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Tex. Human Resources Code § 117.080 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 117 / Section 117.080
§ 117.080. PROVISION OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall ensure that all services provided under the independent living services program that the department operates under Title VII of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 796 et seq.) are directly provided by centers for independent living, except as provided by Subsection (b), and are not directly provided by the department.

(b) If an area of the state does not have a center for independent living, or no center for independent living in that area is able to provide certain necessary services under the independent living services program, the department shall seek to identify a center for independent living that is willing and able to contract with a nonprofit organization or other person to provide the independent living services in the area under the program. If no center for independent living is willing and able to contract with another organization or other person, the department may directly contract with an organization or other person who is not a center for independent living to provide the independent living services in the area under the program.

(c) The department shall evaluate the independent living services provided by a center for independent living and shall provide necessary training or technical assistance to help the center for independent living expand its capacity to provide a full range of independent living services.

(d) The department shall monitor the performance of each center for independent living in providing independent living services, including how the center for independent living monitors the performance of the organizations and other persons with whom it contracts to provide independent living services.

(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section that include:

(1) an equitable and transparent methodology for allocating funds to centers for independent living under the independent living services program;

(2) requirements applicable to the department in contracting with centers for independent living to provide independent living services under the program;

(3) requirements applicable to centers for independent living in contracting with organizations and other persons to provide independent living services under the program;

(4) requirements applicable to the department in contracting with organizations or other persons who are not centers for independent living to provide independent living services under the program;

(5) a process for the department to monitor independent living services contracts;

(6) guidelines on the department's role in providing technical assistance and training to centers for independent living as necessary; and

(7) expectations for department employees to refer persons who contact the department seeking independent living services to centers for independent living.
Tex. Occupations Code § 265.0017 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 265 / Section 265.0017
§ 265.0017. REGISTRATION EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A registration under this chapter is valid for two years.

(b) A dental assistant may renew a registration by paying the required renewal fee and complying with any other renewal requirements established by the board.

(c) A dental assistant whose registration has expired may not engage in an activity that requires registration until the registration has been renewed.

(d) The board by rule may adopt a system under which registrations expire on various dates during the year. For the year in which the expiration date is changed, the board shall prorate registration fees on a monthly basis so that each registration holder pays only that portion of the registration fee that is allocable to the number of months during which the registration is valid. On renewal of the registration on the new expiration date, the total renewal fee is payable.
Tex. Government Code § 3105.0035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3105 / Section 3105.0035
§ 3105.0035. NOMINATIONS; ADDITION OF NAMES TO MONUMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer, law enforcement agency, independent researcher, or organization that advocates on behalf of the survivors of persons described by Section 3105.003 may submit to the commission a nomination to have a person's name added to the monument.

(b) The executive director of the commission shall make a preliminary recommendation to the commission on whether a person nominated under Subsection (a) is eligible under Section 3105.003.

(c) The commission shall place each nomination, including the executive director's preliminary recommendation, on the agenda of a scheduled meeting of the commission for consideration by the commission. The commission shall allow public testimony and consider any evidence presented regarding the eligibility of the person nominated. After hearing testimony and considering evidence, the commission shall determine by a public vote whether the person meets the eligibility requirements under Section 3105.003.

(d) The commission shall add a person's name to the monument if the commission determines that the person meets the eligibility requirements.
Tex. Water Code § 36.308 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.308
§ 36.308. CERTIFIED COPY OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

The commission shall file a certified copy of the order of dissolution of the district in the deed records of the county or counties in which the district is located. If the district was created by a special Act of the legislature, the commission shall file a certified copy of the order of dissolution with the secretary of state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.0461 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.0461
§ 271.0461.
Status: in_force

Sec. 271.0461. ADDITIONAL PURPOSE FOR CERTIFICATES: DEMOLITION OF DANGEROUS STRUCTURES OR RESTORATION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES. Certificates may be issued by any municipality for the payment of contractual obligations to be incurred in demolishing dangerous structures or restoring historic structures and may be sold for cash, subject to the restrictions and other conditions of Section 271.050.
Tex. Election Code § 64.032 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 64 / Section 64.032
§ 64.032. PERSONS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on a voter's request for assistance in marking the ballot, two election officers shall provide the assistance.

(b) If a voter is assisted by election officers in the general election for state and county officers, each officer must be aligned with a different political party unless there are not two or more election officers serving the polling place who are aligned with different parties.

(c) On the voter's request, the voter may be assisted by any person selected by the voter other than the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter belongs.

