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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 826 / Section 826.042
§ 826.042. QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the testing of quarantined animals and the procedure for and method of quarantine.

(b) The local rabies control authority or a veterinarian shall quarantine or test in accordance with department rules any animal that the local rabies control authority or veterinarian has probable cause to believe is rabid, may have been exposed to rabies, or may have exposed a person to rabies.

(c) An owner shall submit for quarantine an animal that:

(1) is reported to be rabid or to have exposed an individual to rabies; or

(2) the owner knows or suspects is rabid or has exposed an individual to rabies.

(d) The owner shall submit the animal to the local rabies control authority of the county or municipality in which the exposure occurs.

(e) A veterinarian shall quarantine an animal that:

(1) is in the possession of the veterinarian; and

(2) the veterinarian knows or suspects is rabid or has exposed an individual to rabies.

(f) At the time an owner submits for quarantine an animal described by Subsection (b), the veterinarian or local rabies control authority, as applicable, shall:

(1) provide written notification to the animal's owner of the date the animal enters quarantine and the date the animal will be released from quarantine;

(2) obtain and retain with the animal's records a written statement signed by the animal's owner and a supervisor employed by the veterinarian or local rabies control authority acknowledging that the information required by Subdivision (1) has been provided to the animal's owner; and

(3) provide the animal's owner a copy of the signed written statement obtained under Subdivision (2).

(g) A veterinarian or local rabies control authority, as applicable, shall identify each animal quarantined under this section with a placard or other marking on the animal's kennel that indicates the animal is quarantined under this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 151.005 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 151 / Section 151.005
§ 151.005. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A seller or purchaser who knowingly fails to provide, obtain, or retain a bill of sale as required by Sections 151.001, 151.002, and 151.003 is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.

(b) A wood yard, transfer yard, mill site, or storage yard that knowingly fails to post the notice concerning sale or purchase of trees or timber as required by Section 151.004 is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.

(c) A timber purchaser, as defined by Section 151.101, who knowingly fails to provide the documentation required by Section 151.0035 in the manner provided by that section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.

(d) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a timber purchaser, as defined by Section 151.101, or a firm, partnership, or agent acting on behalf of a timber purchaser, who knowingly provides false information in documentation required by Section 151.0035 is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense. If an offense described by this subsection was committed to conceal or to attempt to conceal an offense under Section 151.052 or 151.105, the offense under this subsection is:

(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $500 but less than $20,000;

(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $20,000 but less than $100,000;

(3) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $100,000 but less than $200,000; or

(4) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $200,000.

(e) A seller or a firm, partnership, or agent acting on behalf of the seller who knowingly provides in the bill of sale required by Section 151.001 false information that is required by Section 151.002 is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense. If an offense described by this subsection was committed to conceal or to attempt to conceal an offense under Section 151.052 or 151.105, the offense is:

(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $500 but less than $20,000;

(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $20,000 but less than $100,000;

(3) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $100,000 but less than $200,000; or

(4) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber purchased is at least $200,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0206
§ 3965.0206. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among the directors a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The offices of chair and secretary may not be held by the same person.
Tex. Education Code § 61.222 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.222
§ 61.222. APPROVED INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The coordinating board shall approve only those private or independent colleges or universities that are private or independent institutions of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 or are located within this state and meet the same program standards and accreditation as public institutions of higher education as determined by the board.

(b) The coordinating board may temporarily approve a private or independent institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 that previously qualified under Subsection (a) but no longer holds the same accreditation as public institutions of higher education. To qualify under this subsection, an institution must be:

(1) accredited by an accreditor recognized by the board;

(2) actively working toward the same accreditation as public institutions of higher education;

(3) participating in the federal financial aid program under 20 U.S.C. Section 1070a; and

(4) a "part B institution" as defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 1061(2) and listed in 34 C.F.R. Section 608.2.

(c) The coordinating board may grant temporary approval for a period of two years and may renew the approval twice.

(d) The coordinating board shall approve a private or independent institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 that previously qualified under Subsection (a) but no longer holds the same accreditation as public institutions of higher education. To qualify under this subsection, an institution must be:

(1) accredited by an accreditor recognized by the board;

(2) a work college, as that term is defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 1087-58; and

(3) participating in the federal financial aid program under 20 U.S.C. Section 1070a.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1034.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1034 / Section 1034.158
§ 1034.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a sworn statement of the amount of district money; and

(2) an account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Government Code § 25A.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25A / Section 25A.005
§ 25A.005. JUDICIAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A business court judge has all powers, duties, immunities, and privileges of a district judge.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.405 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.405
§ 301.405. DUTY OF PERSON EMPLOYING NURSE TO REPORT.
Status: repealed

(a) This section applies only to a person who employs, hires, or contracts for the services of a nurse, including:

(1) a health care facility, including a hospital, health science center, nursing home, or home health agency;

(2) a state agency;

(3) a political subdivision;

(4) a school of nursing; and

(5) a temporary nursing service.

