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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.091 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.091
§ 81.091. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM PREVENTION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other person in attendance at childbirth shall use or cause to be used prophylaxis approved by the executive commissioner to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum.

(b) A midwife is responsible for the administration of the prophylaxis to each infant the midwife delivers by:

(1) administering the prophylaxis under standing delegation orders issued by a licensed physician; or

(2) requiring the prophylaxis to be administered by an appropriately licensed and trained individual under standing delegation orders issued by a licensed physician.

(c) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall furnish prophylaxis approved by the executive commissioner free of charge to:

(1) health care providers if the newborn's financially responsible adult is unable to pay; and

(2) a midwife identified under Chapter 203, Occupations Code, who requests prophylaxis for administration under standing delegation orders issued by a licensed physician under Subsection (b) and subject to the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 157, Occupations Code.

(d) If a physician is not available to issue a standing delegation order or if no physician will agree to issue a standing delegation order, a midwife shall administer or cause to be administered by an appropriately trained and licensed individual prophylaxis approved by the executive commissioner to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum to each infant that the midwife delivers.

(e) Administration and possession by a midwife of prophylaxis under this section is not a violation of Chapter 483.

(f) A health care provider may not charge for prophylaxis received free from the department.

(g) Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), a person commits an offense if the person is a physician or other person in attendance on a pregnant woman either during pregnancy or at delivery and fails to perform a duty required by this section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(g-1) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other person in attendance at childbirth who is unable to apply the prophylaxis as required by this section due to the objection of a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of the newborn infant does not commit an offense under this section and is not subject to criminal, civil, or administrative liability or any professional disciplinary action for failure to administer the prophylaxis. The physician, nurse, midwife, or person shall ensure that the objection of the parent, managing conservator, or guardian is entered into the medical record of the infant.

(h) In this section, "financially responsible adult" means a parent, guardian, spouse, or any other person whom the laws of this state hold responsible for the debts incurred as a result of hospitalization or treatment.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1456.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1456 / Section 1456.002
§ 1456.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to any health benefit plan that:

(1) provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage that is offered by:

(A) an insurance company;

(B) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(C) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(D) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;

(E) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;

(F) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846;

(G) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or

(H) an entity not authorized under this code or another insurance law of this state that contracts directly for health care services on a risk-sharing basis, including a capitation basis; or

(2) provides health and accident coverage through a risk pool created under Chapter 172, Local Government Code, notwithstanding Section 172.014, Local Government Code, or any other law.

(b) This chapter applies to a person to whom a health benefit plan contracts to:

(1) process or pay claims;

(2) obtain the services of physicians or other providers to provide health care services to enrollees; or

(3) issue verifications or preauthorizations.

(c) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) Medicaid managed care programs operated under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code, as applicable;

(2) Medicaid programs operated under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; or

(3) the state child health plan operated under Chapter 62 or 63, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Government Code § 841.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 841 / Section 841.007
§ 841.007. REDUCTION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS ON REQUEST.
Status: in_force

(a) An annuitant by written request may authorize the retirement system to reduce the annuitant's monthly payment to an amount specified in the request. In writing, the annuitant may subsequently request the retirement system to increase the annuitant's monthly payment to any specified amount that does not exceed the amount payable if a reduction had never been requested.

(b) If the retirement system receives a request under Subsection (a), the director may cause the monthly annuity payment of the requesting annuitant to be reduced or increased as specified in the request.

(c) Any amounts by which an annuity is reduced under this section are forfeited to the retirement system and are not recoverable by any person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8383.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8383 / Section 8383.105
§ 8383.105. COMPLIANCE WITH AND ENFORCEABILITY OF MUNICIPAL CONSENT AGREEMENT, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.

(b) Any agreement between the district and a municipality related to the municipality's consent to the creation of the district is valid and enforceable.

(c) On the issuance of bonds by the district, the district is considered to have waived sovereign immunity to suit by a municipality for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of an agreement described by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7926A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7926A / Section 7926A.0301
§ 7926A.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. Water Code § 15.731 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.731
§ 15.731. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Fund" means the plumbing loan fund.

(2) "Plumbing assistance loan" means a loan provided by the board to a political subdivision for the political subdivision's plumbing improvement loan program.

(3) "Plumbing improvement loan" means a loan provided by a political subdivision to an individual under this subchapter.

(4) "Political subdivision" means a county, a municipality, a nonprofit member-owned, member-controlled water supply corporation organized and operating under Chapter 67, or a district or authority created and operating under Article III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.

(5) "Water conservation" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.921 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9095.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9095 / Section 9095.0306
§ 9095.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Election Code § 51.033 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 51 / Section 51.033
§ 51.033. NUMBER AND USE OF BALLOT BOXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Four ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place in an election and shall be marked as follows:

(1) "Ballot Box No. 1 for Election Precinct No. ________";

(2) "Ballot Box No. 2 for Election Precinct No. ________";

(3) "Ballot Box No. 3 for Election Precinct No. ________"; and

(4) "Ballot Box No. 4 for Election Precinct No. ________".

