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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4014.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4014 / Section 4014.0502
§ 4014.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election under Section 4014.0501, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Property Code § 58.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.006
§ 58.006. DURATION OF LIEN.
Status: in_force

The lien ceases to exist six months after the day that it is secured unless the lien claimant has sued to foreclose the lien.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.156
§ 162.156. DATA DUPLICATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care entity may not collect or attempt to collect duplicate core credentials data from a physician if the information is already on file with the board. This section does not restrict the right of a health care entity to request additional information not included in the core credentials data on file with the board that is necessary for the entity to credential the physician. A health care entity or its designated credentials verification organization may collect any additional information required by the health care entity's credentialing process from a primary source of that information.

(b) A state agency may not collect or attempt to collect duplicate core credentials data from a physician if the information is already on file with the board. This section does not restrict the right of a state agency to request additional information not included in the core credentials data on file with the board that the agency considers necessary for its specific credentialing purposes.

(c) The board by rule may except from Subsections (a) and (b) a request for core credentials data that is necessary for a health care entity to provide temporary privileges during the credentialing process.
Tex. Water Code § 7.058 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.058
§ 7.058. HEARING.
Status: in_force

If the person charged requests or the commission orders a hearing, the commission shall order and shall give notice of the hearing. The commission by order may find that a violation has occurred and may assess a penalty, may find that a violation has occurred but that a penalty should not be assessed, or may find that a violation has not occurred. In making a penalty decision, the commission shall analyze each factor prescribed by Section 7.053. All proceedings under this section are subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.058
§ 2153.058. DEPOSIT OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 2153.257, the comptroller shall deposit one-fourth of the revenue received under this chapter in the foundation school fund and three-fourths of the revenue received under this chapter in the general revenue fund.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2304.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.153
§ 2304.153. FAILURE TO REGISTER; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A repair facility that fails to register under this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty of $250.

(b) The executive director shall waive the penalty if the repair facility applies for registration not later than the 10th day after the date of notice of the violation.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.037 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.037
§ 162.037. SIGNATURES AND SEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The resolution authorizing the issuance of an installment or series of bonds may prescribe the extent to which facsimile signatures and facsimile seals may be used in lieu of manual signatures and manually impressed seals in executing the bonds and attached coupons.

(b) Interest coupons may be signed with the facsimile signatures of the chairman and secretary of the board.

(c) If an officer whose manual or facsimile signature appears on a bond or whose facsimile signature appears on a coupon ceases to be an officer before the bonds are delivered, the signature shall still be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.007
§ 431.007. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAW; MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH.
Status: in_force

A person who is subject to this chapter and who handles molluscan shellfish, as that term is defined by Section 436.002, shall comply with Section 436.105.
Tex. Education Code § 51.243 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.243
§ 51.243. REQUIRED HEARING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

A person from whom consent to remain on the campus of a state-supported institution of higher education has been withdrawn in accordance with Section 51.233 is entitled, in addition to the procedures set out in Section 51.234, to the following:

(1) to be represented by counsel;

(2) to the right to call and examine witnesses and to cross-examine adverse witnesses;

(3) to have all matters upon which the decision may be based introduced into evidence at the hearing in his presence;

(4) to have the decision based solely on the evidence presented at the hearing;

(5) to prohibit the introduction of statements made against him unless he has been advised of their content and the names of the persons who made them, and has been given the opportunity to rebut unfavorable inferences that might otherwise be drawn; and

(6) to have all findings made at the hearing be final, subject only to his right to appeal to the president and the governing board of the institution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.267 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.267
§ 401.267. ACQUISITION AND SALE OF CERTAIN BY-PRODUCT MATERIALS AND SITES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may acquire by-product material and fee simple title in land, affected mineral rights, and buildings at which that by-product material is disposed of and abandoned so that the by-product material and property can be managed in a manner consistent with protecting public health, safety, and the environment.