(b) A person that terminates, suspends for more than seven days, or takes other substantive disciplinary action, as defined by the board, against a nurse, or a substantially equivalent action against a nurse who is a staffing agency nurse, because the nurse engaged in conduct subject to reporting shall report in writing to the board:

(1) the identity of the nurse;

(2) the conduct subject to reporting that resulted in the termination, suspension, or other substantive disciplinary action or substantially equivalent action; and

(3) any additional information the board requires.

(c) If a person who makes a report required under Subsection (b) is required under Section 303.0015 to establish a nursing peer review committee, the person shall submit a copy of the report to the nursing peer review committee. The nursing peer review committee shall review the conduct to determine if any deficiency in care by the reported nurse was the result of a factor beyond the nurse's control. A nursing peer review committee that determines that there is reason to believe that the nurse's deficiency in care was the result of a factor beyond the nurse's control shall report the conduct to the patient safety committee at the facility where the reported conduct occurred, or if the facility does not have a patient safety committee, to the chief nursing officer.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 803, Sec. 21(4), eff. September 1, 2007.

(e) The requirement under Subsection (c) that a nursing peer review committee review the nurse and the incident does not subject a person's administrative decision to discipline a nurse to the peer review process.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 803, Sec. 21(4), eff. September 1, 2007.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 803, Sec. 21(4), eff. September 1, 2007.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 803, Sec. 21(4), eff. September 1, 2007.
Tex. Government Code § 411.465 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.465
§ 411.465. STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency participating in the alert system shall:

(1) cooperate with the department and assist in developing and implementing the alert system; and

(2) establish a plan for providing relevant information to its officers, investigators, or employees, as appropriate, once the alert system has been activated.

(b) In addition to its duties as a state agency under Subsection (a), the Texas Department of Transportation shall establish a plan for providing relevant information to the public through an existing system of dynamic message signs located across the state.
Tex. Labor Code § 404.056 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 404 / Section 404.056
§ 404.056. PROHIBITED REPRESENTATION OR EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A former public counsel may not make any communication to or appearance before the division, the department, the commissioner, the commissioner of insurance, or an employee of the division or the department before the second anniversary of the date the person ceases to serve as public counsel if the communication or appearance is made:

(1) on behalf of another person in connection with any matter on which the person seeks official action; or

(2) with the intent to influence a commissioner or commissioner of insurance decision or action, unless the person is acting on the person's own behalf and without remuneration.

(b) A former public counsel may not represent any person or receive compensation for services rendered on behalf of any person regarding a matter before the division or the department before the second anniversary of the date the person ceases to serve as public counsel.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) A former employee of the office may not:

(1) be employed by an insurance carrier regarding a matter that was in the scope of the employee's official responsibility while the employee was associated with the office; or

(2) represent a person before the division or the department or a court in a matter:

(A) in which the employee was personally involved while associated with the office; or

(B) that was within the employee's official responsibility while the employee was associated with the office.

(e) The prohibition of Subsection (d)(1) applies until the first anniversary of the date the employee's employment with the office ceases.

(f) The prohibition of Subsection (d)(2) applies to a current employee of the office while the employee is associated with the office and at any time after.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8082.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8082 / Section 8082.0304
§ 8082.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Government Code § 551.0745 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.0745
§ 551.0745. PERSONNEL MATTERS AFFECTING COUNTY ADVISORY BODY; CLOSED MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not require the commissioners court of a county to conduct an open meeting:

(1) to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a member of an advisory body; or

(2) to hear a complaint or charge against a member of an advisory body.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the individual who is the subject of the deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.233 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.233
§ 162.233. UNAUTHORIZED SALE OR USE OF DYED DIESEL FUEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not sell or hold for sale dyed diesel fuel for any use that the person knows or has reason to know is a taxable use of the diesel fuel.

(b) A person may not use or hold for use dyed diesel fuel for a use other than a nontaxable use if the person knows or has reason to know that the diesel fuel is dyed diesel fuel.
Tex. Government Code § 760.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 760 / Section 760.002
§ 760.002. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the legislature that the compact developed and executed under this chapter not require congressional approval.

(b) The compact may not increase the political power of the compacting states in relation to the federal government.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 73.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 73 / Section 73.001
§ 73.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Department" means the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.

