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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1101.156 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.156
§ 1101.156. IDENTIFICATION OF VIOLATION IN COMPLIANCE HISTORY REPORT.
Status: in_force

A violation that has been voluntarily disclosed and to which immunity applies under this subchapter must be identified in a compliance history report as being voluntarily disclosed.
Tex. Government Code § 411.12509 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.12509
§ 411.12509.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.12509. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: STATE FIRE MARSHAL. (a) The state fire marshal is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (b) that relates to a person who is an applicant for or holder of:

(1) a fire extinguisher license or apprentice permit under Chapter 6001, Insurance Code, including a Type PL, Type A, Type B, or Type K license;

(2) a fire alarm license or approval under Chapter 6002, Insurance Code, including:

(A) a fire alarm technician license;

(B) a residential fire alarm technician license;

(C) a fire alarm monitoring technician license;

(D) a residential alarm superintendent license;

(E) a fire alarm planning superintendent license;

(F) a residential fire alarm superintendent single station license;

(G) a fire alarm instructor approval; or

(H) a fire alarm training school approval;

(3) a fire protection sprinkler system contractor registration certificate or a responsible managing employee license under Chapter 6003, Insurance Code, including:

(A) a responsible managing employee general license;

(B) a responsible managing employee dwelling license;

(C) a responsible managing employee underground license; or

(D) a responsible managing employee general inspector license; or

(4) a license required by Subchapters C and D, Chapter 2154, Occupations Code, including:

(A) a pyrotechnic operator's license under Section 2154.154, Occupations Code;

(B) a pyrotechnic special effects operator's license under Section 2154.155, Occupations Code; or

(C) a flame effect operator's license under Section 2154.156, Occupations Code.

(b) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the public policy of this state, the state fire marshal 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 (a); 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 (a).

(c) The state fire marshal may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (b)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the state fire marshal under Subsection (b)(2) may not be disclosed or released to any person except on court order, with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information, or as provided by Subsection (d).

(d) The state fire marshal is not prohibited from disclosing criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (b)(2) in a criminal proceeding or in a hearing conducted by the state fire marshal.

(e) The state fire marshal shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8376.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8376 / Section 8376.252
§ 8376.252. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; NOTICE.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 2.01, eff. May 24, 2019.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a municipality adopts a resolution or ordinance consenting to the creation of the district, the municipality shall file, in the real property records of the county in which the land to be included in the district is located, a notice to a purchaser of real property in the district that describes:

(1) the municipality's authority and intention to annex the district; and

(2) the anticipated date of the annexation.

(c) After the notice is filed, a person who proposes to sell or otherwise convey real property in the district must include the information contained in the municipality's notice in the Notice to Purchasers required by Section 49.452, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8241.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8241 / Section 8241.201
§ 8241.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 961.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 961 / Section 961.302
§ 961.302. AGREEMENT OF CONTRACTING ATTORNEYS.
Status: in_force

The contracting attorneys shall:

(1) guarantee to the participants the services stated under the participants' benefit certificates, except as provided by Section 961.254; and

(2) agree to perform without cost to the participants, other than the money of the nonprofit legal services corporation held for the participants' benefit under the corporation's plan of operation, services described by the benefit certificates.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 68.012 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 68 / Section 68.012
§ 68.012. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person aggrieved by the action of the department in refusing to grant or renew a commercial propagation permit or in cancelling a permit may appeal within 20 days of the final action of the department to a district court of Travis County or the county of his residence.

(b) The appeal shall be by trial de novo as are appeals from the justice court to the county court.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.408 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.408
§ 200.408. CLASS VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Separate voting by a class or series of shares of a real estate investment trust is required for approval of a plan of merger or conversion if:

(1) the plan of merger or conversion contains a provision that would require approval by that class or series of shares under Section 200.262 if the provision was contained in a proposed amendment to the real estate investment trust's certificate of formation; or

(2) that class or series of shares is entitled under the certificate of formation to vote as a class or series on the plan of merger or conversion.

(b) Separate voting by a class or series of shares of a real estate investment trust is required for approval of a plan of exchange if:

(1) shares of that class or series are to be exchanged under the terms of the plan of exchange; or

(2) that class or series is entitled under the certificate of formation to vote as a class or series on the plan of exchange.

(c) Separate voting by a class or series of shares of a real estate investment trust is required for approval of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the real estate investment trust if that class or series of shares is entitled under the certificate of formation to vote as a class or series on the sale of the real estate investment trust's assets.
Tex. Insurance Code § 704.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 704 / Section 704.053
§ 704.053. FILING OF ANTIFRAUD PLAN.
Status: in_force

A plan issuer may annually file the issuer's antifraud plan adopted under this subchapter with the insurance fraud unit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7924A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7924A / Section 7924A.0303
§ 7924A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.106
§ 1046.106. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees.

