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Tex. Insurance Code § 1217.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1217 / Section 1217.005
§ 1217.005. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall appoint a committee to advise the commissioner on the technical, operational, and practical aspects of developing the single, standard prior authorization form required under Section 1217.004 for requesting prior authorization of health care services, including:

(1) requirements for the health benefit plan issuer or agent of the health benefit plan issuer to acknowledge receipt of the standard form;

(2) timelines under which the health benefit plan issuer or agent of the health benefit plan issuer must acknowledge receipt of the standard form; and

(3) implications, including administrative penalties, for the failure of a health benefit plan issuer or agent of a health benefit plan issuer to:

(A) timely acknowledge receipt of the standard form; or

(B) use or accept the form.

(b) The commissioner shall consult the advisory committee with respect to any rule relating to a subject described by Section 1217.004 before adopting the rule and may consult the committee as needed with respect to a subsequent amendment of an adopted rule.

(c) The advisory committee shall be composed of an equal number of members from each of the following groups of stakeholders:

(1) physicians;

(2) health care providers other than physicians;

(3) hospitals;

(4) representatives of health benefit plans; and

(5) Health and Human Services Commission representatives.

(d) A physician may not serve on the advisory committee as a physician member under Subsection (c)(1) if the physician is or has been employed by or consults or has consulted for an insurance company.

(e) A member of the advisory committee serves without compensation.

(f) Section 39.003(a) of this code and Chapter 2110, Government Code, do not apply to the advisory committee.
Tex. Finance Code § 66.051 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 66 / Section 66.051
§ 66.051. EXAMINATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall periodically examine the affairs of each association, including the subsidiaries and transactions of the association and the dealings of any savings and loan holding company that are related to the savings and loan subsidiaries of the association.

(b) An examination must include an audit if an independent audit is not available or is unsatisfactory to the commissioner.

(c) On completion of an audit, the auditor shall sign and certify the audit report. A copy shall be filed promptly with the commissioner.

(d) An examination under this section may be made in conjunction with an examination by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, a Federal Home Loan Bank, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The commissioner shall accept an audit made by or accepted by one of those agencies in an examination of an association.
Tex. Election Code § 216.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 216 / Section 216.002
§ 216.002. CONDUCT OF AUTOMATIC RECOUNT GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this title, including the notice requirement of Section 213.009, applies to a recount conducted under this chapter with appropriate modifications as prescribed by the secretary of state.
Tex. Government Code § 129.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 129 / Section 129.006
§ 129.006. REIMBURSEMENT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A public safety employees treatment court program established under this chapter may collect from a participant in the program:

(1) a reasonable reimbursement fee for the program not to exceed $1,000; and

(2) a testing, counseling, and treatment reimbursement fee in an amount necessary to cover the costs of any testing, counseling, or treatment performed or provided under the program.

(b) Reimbursement fees collected under this section may be paid on a periodic basis or on a deferred payment schedule at the discretion of the judge, magistrate, or coordinator. The fees must be:

(1) based on the participant's ability to pay; and

(2) used only for purposes specific to the program.
Tex. Water Code § 36.10835 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.10835
§ 36.10835. JUDICIAL APPEAL OF DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A final district order issued under Section 36.1083 may be appealed to a district court with jurisdiction over any part of the territory of the district that issued the order. An appeal under this subsection must be filed with the district court not later than the 45th day after the date the district issues the final order. The case shall be decided under the substantial evidence standard of review as provided by Section 2001.174, Government Code. If the court finds that a desired future condition is unreasonable, the court shall strike the desired future condition and order the districts in the same management area as the district that received the petition to reconvene not later than the 60th day after the date of the court order in a joint planning meeting for the purpose of revising the desired future condition. The districts in the management area shall follow the procedures in Section 36.108 to adopt new desired future conditions applicable to the district that received the petition.

(b) A court's finding under this section does not apply to a desired future condition that is not a matter before the court.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 509 / Section 509.001
§ 509.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Digital service" means a website, an application, a program, or software that collects or processes personal identifying information with Internet connectivity.

(2) "Digital service provider" means a person who:

(A) owns or operates a digital service;

(B) determines the purpose of collecting and processing the personal identifying information of users of the digital service; and

(C) determines the means used to collect and process the personal identifying information of users of the digital service.

(3) "Harmful material" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.24, Penal Code.

(4) "Known minor" means a person that a digital service provider knows to be a minor.

(5) "Minor" means a child who is younger than 18 years of age who has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes.

(6) "Personal identifying information" means any information, including sensitive information, that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. The term includes pseudonymous information when the information is used by a controller or processor in conjunction with additional information that reasonably links the information to an identified or identifiable individual. The term does not include deidentified information or publicly available information.

