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Tex. Insurance Code § 6002.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6002 / Section 6002.052
§ 6002.052. ADOPTION OF RULES; STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In adopting necessary rules, the commissioner may use:

(1) recognized standards, such as, but not limited to:

(A) standards of the National Fire Protection Association;

(B) standards recognized by federal law or regulation; or

(C) standards published by a nationally recognized standards-making organization;

(2) the National Electrical Code; or

(3) information provided by individual manufacturers.

(b) Under rules adopted under Section 6002.051, the department may create specialized licenses or registration certificates for an organization or individual engaged in the business of planning, certifying, leasing, selling, servicing, installing, monitoring, or maintaining fire alarm or fire detection devices or systems. The rules must establish appropriate training and qualification standards for each kind of license and certificate.

(c) The commissioner shall also adopt standards applicable to fire alarm devices, equipment, or systems regulated under this chapter. In adopting standards under this subsection, the commissioner may allow the operation of a fire alarm monitoring station that relies on fire alarm devices or equipment approved or listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory without regard to whether the monitoring station is approved or listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory if the operator of the station demonstrates that the station operating standards are substantially equivalent to those required to be approved or listed.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 31.015 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.015
§ 31.015. CHIEF CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall appoint a chief clerk.

(b) The chief clerk may perform any of the duties of the commissioner if the commissioner is sick, is absent, dies, or resigns.
Tex. Government Code § 1476.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1476 / Section 1476.003
§ 1476.003. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Status: in_force

Certificates of indebtedness issued under this chapter must be authorized by order of the commissioners court of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960 / Section 7960.0202
§ 7960.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, 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 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7960.0103; 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 7960.0103 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 7960.0103; 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 § 9089.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9089 / Section 9089.0401
§ 9089.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 9089.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 284.304 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 284 / Section 284.304
§ 284.304. INTERFERENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A network provider shall operate all network nodes in accordance with all applicable laws, including regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.

(b) A network provider shall ensure that the operation of a network node does not cause any harmful radio frequency interference to a Federal Communications Commission-authorized mobile telecommunications operation of the municipality operating at the time the network node was initially installed or constructed. On written notice, a network provider shall take all steps reasonably necessary to remedy any harmful interference.
Tex. Government Code § 603.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 603 / Section 603.010
§ 603.010. OVERCHARGING OF FEES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An officer named in this chapter who demands and receives a higher fee than authorized under this chapter or a fee that is not authorized under this chapter is liable to the aggrieved person for four times the amount unlawfully demanded and received.
Tex. Family Code § 107.110 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.110
§ 107.110. PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A child custody evaluator may conduct psychometric testing as part of a child custody evaluation if:

(1) ordered by the court or determined necessary by the child custody evaluator; and

(2) the child custody evaluator is:

(A) appropriately licensed and trained to administer and interpret the specific psychometric tests selected; and

(B) trained in the specialized forensic application of psychometric testing.

(b) Selection of a specific psychometric test is at the professional discretion of the child custody evaluator based on the specific issues raised in the suit.

(c) A child custody evaluator may only use psychometric tests if the evaluator is familiar with the reliability, validation, and related standardization or outcome studies of, and proper applications and use of, the tests within a forensic setting.

(d) If a child custody evaluator considers psychometric testing necessary but lacks specialized training or expertise to use the specific tests under this section, the evaluator may designate a licensed psychologist to conduct the testing and may request additional orders from the court.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.016
§ 12.016. PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any statements, correspondence, or other form of oral or written communication made by a member of the legislature to a department official or employee during a public hearing conducted by the department shall become part of the record of the hearing, regardless of whether the member is a party to the hearing.

(b) When a public hearing conducted by the department is required by law to be conducted at a certain location, the department shall determine the place within that location at which the hearing will be conducted. In making that determination, the department shall consider the cost of available facilities and the adequacy of a facility to accommodate the type of hearing and anticipated attendance.

(c) The department shall conduct at least one session of a public hearing after normal business hours on request by a party to the hearing or any person who desires to attend the hearing.