(b) The commission may sell land acquired under this section at the land's fair market value after the commission has taken corrective action to restore the land to a condition that does not compromise the public health or safety or the environment. The General Land Office shall negotiate and close a transaction under this subsection on behalf of the commission using procedures under Section 31.158(c), Natural Resources Code. Proceeds from the transaction shall be deposited in the Texas capital trust fund.
Tex. Government Code § 2261.305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2261 / Section 2261.305
§ 2261.305. INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The state auditor's office shall investigate a complaint submitted under Section 2261.304 and determine whether a violation of this subchapter occurred not later than the 90th day after the date the office receives the complaint.

(b) If during an investigation of a complaint the state auditor's office suspects that a criminal offense has been committed, the office shall refer the matter to the Texas Rangers division of the Department of Public Safety for a comprehensive criminal investigation. The Texas Rangers division of the Department of Public Safety shall investigate the complaint and, if appropriate, refer the matter to the attorney general's office for prosecution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 502.261 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 502 / Section 502.261
§ 502.261. DUTIES OF LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder shall display the license holder's license in a conspicuous manner in the person's principal place of practice.

(b) Each license holder shall notify the executive council of the license holder's current address.
Tex. Finance Code § 63.010 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 63 / Section 63.010
§ 63.010. EFFECT OF CLOSING.
Status: in_force

(a) A day on which an association or one or more of its operations is closed under Section 63.009 during all or part of its normal business hours is considered to be a legal holiday to the extent the association suspends operations.

(b) An association or a director, officer, or employee of the association does not incur liability or loss of rights from a closing authorized by this subtitle.
Tex. Water Code § 58.311 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.311
§ 58.311. WATER SERVICE DISCONTINUED.
Status: in_force

(a) If a landowner fails or refuses to pay a water assessment or a person fails to pay a charge, fee, rental, or deposit imposed under this chapter or Chapter 49 when due, the landowner's or person's water supply shall be cut off, and no water may be furnished to the land until all back assessments or other amounts owed to the district are fully paid. The discontinuance of water service is binding on all persons who own or acquire an interest in land for which assessments or other amounts owed to the district are due.

(b) A landowner or person whose water service has been discontinued under Subsection (a) may request that the board reconsider the discontinuance related to a charge, fee, rental, deposit, or penalty, and may not request that the board reconsider a discontinuance related to an assessment. If the board declines to reconsider the discontinuance, the landowner or person may file a petition under Section 11.041. That petition filed with the commission is the sole remedy available to a landowner or person described by this subsection.
Tex. Water Code § 58.644 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.644
§ 58.644. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) At or before the hearing on the commissioners' report, an owner of land that is affected by the report or the reclamation plans may file exceptions to all or part of the report.

(b) At the hearing, the commissioners shall hear and make determinations on the objections submitted and may make necessary changes and modifications in the report for objections which are sustained.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2027.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2027 / Section 2027.054
§ 2027.054. REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS ON SIMULCAST RACES.
Status: in_force

(a) A horse racetrack may not be required to accept a greyhound simulcast signal. A horse racetrack that offers wagering on interstate greyhound simulcast races must offer wagering on all Texas greyhound races made available for simulcast wagering.

(b) A greyhound racetrack may not be required to accept a horse simulcast signal. A greyhound racetrack that offers wagering on interstate horse simulcast races must offer wagering on all Texas horse races made available for simulcast wagering.

(c) The commission may not approve wagering on an interstate simulcast race unless the receiving location consents to wagering on interstate simulcast races at all other receiving locations in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.752 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.752
§ 912.752.
Status: in_force

Sec. 912.752. FRAUDULENT OPERATION OR IMPROPER CONTESTS: REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. After notice and hearing, the commissioner shall revoke the certificate of authority of a county mutual insurance company that is:

(1) operating fraudulently; or

(2) improperly contesting the company's claims.
Tex. Water Code § 63.225 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.225
§ 63.225. DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

(a) When the petition to create the district is filed, it shall be accompanied by a $500 deposit, which shall be held by the county clerk until the result of the election to create the district is declared and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court.

(b) If the result of the election favors the creation of the district, the county clerk shall return the $500 deposit to the signers of the petition or their agent or attorney.

