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Tex. Insurance Code § 887.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.005
§ 887.005. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE MUTUAL ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a mutual association for employees of the Department of Public Safety may provide coverage and benefits to retired officers and employees of that department.
Tex. Water Code § 51.522 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.522
§ 51.522. ELECTION NOT REQUIRED IN SEPARATE ELECTION PRECINCT.
Status: in_force

If proposed improvements are considered to be required to promote the public welfare or if the owners of the land in a defined area file a petition acknowledged as required for deeds requesting the district to provide improvements and assess a tax only in the defined area, it is not necessary to constitute the area a separate election precinct and have a separate election in that area.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.653 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.653
§ 91.653. ELIGIBILITY FOR VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Any site that is contaminated with a contaminant is eligible for participation in the voluntary cleanup program except the portion of a site that may be subject to a commission order.

(b) A person electing to participate in the voluntary cleanup program must:

(1) enter into a voluntary cleanup agreement as provided by Section 91. 656; and

(2) pay all costs of commission oversight of the voluntary cleanup.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 291.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 291 / Section 291.054
§ 291.054. INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING; INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall require each institutional health care provider to submit to the county a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections.

(b) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may inspect the records of an institutional health care provider to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8363.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8363 / Section 8363.107
§ 8363.107. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8363.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 130.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 130 / Section 130.001
§ 130.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Construction contract" means a contract or agreement made and entered into by an owner, contractor, subcontractor, registered architect, licensed engineer, land surveyor, or supplier concerning the design, construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, appurtenance, road, highway, bridge, dam, levee, or other improvement to or on real property, including moving, demolition, and excavation connected with the real property.

(2) "Land surveyor" means a registered professional land surveyor or licensed state land surveyor as those terms are defined by Section 1071.002, Occupations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4017.0706 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4017 / Section 4017.0706
§ 4017.0706. TAX OR BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Before a new district created by the division of the district may impose a tax for which an election is required under this chapter for the original district or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the new district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.051
§ 601.051. REQUIREMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

A person may not operate a motor vehicle in this state unless financial responsibility is established for that vehicle through:

(1) a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that complies with Subchapter D;

(2) a surety bond filed under Section 601.121;

(3) a deposit under Section 601.122;

(4) a deposit under Section 601.123; or

(5) self-insurance under Section 601.124.
Tex. Local Government Code § 62.094 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 62 / Section 62.094
§ 62.094. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The compensation of the receiver, court costs, and expenses have priority over other claims against an abolished municipality and shall be paid first out of money on hand or collected.

(b) Money collected each year from taxes shall be paid pro rata on claims according to their priorities until all claims established against the municipality and all costs and expenses are paid in full.

(c) After the final settlement of the receivership, the receiver shall deliver money or other property remaining to the trustees or other officers in charge of any public school district located completely within the boundaries of the abolished municipality, and the money or property shall be used for the benefit of the school district. If there is no such public school district, the receiver shall deliver the remaining money or property to the county in which the municipality is located. The money shall be deposited in the general fund of the county, and the property shall be used for the benefit of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6913.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6913 / Section 6913.107
§ 6913.107. DIRECTOR AND TREASURER BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The treasurer shall give bond in the amount required by the board. The treasurer's bond shall be conditioned on the treasurer's faithful accounting for all money that comes into the treasurer's custody as treasurer of the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 126.153 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 126 / Section 126.153
§ 126.153. POWERS RELATING TO CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

The conservator may:

(1) determine the existence and amount of claims;

(2) allow proved claims of security, preference, or priority;

(3) disallow unproved claims of security, preference, or priority; and

(4) settle or release a claim in favor of or against the credit union.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.159
§ 1016.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1016.160(b), and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall remain on deposit.

(c) This chapter, including Subsection (b), does not limit the power of the board to place a part of district money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.
Tex. Property Code § 68.061 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 68 / Section 68.061
§ 68.061. RIGHTS OF INNOCENT PERSONS.
Status: in_force

All forfeitures or dispositions under this chapter must be made with due provision for the rights of innocent persons.
Tex. Labor Code § 501.021 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 501 / Section 501.021
§ 501.021. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

An employee with a compensable injury is entitled to compensation by the director as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7940A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7940A / Section 7940A.0401
§ 7940A.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 7940A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, 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. Human Resources Code § 63.004 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.004
§ 63.004.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63.004. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: SINGLE COUNTY FACILITY. The facility shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees for a facility created by a single county may be the commissioners court of the forming county, or the commissioners court may appoint from the qualified voters of the region to be served a board of trustees consisting of no less than five nor more than nine persons. If the board of trustees is appointed from the qualified voters of the region to be served, the terms of the members thereof shall be staggered by appointing not less than one-third nor more than one-half of the members for one year, or until their successors are appointed, and by appointing the remaining members for two years, or until their successors are appointed. Thereafter, all appointments shall be made for a two-year period, or until their successors are appointed. Appointments made to fill unexpired terms shall be for the period of the unexpired term, or until a successor is appointed.
Tex. Estates Code § 455.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 455 / Section 455.004
§ 455.004. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of notice of a decedent for whose estate a personal representative has not been appointed and who has no known or suitable next of kin, the public probate administrator shall take prompt possession or control of the decedent's property located in the county that:

(1) is considered by the public probate administrator to be subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation; or

(2) the court orders into the possession and control of the public probate administrator after notice to the public probate administrator.

