RATE REDUCTION.
Status: in_force

An electing company with greater than five million access lines in this state shall reduce its switched access rates on a combined originating and terminating basis as follows:

(1) the electing company shall reduce switched access rates on a combined originating and terminating basis in effect on September 1, 1999, by one cent a minute; and

(2) the electing company shall reduce switched access rates on a combined originating and terminating basis by an additional two cents a minute on the earlier of:

(A) July 1, 2000; or

(B) the date the electing company, or its affiliate formed in compliance with 47 U.S.C. Section 272, as amended, actually begins providing interLATA services in this state in accordance with the authorization required by 47 U.S.C. Section 271, as amended.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0153
§ 8508.0153. COURT REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is adversely affected by a rule or order of the authority may sue the authority in a district court to set aside the rule or order before the 31st day after the date on which the rule or order takes effect.

(b) Venue for a suit under Subsection (a) is in any county located wholly or partly in the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9003.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9003 / Section 9003.151
§ 9003.151. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE TAX; TAX ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election under Section 49.107, Water Code, the district may impose annual ad valorem taxes to provide funds:

(1) necessary to construct or acquire, maintain, and operate works, plants, and facilities considered essential or beneficial to the district and its purposes; or

(2) adequate to defray the cost of the maintenance, operation, and administration of the district.

(b) Elections for the imposition of taxes shall be:

(1) ordered by the board; and

(2) held and conducted in the manner provided by general law relating to elections for the authorization of bonds of water control and improvement districts.

(c) In calling an election for taxes authorized by Subsection (a), the board shall specify the maximum tax rate. A tax in excess of that amount may not be imposed without submitting the question of the increased rate to the voters.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.070 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.070
§ 242.070. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not assess more than one monetary penalty under this chapter and Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, for a violation arising out of the same act or failure to act, except as provided by Section 242.0665(c). The commission may assess the greater of a monetary penalty under this chapter or a monetary penalty under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, for the same act or failure to act.

(b) The commission may not impose an administrative penalty under this chapter and Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, against a nursing facility for a violation arising out of the same act or failure to act that is the subject of:

(1) a penalty imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under 42 C.F.R. Section 488.408 against the facility; or

(2) a penalty the facility appeals under 42 C.F.R. Part 498 before the facility exhausts all rights of appeal if:

(A) the federal requirement is the same or substantially similar to a requirement in this chapter or Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; and

(B) Subdivision (1) does not apply.
Tex. Transportation Code § 342.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 342 / Section 342.001
§ 342.001. FERRY CONNECTING STATE HIGHWAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may purchase, construct, maintain, operate, or control a ferry that crosses:

(1) a bay, arm, channel, or saltwater lake emptying into the Gulf of Mexico;

(2) an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico; or

(3) a river or other navigable body of water.

(b) This section applies only if:

(1) the ferry connects designated state highways; or

(2) the ferry connects a designated highway of this state and a designated highway of an adjoining state that by statute provides for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of a ferry jointly by the states and for public use of the ferry as the states agree.

(c) The department shall use money from the state highway fund to carry out this section.