(d) If assistance is provided by a person of the voter's choice, an election officer shall enter the person's name and address on the poll list beside the voter's name.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3805.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3805 / Section 3805.155
§ 3805.155. PROPERTY OF CERTAIN UTILITIES EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENT AND IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including equipment or facilities, of:

(1) an electric utility as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or

(4) a cable operator as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522, as amended.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.313 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.313
§ 11.313. TIMING OF TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

A court may enter a decree under Section 11.301 terminating the existence of a filing entity:

(1) when the court considers it necessary or advisable; or

(2) on completion of the winding up process.
Tex. Education Code § 22.0833 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0833
§ 22.0833. NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF NONCERTIFIED EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person who is not an applicant for or holder of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who on or after January 1, 2008, is offered employment by:

(1) a school district or open-enrollment charter school; or

(2) a shared services arrangement, if the employee's or applicant's duties are or will be performed on school property or at another location where students are regularly present.

(b) A person to whom this section applies must submit to a national criminal history record information review under this section before being employed or serving in a capacity described by Subsection (a).

(c) Before or immediately after employing or securing the services of a person to whom this section applies, a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement shall send or ensure that the person sends to the department information that is required by the department for obtaining national criminal history record information, which may include fingerprints and photographs.

(d) The department shall obtain the person's national criminal history record information and report the results through the criminal history clearinghouse as provided by Section 411.0845, Government Code.

(e) Each school district, open-enrollment charter school, and shared services arrangement shall obtain all criminal history record information that relates to a person to whom this section applies through the criminal history clearinghouse as provided by Section 411.0845, Government Code, and shall subscribe to the criminal history record information of the person.

(f) The school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement may require a person to pay any fees related to obtaining criminal history record information under this section.

(g) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement shall provide the agency with the name of a person to whom this section applies. The agency shall obtain all criminal history record information of the person through the criminal history clearinghouse as provided by Section 411.0845, Government Code. The agency shall examine the criminal history record information of the person and notify the district, school, or shared services arrangement if the person may not be hired or must be discharged as provided by Section 22A.157.

(h) The agency, the State Board for Educator Certification, school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and shared services arrangements may coordinate as necessary to ensure that criminal history reviews authorized or required under this subchapter are not unnecessarily duplicated.

(i) The department in coordination with the commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.993 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.993
§ 201.993. ANNUAL FUNDING AND CASH FLOW FORECASTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department annually shall:

(1) develop and publish on the department's Internet website a forecast of all funds the department expects to receive, including funds from this state and the federal government; and

(2) use that forecast to guide planning for the unified transportation program.

(b) The department shall collaborate with local transportation entities to develop scenarios for the forecast required by Subsection (a) based on mutually acceptable funding assumptions.

(c) Not later than September 1 of each year, the department shall prepare and publish on the department's Internet website a cash flow forecast for a period of 20 years.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.105 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.105
§ 33.105. PERSONS TO WHOM INTEREST IN LAND MAY BE GRANTED.
Status: in_force

The board may grant to any person an interest in coastal public land if the board determines that the grant is in the best interest of the state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.158 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.158
§ 601.158. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after a hearing under this subchapter, the judge determines that there is a reasonable probability that a judgment will be rendered against the person requesting the hearing as a result of the collision, the person may appeal the determination.

(b) To appeal a determination under Subsection (a), the person must file a petition not later than the 30th day after the date of the determination in the county court at law of the county in which the person resides, or, if there is no county court at law, in the county court of the county.

(c) A person who files an appeal under this section shall send a file-stamped copy of the petition by certified mail to the department at the department's headquarters in Austin. The copy must be certified by the clerk of the court in which the petition is filed.

(d) The filing of a petition of appeal as provided by this section stays an order of suspension until the earlier of the 91st day after the date the appeal petition is filed or the date the trial is completed and final judgment is rendered.

(e) On expiration of the stay, the department shall impose the suspension. The stay may not be extended, and an additional stay may not be granted.

(f) A trial on appeal is de novo.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.053
§ 3948.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8110.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8110 / Section 8110.054
§ 8110.054. CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may pay out of bond proceeds or other available district money all expenses, including legal, engineering, and other fees, related to obtaining a new certificate of convenience and necessity under Chapter 13, Water Code, authorizing the district to provide retail water or sewer service inside or outside the district.

(b) The district may pay out of bond proceeds or other available district money all expenses, including the purchase price, related to acquiring certificate of convenience and necessity rights from another retail public utility to allow the district to provide retail water or sewer service in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.0444 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0444
§ 81.0444. HOSPITAL TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

A hospital shall report to the department and to the applicable trauma service area regional advisory council all information required by the department related to a reportable disease for which a public health disaster is declared.
Tex. Government Code § 813.503 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 813 / Section 813.503
§ 813.503. CREDIT TRANSFERABLE BETWEEN ELECTED AND EMPLOYEE CLASS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), a member may establish in, or have transferred to, the employee class all service credited in the elected class, if the contributions made to establish the service in the elected class equal or exceed contributions required of a member of the employee class for the same amount of service during the same time and at the same rate of compensation. Subject to Subsection (a-1), a member or retiree who has, or had at the time of retirement, at least eight years of service credit in the elected class of membership, exclusive of military service, may transfer service credit between classes before or after retirement.

