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Tex. Occupations Code § 562.0545 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 562 / Section 562.0545
§ 562.0545.
Status: in_force

Sec. 562.0545. 90-DAY SUPPLY AND ACCELERATED REFILLS. A pharmacist may dispense up to a 90-day supply of a dangerous drug pursuant to a valid prescription that specifies the dispensing of a lesser amount followed by periodic refills of that amount if:

(1) the total quantity of dosage units dispensed does not exceed the total quantity of dosage units authorized by the prescriber on the original prescription, including refills;

(2) the patient consents to the dispensing of up to a 90-day supply and the physician has been notified electronically or by telephone;

(3) the physician has not specified on the prescription that dispensing the prescription in an initial amount followed by periodic refills is medically necessary;

(4) the dangerous drug is not a psychotropic drug; and

(5) the patient is at least 18 years of age.
Tex. Property Code § 74.405 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 74 / Section 74.405
§ 74.405. DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may sell or otherwise liquidate a security delivered to the comptroller under this chapter.

(b) The comptroller may not sell a security listed on an established stock exchange for less than the price prevailing on the exchange at the time of sale. The comptroller may sell a security not listed on an established exchange by any commercially reasonable method.
Tex. Property Code § 53.101 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.101
§ 53.101. FUNDS REQUIRED TO BE RESERVED.
Status: in_force

(a) During the progress of work under an original contract for which a mechanic's lien may be claimed and for 30 days after the work under the contract is completed, the owner shall reserve:

(1) 10 percent of the contract price of the work to the owner; or

(2) 10 percent of the value of the work, measured by the proportion that the work done bears to the work to be done, using the contract price or, if there is no contract price, using the reasonable value of the completed work.

(b) In this section, "owner" includes the owner's agent, trustee, or receiver.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7969.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7969 / Section 7969.153
§ 7969.153. 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. Insurance Code § 101.353 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 101 / Section 101.353
§ 101.353. BOND REQUIREMENT FOR COURT PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), before an unauthorized person or insurer may file a pleading in a court proceeding to which this subchapter applies, the person or insurer must deposit cash or securities or file a bond with good and sufficient sureties approved by the court in an amount determined by the court as sufficient to pay any final judgment that may be rendered in the proceeding.

(b) An unauthorized person or insurer must file the deposit required by this section with the clerk of the court in which the proceeding is pending.

(c) The court may issue an order waiving the deposit or bond required by this section if the unauthorized person or insurer demonstrates to the court's satisfaction that the person or insurer maintains sufficient available funds or securities in a state in the United States, in trust or otherwise, to satisfy any final judgment that may be rendered in the proceeding.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.606 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.606
§ 42A.606. CONFINEMENT REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

A defendant participating in a program under this subchapter must be confined in the community corrections facility at all times except for time spent:

(1) attending and traveling to and from:

(A) an education or rehabilitation program as ordered by the court; or

(B) a community service project;

(2) away from the facility for purposes described by this subchapter; and

(3) traveling to and from work, if applicable.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.069 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.069
§ 574.069. HEARING ON REQUEST FOR REEXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court that required a patient's reexamination under Section 574.068 may set a date and place for a hearing on the request if, not later than the 10th day after the date on which the request is filed:

(1) a certificate of medical examination for mental illness stating that the patient continues to meet the criteria for court-ordered extended mental health services has been filed; or

(2) a certificate has not been filed and the patient has not been discharged.

(b) At the time the hearing is set, the judge shall:

(1) appoint an attorney to represent a patient who does not have an attorney; and

(2) give notice of the hearing to the patient, the patient's attorney, and the facility administrator.

(c) The judge shall appoint a physician to examine the patient and file a certificate of medical examination for mental illness with the court. The judge shall appoint a physician who is not on the staff of the mental health facility in which the patient is receiving services and who is a psychiatrist if a psychiatrist is available in the county. The court shall ensure that the patient may be examined by a physician of the patient's choice and at the patient's own expense if requested by the patient.

(d) The hearing is held before the court and without a jury. The hearing must be held in accordance with the requirements for a hearing on an application for court-ordered mental health services.

(e) The court shall dismiss the request if the court finds from clear and convincing evidence that the patient continues to meet the criteria for court-ordered extended mental health services prescribed by Section 574.035 or 574.0355.

(f) The judge shall order the facility administrator to discharge the patient if the court fails to find from clear and convincing evidence that the patient continues to meet the criteria.
Tex. Property Code § 74.705 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 74 / Section 74.705
§ 74.705. INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A holder who fails to pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter shall pay to the comptroller interest, at an annual rate of 10 percent, on the property from the date the property should have been paid or delivered until the date the property is actually paid or delivered.

(b) to (e) Deleted by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1037, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

(f) A person is exempt from payment of interest under Subsection (a) if the person's action or omission is in connection with the person's official duties as an officer or employee of a political subdivision of this state.