(c) If the result of the election is against the creation of the district, the county clerk shall pay the costs and expenses of the proposed district up to and including the election from the $500 deposit on vouchers signed by the county judge and shall return the balance of the deposit, if any, to the signers of the petition or their agent or attorney.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.302
§ 542.302. RECOVERY IN SUIT OR OTHER ACTION.
Status: in_force

An insurer that brings suit or takes other action described by Section 542.202 against a responsible third party relating to a loss that is covered under a private passenger automobile insurance policy issued by the insurer and for which the responsible third party is uninsured is entitled to recover, in addition to payments made by the insurer or insured, the costs of bringing the suit or taking the action, including reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.
Tex. Labor Code § 411.083 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 411 / Section 411.083
§ 411.083. JUDICIAL RELIEF FOR EMPLOYER RETALIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee whose employment is terminated or suspended in violation of Section 411.082 is entitled to:

(1) reinstatement to the employee's former position;

(2) compensation for wages lost during the period of suspension or termination; and

(3) reinstatement of any fringe benefits or seniority rights lost because of the suspension or termination.

(b) An employee seeking relief under this section must file suit not later than the 90th day after the alleged conduct of the employer occurred or was discovered or discoverable by the employee through reasonable diligence.

(c) An employee who prevails in a suit under this section is entitled to recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 21.101 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 21 / Section 21.101
§ 21.101. TEXAS PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Park Development Fund, referred to as the "development fund," is created pursuant to the provisions of Article III, Section 49-e, of the Texas Constitution.

(b) Proceeds derived from the sale of Texas Park Development Bonds shall be deposited in the development fund.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 41.0105 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 41 / Section 41.0105
§ 41.0105. EVIDENCE RELATING TO AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other limitation under law, recovery of medical or health care expenses incurred is limited to the amount actually paid or incurred by or on behalf of the claimant.
Tex. Transportation Code § 67.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 67 / Section 67.002
§ 67.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for Galveston County ports.

(2) "Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, agent, subagent, firm, or corporation or any combination of those persons, who enters or clears a vessel at the office of the collector of customs.

(3) "Galveston County port" means a place in Galveston County into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs and the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico.

(4) "Pilot" means a person who is licensed as a branch pilot or certified as a deputy branch pilot under this chapter.

(5) "Pilotage rate" means the remuneration a pilot may lawfully charge a vessel for pilot services.

(6) "Pilot services" means acts of a pilot in conducting a vessel through the navigable water in this state and the ports in which the pilot is licensed or certified as a pilot.

(7) "Vessel" means an oceangoing vessel.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 11.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 11 / Section 11.001
§ 11.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this title:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(3) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(4) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Tex. Education Code § 21.415 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.415
§ 21.415. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district shall provide in employment contracts that qualifying employees may receive an incentive payment under an awards program established under Subchapter O if the district participates in the program.

(b) The district shall indicate that any incentive payment distributed is considered a payment for performance and not an entitlement as part of an employee's salary.
Tex. Family Code § 86.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 86 / Section 86.004
§ 86.004. COURT ORDER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER FINAL ORDER.
Status: in_force

On request by an applicant obtaining a final protective order that excludes the respondent from the respondent's residence, the court granting the final order shall render a written order to the sheriff, constable, or chief of police to provide a law enforcement officer from the department of the chief of police, constable, or sheriff to:

(1) accompany the applicant to the residence covered by the order;

(2) inform the respondent that the court has ordered that the respondent be excluded from the residence;

(3) protect the applicant while the applicant takes possession of the residence and the respondent takes possession of the respondent's necessary personal property; and

(4) if the respondent refuses to vacate the residence:

(A) remove the respondent from the residence; and

(B) arrest the respondent for violating the court order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0311 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0311
§ 8510.0311. POWERS RELATING TO CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may execute any contract and enter into any agreement necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it was created, including a contract with a municipality, corporation, or district, the United States, this state or an agency of this state, or the state of Oklahoma, Arkansas, or Louisiana, the confines of which are contiguous or adjacent to the Red River.