(b) If an election precinct is designated by name instead of number, the name of the precinct shall be marked on the box.

(c) Ballot boxes no. 1 and no. 2 are used for the deposit of voters' marked ballots.

(d) Ballot box no. 3 is used for delivering the voted ballots to their custodian after they are counted and for storing the voted ballots during the preservation period.

(e) Ballot box no. 4 is used for delivering defectively printed, spoiled, and unused ballots to their custodian after the election.
Tex. Labor Code § 406.005 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 406 / Section 406.005
§ 406.005. EMPLOYER NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer shall notify each employee as provided by this section whether or not the employer has workers' compensation insurance coverage.

(b) The employer shall notify a new employee of the existence or absence of workers' compensation insurance coverage at the time the employee is hired.

(c) Each employer shall post a notice of whether the employer has workers' compensation insurance coverage at conspicuous locations at the employer's place of business as necessary to provide reasonable notice to the employees. The commissioner may adopt rules relating to the form and content of the notice. The employer shall revise the notice when the information contained in the notice is changed.

(d) An employer who obtains workers' compensation insurance coverage or whose coverage is terminated or canceled shall notify each employee that the coverage has been obtained, terminated, or canceled not later than the 15th day after the date on which the coverage, or the termination or cancellation of the coverage, takes effect.

(e) An employer commits an administrative violation if the employer fails to comply with this section.
Tex. Education Code § 61.701 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.701
§ 61.701. REPAYMENT AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The board may provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, assistance in the repayment of student loans for persons who apply and qualify for the assistance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.002
§ 11002.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a utility district with combined powers created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00186 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00186
§ 30.00186. COURT REPORTER.
Status: repealed

(a) The clerk of the court shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010.

(b) to (d) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(4), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9601.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9601 / Section 9601.051
§ 9601.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: repealed

(a) The district is governed by its board.

(b) The board consists of five directors, appointed as follows:

(1) two directors appointed by the City of Texarkana;

(2) one director appointed by the City of New Boston;

(3) one director appointed by the Red River Redevelopment Authority or its successor; and

(4) one director appointed by the members not named in Subdivisions (1) through (3), including any members added under Section 9601.005(b).

(b-1) The governing body of each member required to appoint a director under Subsection (b)(1), (2), or (3) shall appoint the required number of directors to represent the member on the board. The members not named in Subsections (b)(1) through (3) shall appoint a single director in the manner provided by Subsection (b-2) to represent those members on the board. A vacancy in a board position shall be promptly filled in accordance with the policies, resolutions, and procedures of the applicable member or members.

(b-2) The members not named in Subsections (b)(1) through (3) may each nominate a person qualified to serve as a director. The governing body of each of those members shall cast one vote for a candidate chosen from the list of nominees. The nominee receiving a majority of the votes cast by the governing bodies of those members becomes the director representing those members on the board.

(c) Directors serve staggered terms of four years.

(d) The governing body of each member required to appoint a director under Subsection (b) shall conduct a review of the director appointed by the governing body before the director's term expires. After conducting the review, the governing body, on expiration of the director's term, may reappoint the director or appoint a new director in the manner provided by this section.

(e) The board shall determine the method of staggering the terms of the directors.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 774 (H.B. 1574), Sec. 4, eff. June 10, 2019.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 774 (H.B. 1574), Sec. 4, eff. June 10, 2019.
Tex. Insurance Code § 228.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 228 / Section 228.301
§ 228.301. ANNUAL REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall conduct an annual review of each certified capital company to:

(1) ensure that the company:

(A) continues to satisfy the requirements of this chapter; and

(B) has not made any investment in violation of this chapter; and

(2) determine the eligibility status of the company's qualified investments.

(b) Each certified capital company shall pay the cost of the annual review according to a reasonable fee schedule adopted by the comptroller.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 555.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 555 / Section 555.153
§ 555.153. COVERT USE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE; LIABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OR CENTER.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subchapter, the placement and use of an electronic monitoring device in a resident's room are considered to be covert if:

(1) the placement and use of the device are not open and obvious; and

(2) the center and the department are not informed about the device by the resident, by a person who placed the device in the room, or by a person who is using the device.

(b) The department and the center may not be held to be civilly liable in connection with the covert placement or use of an electronic monitoring device in a resident's room.
Tex. Utilities Code § 13.061 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 13 / Section 13.061
§ 13.061. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The office shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the office. The office shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.
Tex. Government Code § 404.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.026
§ 404.026. ELEEMOSYNARY FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may invest the permanent funds of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Texas School for the Deaf, Austin State Hospital, and Corsicana State Home and may invest other permanent funds, the investment of which is not otherwise provided for, that have $1,000 or more on deposit with the comptroller that are not invested. The comptroller shall invest the funds in the same classes of bonds as are authorized for investment of the permanent school fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3843.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3843 / Section 3843.208
§ 3843.208. USE OF ELECTRICAL OR OPTICAL LINES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an assessment to pay the cost of:

(1) burying or removing electrical power lines, telephone lines, cable or fiber optic lines, or any other type of electrical or optical line;

(2) removing poles and any elevated lines using the poles; and

(3) reconnecting the lines described by Subdivision (2) to the buildings or other improvements to which the lines were connected.