(b) The public probate administrator is responsible for determining if the decedent has any heirs or a will and, if necessary, shall make burial arrangements with the appropriate county facility in charge of indigent burial if there are no known personal representatives.

(c) If the public probate administrator determines the decedent executed a will, the administrator shall file the will with the county clerk.

(d) The public probate administrator has all of the powers and duties of an administrator under this title.

(e) The public probate administrator may dispose of any unclaimed property by public auction or private sale, or donation to a charity, if appropriate.

(f) The statutory probate court judge or commissioners court may request accountings in addition to accountings otherwise required by this title.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 91A.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 91A / Section 91A.002
§ 91A.002. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

An audiologist or speech-language pathologist who, without compensation or expectation of compensation, conducts a speech, language, or hearing evaluation or screening is immune from civil liability for any act or omission resulting in the death or injury to the patient if:

(1) the audiologist or speech-language pathologist was acting in good faith and in the course and scope of the audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's duties;

(2) the audiologist or speech-language pathologist commits the act or omission in the course of conducting the speech, language, or hearing examination or screening; and

(3) the services provided to the patient are within the scope of the license of the audiologist or speech-language pathologist.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9062.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9062 / Section 9062.052
§ 9062.052. ADDITION OF LAND TO DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may not add land to the district unless:

(1) an owner of land adjacent or contiguous to the district requests in writing that the district add land;

(2) the owner of the land to be added consents to the addition; and

(3) the land is adjacent or contiguous to the district when added.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.006
§ 146.006. CHANGE OF LOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person holding a tattoo studio or body piercing studio license under this chapter who intends to change the location of the tattoo or body piercing studio shall notify the department in writing of that intent not less than 30 days before the change is to occur. The notice shall include the street address of the new location and the name and residence address of the individual in charge of the business at the new location.

(b) Not later than the 10th day after the change of location is complete, a person holding a license under this chapter shall notify the department in writing and shall verify the information submitted under Subsection (a).

(c) Notice under this section must be sent to the department's central office by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Tex. Education Code § 37.022 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.022
§ 37.022. NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Disciplinary action" means a suspension, expulsion, placement in an alternative education program, or other limitation in enrollment eligibility of a student by a district or school.

(2) "District or school" includes an independent school district, a home-rule school district, a campus or campus program charter holder, or an open-enrollment charter school.

(b) If a district or school takes disciplinary action against a student and the student subsequently enrolls in another district or school before the expiration of the period of disciplinary action, the governing body of the district or school taking the disciplinary action shall provide to the district or school in which the student enrolls, at the same time other records of the student are provided, a copy of the order of disciplinary action.

(c) Subject to Section 37.007(e), the district or school in which the student enrolls may continue the disciplinary action under the terms of the order or may allow the student to attend regular classes without completing the period of disciplinary action.
Tex. Education Code § 88.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.101
§ 88.101. DIRECTOR OF TEXAS FOREST SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The board shall appoint a director of the Texas Forest Service, who shall be a technically trained forester with not less than two years of experience in professional forestry work.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8071.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8071 / Section 8071.0101
§ 8071.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 35.
Tex. Government Code § 171.0253 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0253
§ 171.0253. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR RENEWAL OF INSTRUCTOR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall establish the minimum number of hours of continuing education that a license holder must complete to renew an instructor license issued under Subchapter D. The commission may require a different number of hours of continuing education for each type of court-ordered program for which the license holder holds an endorsement.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 20A.302 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 20A / Section 20A.302
§ 20A.302. PREPARATION OF INDICTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney representing the state shall prepare, with as little delay as possible, each indictment found by the grand jury and shall deliver the indictment to the foreperson. The attorney shall endorse on the indictment the name of each witness on whose testimony the indictment was found.

(b) The foreperson shall officially sign each indictment prepared and delivered under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6913.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6913 / Section 6913.153
§ 6913.153. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) To carry out a power provided by this chapter, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land and easements inside or outside the district in Haskell County.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.

(c) The board shall determine the amount and the type of interest in land and easements to be acquired under this section.