(b) The authority may enter into a contract or execute an instrument necessary or convenient to the exercise of the authority's powers, rights, privileges, and functions granted by this chapter and general law pertaining to a water control and improvement district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 557.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 557 / Section 557.002
§ 557.002. NOTIFICATION BY LENDER TO INSURED CONCERNING INSURANCE PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a claim under an insurance policy for damage to residential real property is paid to the insured and a lender, and the lender holds all or part of the proceeds from the insurance claim payment pending completion of all or part of the repairs to the property, the lender shall notify the insured of each requirement with which the insured must comply for the lender to release the insurance proceeds.

(b) The notice required under this section must be provided not later than the 10th day after the date the lender receives payment of the insurance proceeds.
Tex. Government Code § 844.408 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.408
§ 844.408. NO SURVIVING SPOUSE, EXECUTOR, OR ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section "heirs" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 22, Estates Code, except that the term excludes any person who has filed a proper disclaimer or renunciation with the retirement system.

(b) If the administrator of a deceased member's estate would be entitled to a refund or an annuity because of the death of the member, the heirs of the deceased member may apply for and receive the benefit if:

(1) no petition for the appointment of a personal representative of the member is pending or has been granted;

(2) 30 days have elapsed since the date of death of the member;

(3) the value of the entire assets of the member's probate estate, excluding homestead and exempt property, does not exceed $50,000; and

(4) on file with the retirement system is a certified copy of a small estates affidavit that has been approved and filed in accordance with Chapter 205, Estates Code, or an original affidavit described by Subsection (c).

(c) If no affidavit has been filed with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction and venue as provided by Chapter 205, Estates Code, the retirement system may accept instead an affidavit sworn to by two disinterested witnesses and by those heirs who have legal capacity and, if the facts warrant, by the natural guardian or next of kin of any minor or incompetent who is also an heir. The affidavit must include the names and addresses of the heirs and witnesses, establish the facts listed in Subsection (b), include a list of the assets and liabilities of the estate, show the facts that constitute the basis for the right of the heirs to receive the estate, and show the fractional interests of the heirs in the estate as a result of those facts.

(d) If the retirement system, acting through the director or a person designated by the director, approves the affidavit, the heirs may make the election if each heir agrees to it.
Tex. Education Code § 65.39 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 65 / Section 65.39
§ 65.39. MANAGEMENT OF LANDS OTHER THAN PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND LANDS.
Status: in_force

The board of regents of The University of Texas System has the sole and exclusive management and control of the lands set aside and appropriated to, or acquired by, The University of Texas System. The board may sell, lease, and otherwise manage, control, and use the lands in any manner and at prices and under terms and conditions the board deems best for the interest of The University of Texas System, not in conflict with the constitution. However, the land shall not be sold at a price less per acre than that at which the same class of other public land may be sold under the statutes. No grazing lease shall be made for a period of more than 10 years.
Tex. Election Code § 31.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.005
§ 31.005. PROTECTION OF VOTING RIGHTS; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may take appropriate action to protect the voting rights of the citizens of this state from abuse by the authorities administering the state's electoral processes.

(b) The secretary of state may order a person performing official functions in the administration of any part of the electoral processes to correct offending conduct if the secretary determines that the person is exercising the powers vested in that person in a manner that:

(1) impedes the free exercise of a citizen's voting rights; or

(2) unless acting under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, delays or cancels an election that the person does not have specific statutory authority to delay or cancel.

(c) If a person described by Subsection (b) fails to comply with an order from the secretary of state under this section, the secretary may seek enforcement of the order by a temporary restraining order or a writ of injunction or mandamus obtained through the attorney general.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.159
§ 1072.159. DEBT LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Chapter 1207, Government Code, and Sections 1072.116, 1072.201, and 1072.204, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than revenue available in the current fiscal year and the immediately following fiscal year of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 551.072 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.072
§ 551.072. DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY; CLOSED MEETING.
Status: in_force

A governmental body may conduct a closed meeting to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.