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Tex. Education Code § 32.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 32 / Section 32.104
§ 32.104. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

Before transferring data processing equipment or an electronic device to a student, a school district or open-enrollment charter school must:

(1) adopt rules governing transfers under this subchapter, including provisions for technical assistance to the student by the district or school;

(2) determine that the transfer serves a public purpose and benefits the district or school;

(3) remove from the equipment any offensive, confidential, or proprietary information, as determined by the district or school;

(4) adopt rules establishing programs promoting parents as partners in cybersecurity and online safety that involve parents in students' use of transferred equipment or electronic devices; and

(5) for the transfer of an electronic device to be used for an educational purpose, install an Internet filter that blocks and prohibits pornographic or obscene materials or applications, including from unsolicited pop-ups, installations, and downloads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0605 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0605
§ 3967.0605. NOTIFICATION OF RATE CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The board shall notify the comptroller of any changes made to the tax rate under this subchapter in the same manner the municipal secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.154
§ 1027.154. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2751.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2751 / Section 2751.052
§ 2751.052. FACTORS CONSIDERED IN FIXING PREMIUM RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) In fixing premium rates, the commissioner shall consider all relevant income and expenses of title insurance companies and title insurance agents attributable to engaging in the business of personal property title insurance in this state.

(b) The premium rates fixed by the commissioner must be reasonable, adequate, not unfairly discriminatory, nonconfiscatory, and not excessive.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.612 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.612
§ 152.612. ACTION TO DETERMINE TRANSFEREE'S REDEMPTION PRICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A transferee may maintain an action against a partnership to determine the redemption price of the transferee's interest.

(b) The court shall determine the redemption price of the transferee's interest and accrued interest and enter judgment for payment or refund.

(c) If the court finds that the partnership failed to make payment or otherwise acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith, the court may assess against the partnership in an amount the court finds equitable:

(1) reasonable attorney's fees; and

(2) fees and expenses of appraisers or other experts for a party to the action.

(d) The redemption of a transferee's interest under Sections 152.611(a) and (b) may be deferred as determined by the court if the partnership establishes to the satisfaction of the court that failure to defer redemption will cause undue hardship to the partnership business.
Tex. Insurance Code § 842.258 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 842 / Section 842.258
§ 842.258. LIMITATIONS ON CONTRACTS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A group hospital service corporation may not:

(1) contract to provide to a member a physician or any medical services;

(2) contract to practice medicine in any manner;

(3) control or attempt to control the relations existing between a member and the member's physician; or

(4) restrict the right of a patient to obtain the services of any licensed physician.

(b) This section does not prohibit a group hospital service corporation from contracting with:

(1) a health organization certified under Chapter 162, Occupations Code; or

(2) a physician or other health care provider under rules adopted for preferred provider plans.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.505 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.505
§ 74.505. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) As a condition to authorizing periodic payments of future damages, the court shall require a defendant who is not adequately insured to provide evidence of financial responsibility in an amount adequate to assure full payment of damages awarded by the judgment.

(b) The judgment must provide for payments to be funded by:

(1) an annuity contract issued by a company licensed to do business as an insurance company, including an assignment within the meaning of Section 130, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

(2) an obligation of the United States;

(3) applicable and collectible liability insurance from one or more qualified insurers; or

(4) any other satisfactory form of funding approved by the court.

(c) On termination of periodic payments of future damages, the court shall order the return of the security, or as much as remains, to the defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8223.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8223 / Section 8223.103
§ 8223.103. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council of the City of McKinney.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0375 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0375
§ 161.0375. PERIODIC REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall analyze, on a statewide and regional basis, violations of this subtitle. The commission shall consider:

(1) violation types and disposition;

(2) persons who are repeat offenders; and

(3) persons who commit the most serious offenses.

(b) The commission shall use the analysis under Subsection (a) to compare enforcement practices across each region and determine:

(1) training needs;

(2) gaps in enforcement authority; and

(3) effective enforcement activities.

(c) The commission shall conduct the analysis under Subsection (a) on a periodic basis to ensure that the information reflects current enforcement practices.

(d) The commission shall timely enter and share compliance and enforcement information on a statewide and regional basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8076.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8076 / Section 8076.0304
§ 8076.0304. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8329.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8329 / Section 8329.004
§ 8329.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8329.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Penal Code § 38.03 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 38 / Section 38.03
§ 38.03. RESISTING ARREST, SEARCH, OR TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally prevents or obstructs a person he knows is a peace officer or a person acting in a peace officer's presence and at his direction from effecting an arrest, search, or transportation of the actor or another by using force against the peace officer or another.

(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the arrest or search was unlawful.