(d) An applicant for a license, permit, registration, or similar form of permission required by law to be obtained from the department may not amend the application after the 31st day before the date on which a public hearing on the application is scheduled to begin. If an amendment of an application would be necessary within that period, the applicant shall resubmit the application to the department and must again comply with notice requirements and any other requirements of law or department rule as though the application were originally submitted to the department on that date.

(e) If an application for a license, permit, registration, or similar form of permission required by law is pending before the department at the time when changes take effect concerning notice requirements imposed by law for that type of application, the applicant must comply with the new notice requirements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004 / Section 8004.152
§ 8004.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8004.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.138 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.138
§ 481.138.
Status: in_force

Sec. 481.138. OFFENSE: UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR RECEIPT OF CHEMICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person sells, transfers, furnishes, or receives a chemical laboratory apparatus subject to Section 481.080(a) and the person:

(1) does not comply with Section 481.080;

(2) knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record required by Section 481.080; or

(3) knowingly violates a rule adopted under Section 481.080.

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony, unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.203
§ 1011.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order a bond election on its own motion.

(c) The order must specify:

(1) the location of the polling places;

(2) the presiding election officers;

(3) the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized;

(5) the maximum interest rate of the bonds; and

(6) the maximum maturity date of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the order in a newspaper of general circulation in Schleicher County once each week for two consecutive weeks before the date of the election. The first publication must occur at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.264 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.264
§ 2306.264. INSPECTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS.
Status: in_force

The department, through its agents or employees, may:

(1) enter and inspect, in whole or in part, the land, buildings, and equipment of a housing sponsor; and

(2) examine all records showing the capital structure, income, expenditures, and other payments of a housing sponsor.
Tex. Government Code § 411.3735 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.3735
§ 411.3735. CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

(2) "Public information officer" means an individual who is employed or appointed by a state agency or local government entity and whose duties include communicating with the public during a disaster regarding the disaster.

(b) Each of the following entities shall employ or appoint a public information officer who must obtain certification in emergency communications from the division and complete continuing education on emergency communications as provided by Subchapter K, Chapter 418:

(1) a municipal police department;

(2) a sheriff's office;

(3) a county constable's office;

(4) a school district police department; and

(5) the department.

(c) The chief administrative officer of an agency may be appointed or employed as a public information officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1060.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1060 / Section 1060.001
§ 1060.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Menard County Hospital District of Menard County, Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9701.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9701 / Section 9701.003
§ 9701.003. MEMBER DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

The Red Bluff District is composed of the following member districts:

(1) Loving County Water Improvement District No. 1;

(2) Reeves County Water Improvement District No. 2;

(3) Ward County Irrigation District No. 3;

(4) Ward County Irrigation District No. 1;

(5) Ward County Water Improvement District No. 2;

(6) Pecos County Water Improvement District No. 2; and

(7) Pecos County Water Improvement District No. 3.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3976.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3976 / Section 3976.0103
§ 3976.0103. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
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. By creating the district and in authorizing 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.

(b) 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.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city from providing the level of services provided to the area in the district as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the city services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7948A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7948A / Section 7948A.0104
§ 7948A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7948A.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. Insurance Code § 981.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.154
§ 981.154. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The stamping office shall perform its functions under the plan of operation.

(b) The stamping office shall conduct the following activities as provided in the plan of operation:

(1) receive, record, and review each surplus lines insurance contract that a surplus lines agent is required to file with the office;

(2) provide to the commissioner an evaluation of the eligibility of each surplus lines insurance contract and surplus lines insurer;

(3) prepare monthly reports for the commissioner relating to surplus lines insurance obtained during the preceding month in a form prescribed by the commissioner;

(4) prepare reports for the commissioner relating to surplus lines business;

(5) collect from each surplus lines agent a stamping fee for the costs of operations to be paid by the insured and determined by the department in an amount not to exceed three-fourths of one percent of gross premium resulting from surplus lines insurance contracts;

(6) employ persons;

(7) borrow money;

(8) enter into contracts;

(9) perform any other acts to facilitate or encourage compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter; and

(10) provide any other service incidental or related to an office purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8108.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8108 / Section 8108.153
§ 8108.153. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:

(1) an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code;

(4) a cable operator as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522; or

(5) a person who provides to the public advanced telecommunications services.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 62.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 62 / Section 62.151
§ 62.151. CHILD HEALTH PLAN COVERAGE.
Status: repealed

(a) The child health plan must comply with this chapter and the coverage requirements prescribed by 42 U.S.C. Section 1397cc, as amended, and any other applicable law or regulations.