(b) The board shall adopt reasonable and necessary rules and bylaws to govern:

(1) the board's proceedings and activities; and

(2) the hospitals or the hospital or medical system.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.219 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.219
§ 425.219.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.219. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS FOR POLICY RESERVES AND SURPLUS: BONDS OF CERTAIN WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. An insurer may invest the insurer's policy reserves and surplus over and above the insurer's capital in municipal bonds issued under Section 51.039, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 31.008 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 31 / Section 31.008
§ 31.008. HEARING ON PERMIT APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may hold an adjudicatory hearing on the application.

(b) The commission by rule shall provide for giving notice of a public hearing on a permit application. The rules for notice must include provisions for giving notice to local governments and interested persons.

(c) A hearing held under Subsection (a) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with rules for contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code. A person shall be allowed to participate in a hearing as a party under this section on a showing of sufficient interest or of an ability to contribute to the resolution of relevant issues.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.0045 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.0045
§ 773.0045. TEMPORARY EXEMPTIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL PRACTICING IN RURAL AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "rural area" means:

(1) a county with a population of 50,000 or less; or

(2) a relatively large, isolated, and sparsely populated area in a county with a population of more than 50,000.

(b) The department on a case-by-case basis may temporarily exempt emergency medical services personnel who primarily practice in a rural area from a requirement imposed either by Section 773.050 or 773.055 or by a department rule adopted under Section 773.050 or 773.055 if specific circumstances that affect the rural area served by the emergency medical services personnel justify the exemption. The department may temporarily exempt the emergency medical services personnel from a requirement imposed:

(1) by a department rule adopted under Section 773.050 or 773.055 only if the department finds that, under the circumstances, imposing the requirement would not be in the best interests of the people in the rural area who are served by the emergency medical services personnel; and

(2) by Section 773.050 or 773.055 only if the department finds that, under the circumstances, there is a substantial risk that imposing the requirement will detrimentally affect the health or safety of one or more persons in the affected rural area or hinder the ability of emergency medical services personnel who practice in the area to alleviate a threat to the health or safety of one or more persons in the area.

(c) The exemption must be in writing, include the findings required by Subsection (b), and expire at a stated time. The written findings must be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement that specifically describes the circumstances that support the finding.

(d) In granting the exemption, the department in writing must require the affected emergency medical services personnel or the appropriate emergency medical services provider to adopt a written plan under which the applicable requirement will be met as soon as possible.

(e) A temporary exemption under this section may allow emergency medical services personnel who are applicants for certification at a higher level of training to temporarily practice at the higher level.
Tex. Local Government Code § 615.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 615 / Section 615.003
§ 615.003. PARKING LOTS AND PARKING GARAGES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may construct, enlarge, equip, and operate a parking lot or parking garage adjacent to or near the county courthouse.

(b) The county may lease the parking lot or parking garage to a person on terms considered appropriate by the commissioners court of the county.

(c) To exercise a power granted by this section, the commissioners court of the county may appropriate and spend money from the general fund or the permanent improvement fund of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0320 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0320
§ 8511.0320. GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The authority may enter into a contract or execute an instrument that is necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers, rights, duties, and functions.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437B.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.004
§ 437B.004. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter. The rules must be narrowly tailored to address a demonstrable health or safety risk and may not:

(1) limit the number of mobile food vendor licenses the department may issue;

(2) address the hours of operation for mobile food vendors;

(3) restrict a mobile food vendor's propane capacity below the capacity state law allows for commercial vehicles; or

(4) require a mobile food vendor to:

(A) operate outside a specific perimeter of a commercial establishment or restaurant;

(B) enter into any agreement with a commercial establishment or restaurant, except as necessary to properly dispose of grease and other cooking waste;

(C) have an operational handwashing sink in the vehicle of a vendor who sells only prepackaged food;

(D) associate with a commissary if the vehicle carries the equipment necessary to comply with state law and properly disposes of grease and other cooking waste;

(E) provide the vendor's fingerprints as a condition of holding a mobile food vendor license;

(F) install a global positioning system tracking device on the vehicle;

(G) keep the vehicle in constant motion except when serving customers;

(H) submit to an additional fire inspection a vehicle the vendor demonstrates has passed a state or local fire inspection within the preceding 12 months; or

(I) submit to health inspections other than an inspection the department, or a local authority under a collaborative agreement, conducts unless the department is investigating a reported foodborne illness.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.054
§ 3852.054. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor and members of the governing body of the City of Pflugerville shall appoint directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of the members and the mayor vote to appoint the person.

(b) A person may not be appointed to the board if the appointment of that person would result in fewer than two-thirds of the directors residing in the City of Pflugerville.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.091 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.091
§ 91.091. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may authorize the department to acquire in the name of the state a right-of-way, a property right, or other interest in real property determined to be necessary or convenient for the department's acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of rail facilities.

(b) The commission may authorize the department to acquire property by any method, including purchase and condemnation. Property may be purchased under any terms determined by the department to be in the best interest of the state.