(b) The district may acquire, operate, or charge fees for the use of the district conduits for:

(1) another person's:

(A) telecommunications network;

(B) fiber-optic cable; or

(C) electronic transmission line; or

(2) any other type of transmission line or supporting facility.

(c) The district may not require a person to use a district conduit.
Tex. Transportation Code § 342.108 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 342 / Section 342.108
§ 342.108. GENERAL COUNTY AUTHORITY OVER FERRIES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may exercise general control over all ferries in the county.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.717 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.717
§ 452.717. RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) In each unit of election in which a majority of the votes received in the unit favor the proposition, the authority is confirmed and continues inclusive of each of those units, except that the authority ceases in every unit of election in a subregion if the authority is not confirmed:

(1) in the principal municipality of the subregion; or

(2) in contiguous units of election in the subregion in which the population when aggregated in all those units exceeds 300,000.

(b) The interim executive committee may exclude from the authority and proposed tax a unit of election because the unit is not contiguous to the existing authority and would create a fiscal hardship on the authority. The committee shall notify the appropriate governing body in writing that the unit is excluded under this subsection.

(c) If the authority continues, the interim executive committee shall record the results in its minutes and adopt an order:

(1) declaring that the creation of the authority is confirmed;

(2) describing the territory of the authority;

(3) stating the date of the election;

(4) containing the proposition;

(5) showing the number of votes cast for or against the proposition in each unit of election; and

(6) showing the number of votes by which the proposition was approved in each unit of election in which the proposition was approved.

(d) The order must be accompanied with a map of the authority that shows the boundaries of the authority.

(e) A certified copy of the order and map shall be filed with:

(1) the Texas Department of Transportation; and

(2) the comptroller.

(f) If the authority does not continue, the interim executive committee shall enter an order declaring that the result of votes cast at the election is that the authority ceases in its entirety. The order shall be filed with the Texas Department of Transportation and the comptroller, and the authority is dissolved.
Tex. Local Government Code § 293.032 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 293 / Section 293.032
§ 293.032. POWER OF COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may acquire and sell or lease to the authority land that the commissioners court determines is needed for the project. The sale or lease may be for the consideration that the commissioners court, after considering that the project is for the primary benefit of the county, determines is reasonable.

(b) The county may:

(1) lease property from the authority as is necessary or convenient and as is in the best interest of the county;

(2) pay the authority, at a bank designated by the authority, an annual rent determined by the lease; and

(3) levy a tax sufficient to pay the rent as it comes due.

(c) Without limitation by Subsections (a) and (b), a county may do all things necessary or convenient to accomplish the objectives of this chapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 65.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 65 / Section 65.001
§ 65.001. APPLICATION OF EQUITY PRINCIPLES.
Status: in_force

The principles governing courts of equity govern injunction proceedings if not in conflict with this chapter or other law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 20.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 20 / Section 20.001
§ 20.001. CERTAIN CARRIERS EXEMPT FROM GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES.
Status: in_force

A motor bus carrier or motor carrier transporting persons or property for hire is exempt from any occupation tax measured by gross receipts imposed by any law of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.004
§ 1079.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Jack County, Texas.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.057 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.057
§ 42A.057. MINIMUM PERIOD OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

The minimum period of community supervision for an offense under Section 30.04, Penal Code, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of six months is one year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8449.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8449 / Section 8449.153
§ 8449.153. 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 § 423.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 423 / Section 423.102
§ 423.102. DEPOSIT AND HOLDING OF SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A domestic insurer that has securities held in or purchased for the insurer's general account or separate accounts may deposit the securities or arrange through an agent, broker, or dealer for deposit of the securities with a clearing corporation or in the Federal Reserve book-entry system.

(b) If securities are deposited directly with a clearing corporation or deposited indirectly through a participating custodian bank, certificates representing securities of the same class of the same issuer may be merged and held in bulk, in the name of a nominee of the clearing corporation, with any other securities deposited with the clearing corporation by any person, regardless of the ownership of the securities.

(c) Certificates under Subsection (b) that represent securities of small denominations may be merged into one or more certificates of larger denominations.

(d) The records of an agent, broker, dealer, or member bank through which an insurer holds securities in the Federal Reserve book-entry system and the records of a custodian bank through which an insurer holds securities with a clearing corporation must show that the securities are held for the insurer and show the accounts for which the securities are held.

(e) A bank must enter into a custodial agreement with an insurer to be eligible to act as a participating custodian bank for the insurer under this section.