(b) In modifying the covered benefits, the executive commissioner shall consider the health care needs of healthy children and children with special health care needs.

(c) In modifying the plan, the executive commissioner shall ensure that primary and preventive health benefits do not include reproductive services, other than prenatal care and care related to diseases, illnesses, or abnormalities related to the reproductive system.

(d) The child health plan must allow an enrolled child with a chronic, disabling, or life-threatening illness to select an appropriate specialist as a primary care physician.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 3.40(b)(2), and Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 2.37(c)(2), eff. January 1, 2016.

(f) If the executive commissioner determines the policy to be cost-effective, the executive commissioner may ensure that an enrolled child does not, unless authorized by the commission in consultation with the child's attending physician or advanced practice nurse, receive under the child health plan:

(1) more than four different outpatient brand-name prescription drugs during a month; or

(2) more than a 34-day supply of a brand-name prescription drug at any one time.

(g) The child health plan may not provide coverage for services prohibited by Section 161.702 that are intended to transition a child's biological sex as determined by the child's sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8234.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8234 / Section 8234.102
§ 8234.102. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8053.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8053 / Section 8053.0502
§ 8053.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.056
§ 1088.056. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1034.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1034 / Section 1034.003
§ 1034.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7220.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7220 / Section 7220.0101
§ 7220.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the High Point Special Utility District of Kaufman and Rockwall Counties.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.501 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.501
§ 3.501. PRESENTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) "Presentment" means a demand made by or on behalf of a person entitled to enforce an instrument to:

(1) pay the instrument made to the drawee or a party obliged to pay the instrument or, in the case of a note or accepted draft payable at a bank, to the bank; or

(2) accept a draft made to the drawee.

(b) The following rules are subject to Chapter 4, agreement of the parties, and clearing-house rules and the like:

(1) Presentment may be made at the place of payment of the instrument and must be made at the place of payment if the instrument is payable at a bank in the United States. Presentment may be made by any commercially reasonable means, including an oral, written, or electronic communication. Presentment is effective:

(A) when the demand for payment or acceptance is received by the person to whom presentment is made; and

(B) if made to any one of two or more makers, acceptors, drawees, or other payors.

(2) On demand of the person to whom presentment is made, the person making presentment must:

(A) exhibit the instrument;

(B) give reasonable identification and, if presentment is made on behalf of another person, reasonable evidence of authority to do so; and

(C) sign a receipt on the instrument for any payment made or surrender the instrument if full payment is made.

(3) Without dishonoring the instrument, the party to whom presentment is made may:

(A) return the instrument for lack of a necessary indorsement; or

(B) refuse payment or acceptance for failure of the presentment to comply with the terms of the instrument, an agreement of the parties, or other applicable law or rule.

(4) The party to whom presentment is made may treat presentment as occurring on the next business day after the day of presentment if the party to whom presentment is made has established a cutoff hour not earlier than 2 p.m. for the receipt and processing of instruments presented for payment or acceptance and presentment is made after the cutoff hour.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.064 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.064
§ 52.064. COMMON STOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) If a marketing association consists of fewer than 20 stockholders, a stockholder may not own more than one share of the marketing association's issued common stock. If the marketing association consists of 20 or more stockholders, a stockholder may not own more than one-twentieth of a marketing association's issued common stock. A marketing association with more than 20 stockholders, by its bylaws, may limit the amount of common stock that one stockholder may own to an amount less than one-twentieth of the issued common stock.

(b) At any time, except when the association's debts exceed 50 percent of its assets, a marketing association may purchase its common stock at the book value conclusively determined by its board of directors and pay cash for the stock within one year thereafter.

(c) A person may not transfer common stock of a marketing association to a person who does not produce agricultural products handled by the association. The association shall state this restriction in its bylaws and shall print the restriction on each common stock certificate.