(a-1) A member or retiree who takes the oath of office for a position included in the elected class of membership, other than a district attorney or criminal district attorney, may not transfer service to the employee class under Subsection (a) until the person no longer holds that position.

(b) A member or retiree who has, or had at the time of retirement, at least 20 years of service credit in the retirement system, including the sum of at least 10 years of service credit as a person who has been elected or appointed to two or more offices of a house of the legislature, as recorded in the journals of the senate and the house of representatives, may transfer the person's service credit to the elected class. A person who makes a transfer under this subsection may continue to transfer the credit between classes before or after retirement.

(c) A retiree, or the designated beneficiary of a deceased retiree, who retired from the employee class and was eligible to have retired from the elected class may elect to have the annuity recomputed as if the retirement had been from the elected class.

(d) A person may make a transfer or election under this section by notifying the retirement system. If the person making the transfer or election is a retiree or the designated beneficiary of a deceased retiree, payment of benefits under the recomputed annuity begins with the payment that becomes due in the month following the month in which the retirement system receives the notice.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.009 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.009
§ 13.009. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The director with the approval of the commission may execute a deed exchanging real property or an interest in real property either as all or partial consideration for other real property or interest in real property. The director with the approval of the commission may execute a deed selling real property or an interest in real property under the jurisdiction of the department if ownership of the real property is no longer in the best interest of the department.

(b) The department shall receive a good and marketable title to all land exchanged under this section.

(c) All land to be received in the exchange must be appraised and if the land to be received is of greater value, as determined by an independent and competent appraisal, than the state land exchanged, the department may use funds available for land acquisitions as a partial consideration for the exchange.

(d) The receipts from the sale of land under this section shall be used for improving or acquiring other real property dedicated to the same purpose for which the land sold was dedicated.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law or charter provision to the contrary, the department and a municipality may agree to exchange park properties under the control or management of the department or municipal government on the following conditions:

(1) the properties to be exchanged shall continue to be dedicated park properties and used for park purposes;

(2) no election is required by the municipality to authorize the exchange; and

(3) all of the provisions of Subsections (a) through (d) of this section are complied with by the department.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 86.018 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 86 / Section 86.018
§ 86.018. TAKING FROM CERTAIN AREAS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

No person may take marl, sand, gravel, shell, or other material from any place between a seawall and the water's edge, from a beach or shoreline within 300 feet of the mean low tide, or within one-half mile of the end of any seawall, for any purpose other than that necessary or incidental to navigation or dredging under state or federal authority.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.045 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.045
§ 712.045. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner by order may revoke or suspend a certificate of authority issued under this chapter if the commissioner determines through an investigation or other credible evidence that the certificate holder:

(1) violated this chapter, a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, or another law of this state relating to cemeteries;

(2) misrepresented or concealed a material fact in the certificate application; or

(3) obtained or attempted to obtain the certificate by misrepresentation, concealment, or fraud.

(b) An order issued under Subsection (a) must state:

(1) with reasonable certainty, the grounds for the order; and

(2) the effective date of the order, which may not be earlier than the 16th day after the date the order is mailed.

(c) The commissioner shall provide an order described by Subsection (a) to the person named in the order by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the person's last known address.

(d) A person may request a hearing on an order described by Subsection (a) not later than the 15th day after the date the order is mailed. If the person requests a hearing, the order is stayed until the hearing is resolved. A hearing is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.254
§ 3883.254. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

On voter approval and adoption of the order described in Section 3883.253, the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined area or designated property to provide money to construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Transportation Code § 367.010 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 367 / Section 367.010
§ 367.010. ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

An ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter may provide for the subsequent issuance of additional parity or subordinate lien bonds under terms specified in the ordinance.
Tex. Government Code § 606.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 606 / Section 606.101
§ 606.101. COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

Subchapter B applies to a state employee or officer who is paid entirely from federal funds but is classified as a state employee by the federal government.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.408 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.408
§ 82.408. UNLAWFUL ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) No person may hunt any kind of game on the sanctuaries established under this subchapter.

(b) No person may hunt any birds, fowl, or game of any kind on the sanctuaries established under this subchapter.

(c) No person may pursue or frighten or attempt to pursue or frighten any birds, fowl, or game of any kind on the sanctuaries established under this subchapter.