(d) The district's authority under this section to exercise the power of eminent domain expired on September 1, 2013, unless the district submitted a letter to the comptroller in accordance with Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, not later than December 31, 2012.
Tex. Water Code § 49.2122 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.2122
§ 49.2122. ESTABLISHMENT OF CUSTOMER CLASSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a district may establish different charges, fees, rentals, or deposits among classes of customers that are based on any factor the district considers appropriate, including:

(1) the similarity of the type of customer to other customers in the class, including:

(A) residential;

(B) commercial;

(C) industrial;

(D) apartment;

(E) rental housing;

(F) irrigation;

(G) homeowner associations;

(H) builder;

(I) out-of-district;

(J) nonprofit organization; and

(K) any other type of customer as determined by the district;

(2) the type of services provided to the customer class;

(3) the cost of facilities, operations, and administrative services to provide service to a particular class of customer, including additional costs to the district for security, recreational facilities, or fire protection paid from other revenues; and

(4) the total revenues, including ad valorem tax revenues and connection fees, received by the district from a class of customers relative to the cost of service to the class of customers.

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a district that provides nonsubmetered master metered utility service, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(1), to a recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(3):

(1) shall determine the rates for that service on the same basis the district uses to determine the rates for other commercial businesses that serve transient customers and receive nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the district; and

(2) may not charge a person who owns or operates a recreational vehicle park that receives nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the district an administrative fee for the services provided.

(b) A district is presumed to have weighed and considered appropriate factors and to have properly established charges, fees, rentals, and deposits absent a showing that the district acted arbitrarily and capriciously.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.061 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.061
§ 1201.061. COVERAGE FOR ADOPTED CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual accident and health insurance policy that provides coverage for an insured's immediate family or children may not, solely because the insured's child is adopted:

(1) exclude the child from coverage; or

(2) limit coverage for the child.

(b) For the purposes of this section, a child is an insured's child if the insured is a party to a suit in which the insured seeks to adopt the child.
Tex. Education Code § 29.1532 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.1532
§ 29.1532. PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district's prekindergarten program shall be designed to develop skills necessary for success in the regular public school curriculum, including language, mathematics, and social skills.

(b) If a school district contracts with a private entity for the operation of the district's prekindergarten program, the program must at a minimum comply with:

(1) the applicable child-care licensing standards adopted by the Department of Family and Protective Services under Section 42.042, Human Resources Code; and

(2) the class size requirement for prekindergarten classes imposed under Section 25.112(a).

(c) A school district that offers prekindergarten classes shall include the following information in the district's Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report:

(1) demographic information, as determined by the commissioner, on students enrolled in district and campus prekindergarten classes, including the number of students who are eligible for classes under Section 29.153;

(2) the numbers of half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes offered by the district and campus;

(3) the number of half-day prekindergarten classes for which the district has received an exemption from full-day operation under Section 29.153(d);

(4) the sources of funding for the prekindergarten classes;

(5) the class size and ratio of instructional staff to students for each prekindergarten program class offered by the district and campus;

(6) if the district elects to administer an assessment instrument under Section 29.169 to students enrolled in district and campus prekindergarten program classes, a description and the results of each type of assessment instrument; and

(7) curricula used in the district's prekindergarten program classes.

(d) Information required under this section to be included in a school district's Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report may not be used for purposes of determining a district's accreditation or a campus or district performance rating under Subchapter C, Chapter 39.
Tex. Family Code § 2.201 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 2 / Section 2.201
§ 2.201. EXPIRATION OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

If a marriage ceremony has not been conducted before the 90th day after the date the license is issued, the marriage license expires.
Tex. Government Code § 72.035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 72 / Section 72.035
§ 72.035. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DATABASE.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall establish and maintain an electronic database that contains personal injury or wrongful death settlement agreements for which a minor or incapacitated person is the beneficiary. A party to the agreement or a guardian, next friend, or guardian ad litem may record the agreement in the database. Only one copy of an agreement may be filed by the parties or the guardian, next friend, or guardian ad litem in each settlement agreement.

(b) A settlement agreement recorded in the database is confidential, and the office shall ensure that a settlement agreement may be accessed only by:

(1) the parties to the settlement agreement;

(2) each attorney representing a party to the settlement agreement; or

(3) the guardian, next friend, or guardian ad litem of a party to the settlement agreement.

(c) The office may set and collect a fee to record a settlement agreement in the database in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of maintaining the agreement in the database, not to exceed $50 for each agreement.

(d) Any fee to record a settlement agreement in the database established by the office as provided by Subsection (c) is a court cost to be included for payment in the settlement agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0309
§ 3943.0309. NO EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.884 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.884
§ 17.884. CIVIL REMEDY.
Status: in_force

A consumer aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may maintain a cause of action for damages in accordance with Section 17.50.