(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.201
§ 204.201. NOTICE OF INTENT TO PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Before beginning practice, each physician assistant licensed under this chapter shall submit on a form prescribed by the physician assistant board notice of the license holder's intent to practice. The notice must include:

(1) the name, business address, license number, and telephone number of the physician assistant; and

(2) the name, business address, Texas license number, and telephone number of the physician assistant's supervising physician.

(b) A physician assistant shall notify the physician assistant board of any change in, or addition to, the person acting as a supervising physician for the physician assistant not later than the 30th day after the date the change or addition occurs.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.0814 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0814
§ 81.0814. CONSULTATION WITH TASK FORCE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

After declaring a public health disaster or ordering a public health emergency, the commissioner shall consult with the Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, including any subcommittee the task force forms to aid in the rapid assessment of response efforts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1096.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1096 / Section 1096.154
§ 1096.154. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board annually shall require an independent audit of the district's books and records.

(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the board shall file a copy of the audit with:

(1) the comptroller; and

(2) the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 802.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 802 / Section 802.103
§ 802.103. PRELICENSE INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the department must inspect a facility before a license is issued for the facility.

(b) The department may not issue a license to a dog or cat breeder until the department receives a prelicense inspection report from the inspector in a format approved by the department certifying that the facility meets the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.

(c) Before the prelicense inspection may be conducted, each applicant must pay to the department the required inspection fee to be used to pay third-party inspectors and the reasonable expenses of the department related to its licensing and inspection duties under this chapter.

(d) An applicant whose facility does not meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter as revealed by a prelicense inspection may, after correcting deficiencies noted in the inspection report, request another prelicense inspection by paying the required fee to the department.

(e) The department may not require a prelicense inspection of a facility for an applicant who:

(1) holds a current Class A animal dealers license issued under the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2131 et seq.); and

(2) submits to the department:

(A) a copy of the license; and

(B) on a form prescribed by the department, a statement certifying that the facility meets the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.805 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.805
§ 152.805. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

A limited partnership may become a limited liability partnership by complying with applicable provisions of Chapter 153.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 73.058 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 73 / Section 73.058
§ 73.058. CHALLENGES TO CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION OR TO REQUEST FOR CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a defendant in an action under this subchapter intends to rely on a timely and sufficient correction, clarification, or retraction, the defendant's intention to do so, and the correction, clarification, or retraction relied on, must be stated in a notice served on the plaintiff on the later of:

(1) the 60th day after service of the citation; or

(2) the 10th day after the date the correction, clarification, or retraction is made.

(b) A correction, clarification, or retraction is timely and sufficient unless the plaintiff challenges the timeliness or sufficiency not later than the 20th day after the date notice under Subsection (a) is served. If a plaintiff challenges the timeliness or sufficiency, the plaintiff must state the challenge in a motion to declare the correction, clarification, or retraction untimely or insufficient served not later than the 30th day after the date notice under Subsection (a) is served on the plaintiff or the 30th day after the date the correction, clarification, or retraction is made, whichever is later.

(c) If a defendant intends to challenge the sufficiency or timeliness of a request for a correction, clarification, or retraction, the defendant must state the challenge in a motion to declare the request insufficient or untimely served not later than the 60th day after the date of service of the citation.

(d) Unless there is a reasonable dispute regarding the actual contents of the request for correction, clarification, or retraction, the sufficiency and timeliness of a request for correction, clarification, or retraction is a question of law. At the earliest appropriate time before trial, the court shall rule, as a matter of law, whether the request for correction, clarification, or retraction meets the requirements of this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 206.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 206 / Section 206.156
§ 206.156. HEALTH CARE ENTITY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

On the written request of a health care entity, the medical board shall provide to the entity:

(1) information about a complaint filed against a license holder that was resolved after investigation by:

(A) a disciplinary order of the medical board; or

(B) an agreed settlement; and

(2) the basis of and current status of any complaint under active investigation that has been referred by the executive director or the director's designee for legal action.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.123 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.123
§ 21.123. SCOPE OF DEFENSE.
Status: in_force

A demonstration that an employment practice is consistent with business necessity may not be used as a defense under this chapter against a complaint of intentional discrimination.
Tex. Labor Code § 406.125 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 406 / Section 406.125
§ 406.125. RESTRICTION OF UNSAFE WORK PRACTICES UNAFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prevent a general contractor from directing a subcontractor or the employees of a subcontractor to stop or change an unsafe work practice.
Tex. Transportation Code § 683.016 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 683 / Section 683.016
§ 683.016. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY USE OF CERTAIN ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) The law enforcement agency that takes an abandoned motor vehicle into custody that is not claimed under Section 683.012 may:

(1) use the vehicle for agency purposes; or

(2) transfer the vehicle to any other municipal or county agency, a groundwater conservation district governed by Chapter 36, Water Code, or a school district for the use of that agency or district.