(g) In this section, "person" does not include a local governmental entity or an officer or employee of a local governmental entity who is performing the officer's or employee's official duties for the local governmental entity.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0354 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.0354
§ 341.0354. HIGHWAY SIGNS FOR APPROVED SYSTEM RATING.
Status: in_force

A water supply system that attains an approved rating is entitled to erect signs of a design approved by the commission on highways approaching the municipality in which the water supply system is located. The signs shall be immediately removed on notice from the commission if the water supply system does not continue to meet the specified standards.
Tex. Finance Code § 119.101 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 119 / Section 119.101
§ 119.101. ACCESS TO BOOKS AND RECORDS OF SAVINGS BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) The books and records of a savings bank may be examined only by:

(1) the commissioner or the commissioner's representative in accordance with Sections 96.054-96.057;

(2) a person authorized to act for the savings bank;

(3) an agent of a governmental agency that has insured the deposit accounts of the savings bank;

(4) a borrower or deposit account holder of the savings bank, in accordance with Subsection (b); or

(5) for a capital stock savings bank, a stockholder of the capital stock savings bank, in accordance with Subsection (c).

(b) A borrower or deposit account holder of a savings bank is entitled to examine only the books and records of the savings bank that relate to the person's loan or deposit account.

(c) A stockholder of a capital stock savings bank has the same right to examine the relevant books and records of a savings bank as a shareholder of a business corporation under the Texas Business Corporation Act.

(d) A person is entitled to a partial or complete list of the stockholders of a stock savings bank or of the members of a mutual savings bank only if expressly permitted by the board of directors of the savings bank.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.154
§ 1004.154. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall order that the district be dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district, and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7990.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7990 / Section 7990.006
§ 7990.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 101.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 101 / Section 101.022
§ 101.022. GENERAL FISCAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

The municipality may:

(1) control and manage the finances of the municipality; and

(2) prescribe its fiscal year and other fiscal arrangements.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.211 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.211
§ 345.211. GAIN OR ADVANTAGE FROM INSURANCE NOT ADDITIONAL CHARGE.
Status: in_force

Any gain or advantage to the holder or the holder's employee, officer, director, agent, general agent, affiliate, or associate from insurance or the provision or sale of insurance under this subchapter is not an additional charge or additional time price differential in connection with a retail installment contract or retail sales agreement made under this chapter except as specifically provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.052
§ 6903.052. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

Territory, whether contiguous to the district or not, and inside or outside Eastland County, may be annexed to the district in the manner provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 284.202 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 284 / Section 284.202
§ 284.202. ORDER PROHIBITING OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ON TOLL PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle on a county project described by Section 284.001(3) if:

(1) an operator of the vehicle has failed to pay a required toll or charge; and

(2) the county provides the registered owner of the vehicle with notice of the unpaid toll or charge.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a)(2) must be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle at least 10 days before the date the prohibition takes effect.

(c) If the registered owner of the vehicle fails to pay a toll or charge not later than the 10th day after the notice under Subsection (b) is mailed, the commissioners court by order may impose a reasonable cost for expenses associated with collecting the unpaid toll or charge.
Tex. Finance Code § 159.106 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 159 / Section 159.106
§ 159.106. BORROWER'S RIGHT OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A wrap borrower may bring an action to:

(1) obtain declaratory or injunctive relief to enforce this subchapter;

(2) recover any actual damages suffered by the wrap borrower as a result of a violation of this subchapter; or

(3) obtain other remedies available under this subchapter or in an action under Section 17.50, Business & Commerce Code, as otherwise authorized under this subchapter.

(b) A wrap borrower who prevails in an action under this section may recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Government Code § 2056.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2056 / Section 2056.009
§ 2056.009. STATE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor's Office of Budget and Planning and the Legislative Budget Board jointly may compile a long-range strategic plan for state government using the state agency plans issued under Section 2056.002 and information obtained under Section 2056.007.

(b) The state plan shall be sent to the governor, lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature not later than the seventh working day of each regular session of the legislature.

(c) The state plan serves as the strategic plan for the governor.
Tex. Water Code § 5.231 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.231
§ 5.231. TRAVEL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The executive director is entitled to receive actual and necessary travel expenses. Other employees of the commission are entitled to receive travel expenses as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Water Code § 7.153 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.153
§ 7.153. INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE AND ENDANGERMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, acting intentionally or knowingly with respect to the person's conduct, discharges or allows the discharge of a waste or pollutant into or adjacent to water in the state and by that action places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, unless the discharge is made in strict compliance with all required permits or with a valid and currently effective order issued or rule adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D) or Section 7.187(2)(F) or both. If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the individual may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(E) or Section 7.187(2)(G) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E). If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the person may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(F).
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.253 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.253
§ 39.253. ALLOCATION OF STRANDED COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Any capital costs incurred by an electric utility to improve air quality under Section 39.263 or 39.264 that are included in a utility's invested capital in accordance with those sections shall be allocated among customer classes as follows:

(1) 50 percent of those costs shall be allocated in accordance with the methodology used to allocate the costs of the underlying assets in the electric utility's most recent commission order addressing rate design; and

(2) the remainder shall be allocated on the basis of the energy consumption of the customer classes.