(7) "Verified parent" means the parent or guardian of a known minor whose identity and relationship to the minor have been verified by a digital service provider under Section 509.101.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2003.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.054
§ 2003.054. CHARGE FOR LIST AND FIRE RECORD SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall set and collect a charge for compiling and providing a list under this subchapter and as the commissioner considers appropriate for administering the fire record system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1106.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.052
§ 1106.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

At least 10 days before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.024
§ 265.024. TERMS.
Status: in_force

Members of the board of managers shall be appointed for staggered six-year terms, with one-third of the terms expiring every two years.
Tex. Insurance Code § 254.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 254 / Section 254.001
§ 254.001. MAINTENANCE TAX IMPOSED.
Status: in_force

A maintenance tax is imposed on each authorized insurer with gross premiums subject to taxation under Section 254.003. The tax required by this chapter is in addition to other taxes imposed that are not in conflict with this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.2031 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.2031
§ 202.2031. NOTIFICATION TO PARTIES REGARDING COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall notify a license holder who is the subject of a complaint filed with the department that a complaint has been filed and shall notify the license holder of the nature of the complaint.

(b) The department is not required to provide notice under this section if the notice would jeopardize an investigation.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.184 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.184
§ 2175.184. TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) During the 10 business days after the date the property is posted on the commission's website, a state agency, political subdivision, or assistance organization shall coordinate with the commission for a transfer of the property at a price established by the commission. A transfer to a state agency has priority over any other transfer during this period.

(b) A political subdivision or assistance organization may not lease, lend, bail, deconstruct, encumber, sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of property acquired under this section or acquired from a state agency under Section 2175.241 before the second anniversary of the date the property was acquired. A political subdivision or an assistance organization that violates this subsection shall remit to the commission the amount the political subdivision or assistance organization received from the lease, loan, bailment, deconstruction, encumbrance, sale, trade, or other disposition of the property unless the commission authorizes the action taken by the political subdivision or assistance organization with respect to the property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8383.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8383 / Section 8383.104
§ 8383.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8383.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.003
§ 1025.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 411.015 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 411 / Section 411.015
§ 411.015. EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall publish or procure and issue educational books, pamphlets, brochures, films, videotapes, and other informational and educational material.

(b) Specific educational material shall be directed to high-risk industries and employments and must specifically address means and methods of avoiding high frequency, but preventable, workers' injuries.

(c) Other educational material shall be directed to business and industry generally and must specifically address means and methods of avoiding common workers' injuries.

(d) The division shall make specific decisions regarding the issues and problems to be addressed by the educational materials after assigning appropriate priorities based on frequency of injuries, degree of hazard, severity of injuries, and similar considerations.

(e) The educational materials provided under this section must include specific references to:

(1) the requirements of state and federal laws and regulations;

(2) recommendations and practices of business, industry, and trade associations; and

(3) if needed, recommended work practices based on recommendations made by the division for the prevention of injury.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.511 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.511
§ 2001.511. JEOPARDY DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission believes that the collection of the fee on prizes, an amount of the fee on prizes required to be remitted to the state, or the amount of a determination will be jeopardized by delay, the commission shall make a determination of the fee on prizes or amount of the fee required to be collected, noting the finding of jeopardy on the determination. The determined amount is due and payable immediately.

(b) If a license holder against whom the determination is made does not pay the amount specified by a determination on or before the 20th day after the date of service of the determination on the license holder, the amount becomes final at the end of the 20th day unless the license holder files a petition for redetermination on or before the 20th day after service of notice of the determination.

(c) A delinquency penalty of 10 percent of the fee on prizes or amount of the fee on prizes and interest at the rate of 10 percent a year attaches to the amount of the fee on prizes or the amount of the fee on prizes required to be collected.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.078 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.078
§ 53.078. PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A lease issued under this subchapter shall be subject to Sections 52.131(e) through (j) of this code.
Tex. Government Code § 2310.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.110
§ 2310.110. AMENDING BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The nominating body may amend the boundary of a readjustment zone by ordinance or order, as appropriate, adopted after a public hearing on the issue.

(b) The amended boundary:

(1) must be continuous;

(2) may not exceed the original size requirement of Section 2310.101; and

(3) may not exclude any qualified business designated as a defense readjustment project included within the boundary of the zone as designated.

(c) The readjustment zone with the amended boundary must continue to meet the location requirements of Section 2310.101(a)(4).

(d) A nominating body may not make more than one boundary amendment annually for a readjustment zone.

(e) For each amendment of a readjustment zone boundary, the nominating body shall pay the bank a reasonable fee, in an amount specified by the bank, not to exceed $500. The bank may use fees collected under this subsection to administer this chapter and for other purposes to advance this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.853 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.853
§ 504.853.
Status: in_force

Sec. 504.853. SPECIALTY AND PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES ISSUED BEFORE NOVEMBER 19, 2009. (a) A specialty or personalized license plate issued before November 19, 2009, may be issued for a subsequent registration period only if the applicant submits an application and pays the required fee for the applicable registration period. A person who is issued a personalized license plate has first priority on that license plate for each subsequent registration period for which the person submits a new application for that plate.

