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Tex. Insurance Code § 1203.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.102
§ 1203.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a health benefit plan or vision benefit plan that provides or arranges for benefits for vision or medical eye care services, procedures, or products, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, an evidence of coverage, or a vision benefit plan offered by:

(1) an insurance company;

(2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(3) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;

(4) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;

(5) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(6) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941;

(7) an exchange operating under Chapter 942; or

(8) a person or entity that provides a vision benefit plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8220.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8220 / Section 8220.004
§ 8220.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 579, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.189 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.189
§ 502.189. DONOR REGISTRY INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, with expert input and support from the nonprofit organization administering the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code, shall:

(1) add a link from the department's Internet website to the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry operated under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code; and

(2) provide a method to distribute donor registry information to interested individuals in each office authorized to issue motor vehicle registrations.

(b) The department shall make available for distribution to each office authorized to issue motor vehicle registrations Donate Life brochures that provide basic donor information in English and Spanish and a contact phone number and e-mail address. The department shall ensure that the question provided in Section 521.401(c)(1)(B) and information on the donor registry Internet website is included with registration renewal notices.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4022.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4022 / Section 4022.0304
§ 4022.0304. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.09
§ 11.09. APPLICANT ACCUSED OR CONVICTED OF MISDEMEANOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If the applicant is accused of committing a misdemeanor offense, whether by information, warrant, complaint, arrest, or other means, and has not been convicted of the offense, the applicant or petitioner may apply:

(1) to the judge of the court in which the information charging the applicant is pending; or

(2) if an information charging the applicant has not been filed or the judge of the court in which the information is pending is not available:

(A) to any judge of a county court with criminal jurisdiction in a county to which the writ is returnable; or

(B) if there is no judge of a county court with criminal jurisdiction available in a county described by Paragraph (A), to any judge of a county court with criminal jurisdiction who presides over a court in any county that adjoins a county described by Paragraph (A).

(b) After final conviction in any misdemeanor case, the applicant or petitioner may apply to the judge of the court in which the applicant was convicted.
Tex. Government Code § 2401.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2401 / Section 2401.001
§ 2401.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004.

(2) "Governmental entity" means:

(A) this state;

(B) a board, commission, council, department, or other agency in the executive branch of state government that is created by the state constitution or a statute, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;

(C) the legislature or a legislative agency;

(D) a state judicial agency or the State Bar of Texas;

(E) a political subdivision of this state, including a county, municipality, or special district or authority; or

(F) an officer, employee, or agent of an entity described by Paragraphs (A) through (E).

(3) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 311.005, except the term does not include:

(A) an employee of a governmental entity acting within the employee's scope of employment; or

(B) a contractor of a governmental entity acting within the scope of the contract.

(4) "Religious organization" means an organization open to the public that is a religious organization under Section 110.011(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.205
§ 1032.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.638 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.638
§ 504.638. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include the words "Knights of Columbus" and the emblem of the Order of the Knights of Columbus. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Knights of Columbus.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of the State Council Charities account in the general revenue fund. Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Education Agency to make grants to State Council Charities to carry out the purposes of that organization.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0260 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0260
§ 526.0260. RECOVERY OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If a hospital does not pay the amount of an administrative penalty imposed under this subchapter after the attorney general's order becomes final for all purposes, the attorney general may enforce the penalty as provided by law for legal judgments.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.1055 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.1055
§ 321.1055. IMPOSITION OF FIRE CONTROL OR CRIME CONTROL DISTRICT TAX ON THE RESIDENTIAL USE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district or crime control and prevention district located in all or part of a municipality that imposes a tax on the residential use of gas and electricity under Section 321.105.

(b) The board of directors of a district to which this section applies may, by order or resolution adopted in a public hearing by a vote of a majority of the membership of the board and recorded in the district's minutes:

(1) impose a tax adopted under Section 321.106 or 321.108, as applicable, on receipts from the sale, production, distribution, lease, or rental of, and the use, storage, or other consumption within the district of, gas and electricity for residential use;

(2) exempt from taxation the items described by Subdivision (1); or

(3) reimpose the tax under Subdivision (1).