(3) "Developmental delay" means a significant variation in normal development as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following areas:

(A) cognitive development;

(B) physical development;

(C) communication development;

(D) social or emotional development; or

(E) adaptive development.

(4) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.006
§ 303.006. LIMITATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not authorize a sponsor to issue a sponsor obligation, use a letter of credit, or mortgage a public facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.158
§ 6903.158. PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may establish or otherwise provide for public parks and recreation facilities and may acquire land adjacent to any of its reservoirs for those purposes.

(b) The district may not use money received from taxation or from bonds payable wholly or partly from taxation for a purpose described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.453 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.453
§ 21.453. APPROVAL OF CONVERSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation must approve a conversion under Chapter 10 by complying with this section.

(b) The board of directors of the corporation shall adopt a resolution that approves the plan of conversion and:

(1) recommends that the plan of conversion be approved by the shareholders of the corporation; or

(2) directs that the plan of conversion be submitted to the shareholders for approval without recommendation if the board of directors determines for any reason not to recommend approval of the plan of conversion.

(c) The plan of conversion shall be submitted to the shareholders of the corporation for approval as provided by this subchapter. The board of directors may place conditions on the submission of the plan of conversion to the shareholders.

(d) If the board of directors approves a plan of conversion but does not adopt a resolution recommending that the plan of conversion be approved by the shareholders of the corporation, the board of directors shall communicate to the shareholders the reason for the board's determination to submit the plan of conversion without a recommendation.

(e) Except as provided by Section 21.457, the shareholders of the corporation shall approve the plan of conversion as provided by this subchapter.

(f) If after the adoption of a resolution under Subsection (b) the board of directors of the corporation determines that the plan of conversion is not advisable, the plan of conversion may be submitted to the shareholders of the corporation with a recommendation that the shareholders not approve the plan of conversion.

(g) A plan of conversion for a corporation may include a provision requiring that the plan of conversion be submitted to the shareholders of the corporation, regardless of whether the board of directors determines, after adopting a resolution or making a determination under this section, that the plan of conversion is not advisable and recommends that the shareholders not approve the plan of conversion.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 42.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 42 / Section 42.002
§ 42.002. APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The settlement procedures provided in this chapter apply only to claims for monetary relief.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a class action;

(2) a shareholder's derivative action;

(3) an action by or against a governmental unit;

(4) an action brought under the Family Code;

(5) an action to collect workers' compensation benefits under Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code; or

(6) an action filed in a justice of the peace court or a small claims court.

(c) This chapter does not apply until a defendant files a declaration that the settlement procedure allowed by this chapter is available in the action. If there is more than one defendant, the settlement procedure allowed by this chapter is available only in relation to the defendant that filed the declaration and to the parties that make or receive offers of settlement in relation to that defendant.

(d) This chapter does not limit or affect the ability of any person to:

(1) make an offer to settle or compromise a claim that does not comply with Section 42.003; or

(2) offer to settle or compromise a claim in an action to which this chapter does not apply.

(e) An offer to settle or compromise that does not comply with Section 42.003 or an offer to settle or compromise made in an action to which this chapter does not apply does not entitle any party to recover litigation costs under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3947.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3947 / Section 3947.007
§ 3947.007. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

On receipt of a petition signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage and the assessed value of real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county, the initial directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.061
§ 1069.061. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1272.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1272 / Section 1272.055
§ 1272.055. COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

A delegation agreement required by Section 1272.052 must prohibit the delegated entity and the physicians and providers with whom the entity has contracted from billing or attempting to collect from an enrollee under any circumstance, including the insolvency of the health maintenance organization or entity, payments for covered services other than authorized copayments and deductibles.
Tex. Election Code § 129.022 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 129 / Section 129.022
§ 129.022. HARDWARE DIAGNOSTIC TEST.
Status: in_force

(a) The general custodian of election records shall conduct a successful hardware diagnostic test before a voting system is used in an election.

(b) The hardware diagnostic test must ensure that each part of the system functions properly as prescribed by the secretary of state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3840.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3840 / Section 3840.161
§ 3840.161. MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, a municipality is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8348.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8348 / Section 8348.051
§ 8348.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8348.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 29.169 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.169
§ 29.169. PROGRAM EVALUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district shall:

(1) select and implement appropriate methods for evaluating the district's program classes by measuring student progress; and

(2) make data from the results of program evaluations available to parents.

(b) A school district may administer diagnostic assessments to students in a program class to evaluate student progress as required by Subsection (a) but may not administer a state standardized assessment instrument.

(c) An assessment instrument administered to a prekindergarten program class must be selected from a list of appropriate prekindergarten assessment instruments identified by the commissioner.