(c) Property may be purchased along alternative potential routes for a rail facility even if only one of those potential routes will ultimately be chosen as the final route.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7B.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 7B / Section 7B.052
§ 7B.052. REQUIRED FINDINGS; ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Status: in_force

The court shall issue a protective order in the manner provided by Title 4, Family Code, if, in lieu of the finding that family violence occurred as required by Section 85.001, Family Code, the court finds that:

(1) probable cause exists to believe that an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, was committed; and

(2) the nature of the scheme or course of conduct engaged in by the defendant in committing the offense indicates the defendant is likely in the future to engage in conduct prohibited by Section 42.072(a)(1), (2), or (3), Penal Code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.050 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.050
§ 171.050. DEPOSITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The arbitrators may authorize a deposition:

(1) for use as evidence to be taken of a witness who cannot be required by subpoena to appear before the arbitrators or who is unable to attend the hearing; or

(2) for discovery or evidentiary purposes to be taken of an adverse witness.

(b) A deposition under this section shall be taken in the manner provided by law for a deposition in a civil action pending in a district court.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.103
§ 2053.103. STATISTICAL AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may designate or contract with a qualified organization to serve as the statistical agent for the commissioner under this subchapter as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 38.

(b) The statistical agent may provide to one or more advisory organizations any information provided by the agent to the commissioner under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6608.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6608 / Section 6608.0301
§ 6608.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Election Code § 31.0021 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0021
§ 31.0021.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.0021. CERTAIN OFFICIAL FORMS: INCLUSION OF NEPOTISM INFORMATION. (a) On forms designed and furnished by the secretary of state for an application for a place on the ballot, the secretary shall include a brief summary of:

(1) the nepotism prohibition imposed by Chapter 573, Government Code; and

(2) a list of the specific kinds of relatives that are included within the prohibited degrees of relationship prescribed by Chapter 573, Government Code.

(b) Any other authority that designs and furnishes an application for a place on the ballot shall include on that form the same summary included on forms prescribed by the secretary of state under Subsection (a).
Tex. Water Code § 5.234 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.234
§ 5.234. APPLICATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An application, petition, or other document requiring action of the commission shall be presented to the executive director and handled as provided by this code or other law and in the rules adopted by the commission.

(b) After an application, petition, or other document is processed, it shall be presented to the commission for action as required by law and rules of the commission. If, in the course of reviewing an application and preparing a draft permit, the executive director has required changes to be made to the applicant's proposal, the executive director shall prepare a summary of the changes that were made to increase protection of public health and the environment.
Tex. Government Code § 1231.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1231 / Section 1231.042
§ 1231.042. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE OF STATE SECURITY.
Status: in_force

To obtain the approval of the board to issue a state security, a state agency or other entity must:

(1) apply to the board, in the manner prescribed by the board; and

(2) file with the application any information, including documents, required by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7209.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7209 / Section 7209.101
§ 7209.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of an issuer under Chapter 1371, Government Code.

(b) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.0585 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.0585
§ 241.0585. RECOVERY OF COSTS.
Status: in_force

If the attorney general brings an action to enforce an administrative penalty assessed under Section 241.058 and the court orders the payment of the penalty, the attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in the investigation, initiation, or prosecution of the enforcement suit, including investigative costs, court costs, reasonable attorney fees, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.095 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.095
§ 281.095. PROHIBITION AGAINST PARTICIPATION IN TAX INCREMENT FINANCING BY CERTAIN HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "district" means Bexar County Hospital District, Nueces County Hospital District, El Paso County Hospital District, or Harris County Hospital District.

(b) The district may not enter into a contract or agreement to pay into a tax increment fund any of the district's tax increment produced from property located in a reinvestment zone under Chapter 311, Tax Code. This subsection does not affect the validity of an agreement entered into by the district before September 1, 2001, to pay a portion of the district's tax increment into a tax increment fund under Chapter 311, Tax Code.

(c) The proceeds of a tax imposed under Section 281.121 may not be used to make a payment into a tax increment fund under Chapter 311, Tax Code, if that payment is prohibited by this section.

(d) A project plan or reinvestment zone financing plan approved under Section 311.011, Tax Code, on or after September 1, 2001, may not include any of the district's tax increment or any other funds derived from the district as a source of revenue to finance or pay project costs.

(e) A project plan or reinvestment zone financing plan approved under Section 311.011, Tax Code, before September 1, 2001, may not be amended on or after September 1, 2001, to:

(1) increase the percentage of the district's tax increment to be contributed to a tax increment fund;

(2) increase the time during which the district is to contribute any of the district's tax increment to a tax increment fund;

(3) allow or require the district, if it was not included in the originally approved project plan or reinvestment zone financing plan, to contribute any of the district's tax increment or other money to a tax increment fund; or

(4) allow the district to pay into a tax increment fund any of the district's tax increment derived from property added to the reinvestment zone on or after September 1, 2001.

(f) An agreement entered into by the district under Section 311.013(f), Tax Code, before September 1, 2001, may not be amended on or after September 1, 2001, to include any of the conditions prohibited by Subsection (e).