(c) A district that adopts an order or resolution under Subsection (b) shall:

(1) send a copy of the order or resolution to the comptroller by United States certified or registered mail;

(2) send a copy of the order or resolution and a copy of the district's boundaries to each gas and electric company whose customers are subject to the tax by United States certified or registered mail; and

(3) publish notice of the order or resolution in a newspaper of general circulation in the district.

(d) If the residential use of gas and electricity ceases to be taxable in the municipality in which a district is located, then the residential use of gas and electricity is not taxable by the district.

(e) The provisions of Sections 321.201 and 321.204 that govern the computation of municipal taxes on gas and electricity for residential use apply to the computation of district taxes on gas and electricity for residential use under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8311.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8311 / Section 8311.153
§ 8311.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8025A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8025A / Section 8025A.0305
§ 8025A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 24.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.207
§ 24.207.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.207. 105TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (KENEDY, KLEBERG, AND NUECES COUNTIES). (a) The 105th Judicial District is composed of Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces counties. The court shall give preference to criminal cases.

(b) The terms of the 105th District Court begin:

(1) in Kenedy County on the first Mondays in June and December;

(2) in Kleberg County on the first Mondays in April and October; and

(3) in Nueces County on the first Mondays in February and August.

(c) The judge, with the approval of the commissioners court, may appoint an official interpreter of the court in Nueces County who serves at the will of the judge. The official interpreter shall take both the constitutional oath of office and an oath that he will faithfully interpret all testimony in the district court as official interpreter. The oath is sufficient for his service as official interpreter in all cases in the court in Nueces County during the interpreter's term of office. The judge may also assign the official interpreter to assist the court's probation officer in the discharge of the probation officer's duties.

(d) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 105th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts at law in Nueces County to receive a guilty plea in a misdemeanor case pending in a county court at law in Nueces County and dispose of the case, regardless of whether the case is transferred to the district court. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.11 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.11
§ 11.11. EARLY HEARING.
Status: in_force

The time so appointed shall be the earliest day which the judge can devote to hearing the cause of the applicant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4020.0107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4020 / Section 4020.0107
§ 4020.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8829.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8829 / Section 8829.052
§ 8829.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 8829.056, this section and Sections 8829.053 and 8829.054 govern the election and qualifications of directors.

(b) Directors are elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(c) One director is elected by the voters of the entire district. One director is elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(d) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(e) At the first election after the county commissioners precincts are redrawn under Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, a new director is elected from each precinct. The directors shall draw lots to determine which two directors shall serve two-year terms and which two directors shall serve four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3959.0008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3959 / Section 3959.0008
§ 3959.0008. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.055 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.055
§ 91.055. FINDINGS AND RULES.
Status: in_force

On making the determination, the commission promptly shall make its findings and shall adopt reasonable field rules that may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 26.353 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.353
§ 26.353. ZAPATA COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The terms of the County Court of Zapata County begin on the third Mondays in February, May, September, and November and continue for three weeks or until the court has disposed of its business.

(b) The commissioners court may change the court terms under Section 26.002.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.052 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.052
§ 10.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.052. PLAN OF EXCHANGE: REQUIRED PROVISIONS. (a) A plan of exchange must be in writing and must include:

(1) the name of each domestic entity the ownership or membership interests of which are to be acquired;

(2) the name of each acquiring organization;

(3) if there is more than one acquiring organization, the ownership or membership interests to be acquired by each organization;

(4) the terms and conditions of the exchange; and

(5) the manner and basis, including use of a formula, of exchanging the ownership or membership interests to be acquired for:

(A) ownership or membership interests, obligations, rights to purchase securities, or other securities of one or more of the acquiring organizations that is a party to the plan of exchange;

(B) cash;

(C) other property, including ownership or membership interests, obligations, rights to purchase securities, or other securities of any other person or entity; or

(D) any combination of those items.