(b) All other retail stranded costs shall be allocated among retail customer classes in accordance with Subsections (c)-(i).

(c) The allocation to the residential class shall be determined by allocating to all customer classes 50 percent of the stranded costs in accordance with the methodology used to allocate the costs of the underlying assets in the electric utility's most recent commission order addressing rate design and allocating the remainder of the stranded costs on the basis of the energy consumption of the classes.

(d) After the allocation to the residential class required by Subsection (c) has been calculated, the remaining stranded costs shall be allocated to the remaining customer classes in accordance with the methodology used to allocate the costs of the underlying assets in the electric utility's most recent commission order addressing rate design. Non-firm industrial customers shall be allocated stranded costs equal to 150 percent of the amount allocated to that class.

(e) After the allocation to the residential class required by Subsection (c) and the allocation to the nonfirm industrial class required by Subsection (d) have been calculated, the remaining stranded costs shall be allocated to the remaining customer classes in accordance with the methodology used to allocate the costs of the underlying assets in the electric utility's most recent commission order addressing rate design.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, to the extent that the total retail stranded costs, including regulatory assets, of investor-owned utilities exceed $5 billion on a statewide basis, any stranded costs in excess of $5 billion shall be allocated among retail customer classes in accordance with the methodology used to allocate the costs of the underlying assets in the electric utility's most recent commission order addressing rate design.

(g) The energy consumption of the customer classes used in Subsections (a)(2) and (c) shall be based on the relevant class characteristics as of May 1, 1999, adjusted for normal weather conditions.

(h) For purposes of this section, "stranded costs" includes regulatory assets.

(i) Except as provided by Section 39.262(k), no customer or customer class may avoid the obligation to pay the amount of stranded costs allocated to that customer class.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12.037 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12 / Section 12.037
§ 12.037. CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

The department may recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for its license holders.
Tex. Tax Code § 156.102 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 156 / Section 156.102
§ 156.102. EXCEPTION--RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, OR EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not impose a tax on a corporation or association that is organized and operated exclusively for a religious, charitable, or educational purpose if no part of the net earnings of the corporation or association inure to the benefit of a private shareholder or individual.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) a corporation or association that is organized and operated exclusively for the cleaning of beaches and that has no part of its net earnings inure to the benefit of a private shareholder or individual is organized and operated exclusively for a charitable purpose; and

(2) a public or private institution of higher education is organized and operated exclusively for an educational purpose only if the institution is defined as a Texas institution of higher education or as a Texas private or independent institution of higher education under any subdivision of Section 61.003, Education Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 1.051 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 1 / Section 1.051
§ 1.051. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE.
Status: in_force

Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8309.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8309 / Section 8309.154
§ 8309.154. DIVISION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(b) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8309.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(c) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the new districts.

(d) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.
Tex. Transportation Code § 472.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 472 / Section 472.013
§ 472.013. OWNER AND CARRIER RESPONSIBLE FOR COSTS OF REMOVAL AND DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

The owner and the carrier of personal property removed under this subchapter shall reimburse the department for the costs of removal and disposition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1152.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.106
§ 1152.106. RESERVE LIABILITY FOR VARIABLE CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

The reserve liability for a variable contract must be established under actuarial procedures that recognize:

(1) the variable nature of the benefits provided; and

(2) any mortality guarantees.
Tex. Water Code § 5.355 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.355
§ 5.355. APPEAL OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

A judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought for or against the commission is appealable as are other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction.
Tex. Government Code § 464.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 464 / Section 464.004
§ 464.004. COMPOSITION AND CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The council is composed of members who are the laboratory operations directors of the colleges and universities participating in the laboratory.

(b) The members of the council shall elect a chairman by a majority vote at a meeting called for that purpose. The chairman serves for a term of two years.

(c) A member of the council may not receive compensation for services on the council, but is entitled to reimbursement, from funds of the laboratory, for travel and subsistence expenses incurred in performance of official duties and services for the laboratory.
Tex. Utilities Code § 12.153 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 12 / Section 12.153
§ 12.153. RELATIONSHIP WITH TRADE ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

A person may not serve as a commissioner or be a commission employee who is employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if the person is:

(1) an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association; or

(2) the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a trade association.
Tex. Property Code § 93.009 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 93 / Section 93.009
§ 93.009. TENANT'S FORWARDING ADDRESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The landlord is not obligated to return a tenant's security deposit or give the tenant a written description of damages and charges until the tenant gives the landlord a written statement of the tenant's forwarding address for the purpose of refunding the security deposit.

(b) The tenant does not forfeit the right to a refund of the security deposit or the right to receive a description of damages and charges for failing to give a forwarding address to the landlord.