(b) Unless the board by rule adopts a higher fee or the license plate is not renewed annually, the fee for issuance of a license plate issued before November 19, 2009, is:

(1) the fee provided for in Section 504.601 for a specialty license plate; and

(2) $40 for a personalized license plate.

(c) A person who is issued a specialty or personalized license plate by the department before November 19, 2009, may:

(1) submit an application for the plate under Subsection (a) and pay the required fee for each subsequent registration period under Subsection (b); or

(2) purchase through the private vendor a license to display the alphanumeric pattern on a license plate for any term allowed by law.

(d) The department may not issue a replacement set of personalized license plates to the same person before the period set by rule unless the applicant for issuance of replacement plates pays an additional fee of $30.

(e) Of each fee collected by the department under Subsection (b)(2):

(1) $1.25 shall be used by the department to defray the cost of administering this section; and

(2) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.073 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.073
§ 81.073. CRITICAL NATURAL GAS FACILITIES AND ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall collaborate with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to adopt rules to establish a process to designate certain natural gas facilities and entities associated with providing natural gas in this state as critical customers or critical gas suppliers during energy emergencies.

(b) The rules must:

(1) establish criteria for designating persons who own or operate a facility under the jurisdiction of the commission under Section 81.051(a) or engage in an activity under the jurisdiction of the commission under Section 81.051(a) who must provide critical customer and critical gas supply information, as defined by the commission, to the entities described by Section 38.074(b)(1), Utilities Code;

(2) consider essential operational elements when defining critical customer designations and critical gas supply information for the purposes of Subdivision (1), including natural gas production, processing, and transportation, related produced water handling and disposal facilities, and the delivery of natural gas to generators of electric energy; and

(3) require that only facilities and entities that are prepared to operate during a weather emergency may be designated as a critical customer under this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.018 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.018
§ 53.018. ROYALTY.
Status: in_force

The royalty under the lease shall not be less than one-sixteenth of the value of the minerals produced under the lease.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1408 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1408
§ 411.1408.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.1408. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: JUDICIAL BRANCH CERTIFICATION COMMISSION. (a) In this section, "commission" means the Judicial Branch Certification Commission established under Chapter 152.

(b) The commission is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (b-1) that relates to a person who is an applicant for or the holder of a certificate, registration, or license issued by the commission or otherwise under Subtitle L, Title 2.

(b-1) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the public policy of this state, the commission is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (b); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (b).

(c) The commission may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (b-1)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the commission under Subsection (b-1)(2):

(1) may be used by the commission for any purpose related to the issuance, denial, suspension, revocation, or renewal of a certificate, registration, or license issued by the commission or otherwise under Subtitle L, Title 2; and

(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person except:

(A) on court order; or

(B) as authorized by Section 411.1386(a-6) of this code or Section 1104.404, Estates Code, if applicable.

(d) The commission shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.655 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.655
§ 43.655. DISPOSITION OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRD STAMP NET PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The migratory game bird stamp net proceeds shall be deposited to the credit of the game, fish, and water safety account under Section 11.032 and may be used only for the purposes specified in Section 43.656.

(b) Net proceeds from the migratory game bird stamp consist of:

(1) proceeds from the issuance of migratory game bird stamps;

(2) the amount allocated by the department from the net proceeds of a combination license if migratory game bird stamps are issued as part of a combination license under Chapter 50;

(3) proceeds from the sale of collector's editions of migratory game bird stamps, if issued under Section 43.654(b);

(4) payments, including royalty payments, received for the use of the migratory game bird stamp image authorized under Section 43.654(c); and

(5) interest and other earnings from the investment of remaining net proceeds under Subsection (c).

(c) The comptroller shall invest the remaining net proceeds, if any, in accordance with state law.

(d) Any net proceeds under this section not used in a fiscal year remain in the game, fish, and water safety account and are exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.009 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.009
§ 36.009. BILLING DEMAND FOR CERTAIN UTILITY CUSTOMERS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the commission by rule shall require a transmission and distribution utility to:

(1) waive the application of demand ratchet provisions for each nonresidential secondary service customer that has a maximum load factor equal to or below a factor set by commission rule;

(2) implement procedures to verify annually whether each nonresidential secondary service customer has a maximum load factor that qualifies the customer for the waiver described by Subdivision (1);

(3) specify in the utility's tariff whether the utility's nonresidential secondary service customers that qualify for the waiver described by Subdivision (1) are to be billed for distribution service charges on the basis of:

(A) kilowatts;

(B) kilowatt-hours; or

(C) kilovolt-amperes; and

(4) modify the utility's tariff in the utility's next base rate case to implement the waiver described by Subdivision (1) and make the specification required by Subdivision (3).