(b) The manner and basis of exchanging an ownership or membership interest of an owner or member that is exchanged in a manner or basis different from any other owner or member having ownership or membership interests of the same class or series must be included in the plan of exchange in the same manner as provided by Subsection (a)(5).

(c) Any of the terms of the plan of exchange may be made dependent on facts ascertainable outside of the plan if the manner in which those facts will operate on the terms of the interest exchange is clearly and expressly stated in the plan. In this subsection, "facts" includes the occurrence of any event, including a determination or action by any person.

(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided by the plan of exchange, a disclosure letter, disclosure schedules, or similar documents or instruments delivered in connection with the plan of exchange are not considered part of the plan of exchange for purposes of this chapter, but the documents or instruments have the effect provided in the plan of exchange.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.053
§ 1061.053. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

At least 10 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Midland County.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1.18 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 1 / Section 1.18
§ 1.18. OUTLAWRY AND TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

No citizen shall be outlawed, nor shall any person be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same.
Tex. Insurance Code § 271.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 271 / Section 271.001
§ 271.001. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, a term defined by Chapter 2501 has the meaning assigned by that chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.154
§ 544.154. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a health benefit plan issuer, life insurer, or person employed by or under contract with a health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may not release information relating to the status as a victim of family violence of an individual who is clearly a victim of family violence, including:

(1) information about specific acts of family violence directed at the individual;

(2) the individual's address or telephone number at home or at work; and

(3) information about the individual's employment, associations, family membership, or relationships.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer or life insurer may release information to which Subsection (a) applies only:

(1) to the individual;

(2) to another individual designated in writing by the individual;

(3) to a licensed physician designated by the individual;

(4) to a physician or other health care provider for the provision of health care services;

(5) to an attorney who needs the information to effectively represent the issuer or insurer, if the issuer or insurer notifies the attorney of the requirements of this subchapter and requests that the attorney exercise due diligence to protect the information consistent with the attorney's obligation to represent the issuer or insurer;

(6) to an individual covered under, or the owner of, the health benefit plan or life insurance contract or policy that contains information about status as a victim of family violence;

(7) to an individual or entity to whom the commissioner considers the release appropriate;

(8) as required by other law or an order of the commissioner or a court; or

(9) as necessary for a valid business purpose if:

(A) the information cannot be segregated from other information about the individual without undue hardship to the issuer or insurer;

(B) the recipient of the information is:

(i) a reinsurer that seeks to indemnify or indemnifies all or part of a health benefit plan or life insurance contract or policy covering the individual if the reinsurer cannot underwrite or satisfy obligations under the reinsurance agreement without the release of the information;

(ii) a party to a proposed or consummated sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation of all or part of the business of the issuer or insurer;

(iii) medical or claims personnel under contract with the issuer or insurer, including a parent or affiliate company under a service agreement with the issuer or insurer, if the release of the information is necessary to process an application, to perform duties under the health benefit plan or life insurance contract or policy, or to protect the safety or privacy of a victim of family violence; or

(iv) an entity with which the issuer transacts business if the information is only the address or telephone number of the individual and the entity cannot transact the business without the address or telephone number; and

(C) the recipient of the information agrees in writing to be subject to the requirements of this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 164.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 164 / Section 164.201
§ 164.201. REVIEW BY BOARD IF THREE OR MORE MALPRACTICE CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

The board shall review the medical competency of a physician against whom three or more expert reports under Section 74.351, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, have been filed in three separate lawsuits within a five-year period in the same manner as if a complaint against the physician had been made to the board under Section 154.051.
Tex. Education Code § 37.147 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.147
§ 37.147. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Status: in_force

An attorney representing the state in a court with jurisdiction may adopt rules pertaining to the filing of a complaint under this subchapter that the state considers necessary in order to:

(1) determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the child committed the alleged offense;

(2) review the circumstances and allegations in the complaint for legal sufficiency; and

(3) see that justice is done.