(b) The law enforcement agency shall auction the vehicle as provided by this subchapter if the law enforcement agency or the municipal or county agency, groundwater conservation district, or school district to which the vehicle was transferred under Subsection (a) discontinues use of the vehicle.

(c) This section does not apply to an abandoned vehicle on which there is a garagekeeper's lien.

(d) This section does not apply to a vehicle that is:

(1) taken into custody by a law enforcement agency located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more; and

(2) removed to a privately owned storage facility.

(e) A law enforcement agency must comply with the notice requirements of Section 683.012 before the law enforcement agency may transfer a vehicle under Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8251.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8251 / Section 8251.201
§ 8251.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and to finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects under Section 8251.102.

(b) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money.

(c) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxation to finance projects authorized by Section 8251.102 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of district voters voting at an election called for that purpose.

(d) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8251.102 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7921.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7921 / Section 7921.152
§ 7921.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7921.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2206.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2206 / Section 2206.052
§ 2206.052. PARTICIPATION IN POOL.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district that meets the criteria established by the school district risk management pool in the pool's plan of operation may:

(1) purchase coverage from the pool; and

(2) use district money to pay the fees, contributions, or premiums required to participate in the pool and obtain the coverage.

(b) A junior college district may not participate in the school district risk management pool.
Tex. Transportation Code § 203.111 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 203 / Section 203.111
§ 203.111. LEASE FOR PARKING PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may lease for parking purposes real property beneath an elevated section of a freeway located on real property for which the commission holds the title and property rights.

(b) Revenue from a lease under this section shall be used for general governmental purposes.

(c) In this section, "freeway" has the meaning assigned by Section 203.064.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4017.0802 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4017 / Section 4017.0802
§ 4017.0802. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the district may impose an ad valorem tax applicable only to the defined area or designated property or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board shall hold an election in the defined area or designated property only.

(b) The board may submit the proposition to the voters on the same ballot to be used in another election.
Tex. Family Code § 152.202 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.202
§ 152.202. EXCLUSIVE CONTINUING JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with Section 152.201 or 152.203 has exclusive continuing jurisdiction over the determination until:

(1) a court of this state determines that neither the child, nor the child and one parent, nor the child and a person acting as a parent, have a significant connection with this state and that substantial evidence is no longer available in this state concerning the child's care, protection, training, and personal relationships; or

(2) a court of this state or a court of another state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this state.

(b) A court of this state which has made a child custody determination and does not have exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under this section may modify that determination only if it has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 152.201.
Tex. Water Code § 27.032 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.032
§ 27.032. INFORMATION REQUIRED OF APPLICANT.
Status: in_force

The railroad commission shall require an applicant to furnish any information the railroad commission considers necessary to discharge its duties under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.237 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.237
§ 623.237. SPEED LIMIT.
Status: in_force

Movement authorized by a permit issued under this subchapter shall not exceed the posted speed limit or 55 miles per hour, whichever is less. Violation of this provision shall constitute a moving violation.
Tex. Water Code § 51.646 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.646
§ 51.646. COSTS OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

The commissioners may adjudge and apportion the costs of the hearing in any manner they consider equitable.
Tex. Water Code § 16.313 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.313
§ 16.313. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Political subdivision" means any political subdivision or body politic and corporate of the State of Texas and includes any county, river authority, conservation and reclamation district, water control and improvement district, water improvement district, water control and preservation district, fresh water supply district, irrigation district, and any type of district heretofore or hereafter created or organized or authorized to be created or organized pursuant to the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59 or Article III, Section 52 of the Constitution of the State of Texas; "political subdivision" also means any interstate compact commission to which the State of Texas is a party, municipal corporation, or city whether operating under the Home Rule Amendment of the Constitution or under the General Law.

(2) "National Flood Insurance Act" means the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 4001 through 4127), and the implementation and administration of the Act by the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(3) "Director" means the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.134 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2402 / Section 2402.134
§ 2402.134. DELIVERY PERSONS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
Status: in_force

A delivery person is considered an independent contractor for all purposes, and not an employee of a delivery network company in any manner, if:

(1) the company does not:

(A) prescribe the specific hours during which the delivery person is required to be logged in to the company's digital network;

(B) impose restrictions on the delivery person's ability to use other delivery network companies' digital networks;

(C) prescribe the territory within which the delivery person may provide deliveries; or

(D) restrict the delivery person from engaging in another occupation or business; and

(2) the company and the delivery person agree in writing that the delivery person is an independent contractor.