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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 45.002 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 45 / Section 45.002
§ 45.002. FORM OF LICENSE; PERIOD OF VALIDITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue the licenses authorized by this chapter on a form provided by the department and may designate agents for their issuance.

(b) Each license shall be numbered.

(c) A license is valid for a yearly period. Each yearly period begins on September 1 or another date set by the commission and extends through August 31 of the next year or another date set by the commission. The commission by rule may set the amount of a license fee for a license issued during a transition period at an amount lower than prescribed in this section and provide for a license term for a transition period that is shorter or longer than a year.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.137 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.137
§ 62.137. TAX BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall not issue bonds payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes.

(b) The board may receive and spend the proceeds of bonds payable from taxes which are issued by the governing body of the county for park purposes after the bonds are authorized at an election held in the manner required by law.
Tex. Education Code § 37.143 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.143
§ 37.143. CITATION PROHIBITED; CUSTODY OF CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer, law enforcement officer, or school resource officer may not issue a citation to a child who is alleged to have committed a school offense.

(b) This subchapter does not prohibit a child from being taken into custody under Section 52.01, Family Code.
Tex. Education Code § 52.82 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 52 / Section 52.82
§ 52.82. ISSUANCE; SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may by resolution authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds. The principal amount of outstanding bonds issued under this section must at all times be equal to or less than the amount provided by Section 50b-7, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) Before the board may issue bonds under this subchapter, the Bond Review Board must review and approve the bonds under Chapter 1231, Government Code.

(c) The board may sell the bonds at a negotiated sale if the board determines that a negotiated sale is a more efficient and economical method of selling the bonds. If the board has determined that the bonds will be sold by competitive bid, the board by resolution shall prescribe the manner of giving notice of the sale.

(d) The total amount of bonds issued by the board in a state fiscal year may not exceed $350 million.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8146.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8146 / Section 8146.105
§ 8146.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.059
§ 3833.059. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A board majority may petition the city's governing body to remove a director for misconduct or failure to carry out the director's duties. The governing body, after notice and hearing, may remove the director for the misconduct or failure.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3816.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3816 / Section 3816.160
§ 3816.160. MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, a municipality is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300A.0024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300A / Section 300A.0024
§ 300A.0024. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be a resident of the local government that appoints the person under Section 300A.0023.

(b) An employee of the district may not serve as a director.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.196 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.196
§ 214.196. ON-SITE INSPECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A municipality may not consider a false alarm to have occurred unless a response is made by an agency of the municipality within 30 minutes of the alarm notification and the agency determines from an inspection of the interior or exterior of the premises that the alarm was false.
Tex. Government Code § 558.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 558 / Section 558.003
§ 558.003. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding before the governing body of a political subdivision in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are to be determined by the governing body after an adjudicative hearing, the governing body shall supply for a party who is deaf or hearing impaired an interpreter who has qualifications approved by the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

(b) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to a geographic portion of the state.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 92.005 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.005
§ 92.005. USE OF OPERATIONS SITE.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of a possessory mineral interest within a qualified subdivision may use only the surface contained in designated operations sites for exploration, development, and production of minerals and the designated easements only as necessary to adequately use the operations sites.

(b) The owner of the possessory mineral interest may drill wells or extend well bores from an operations site or from a site outside of the qualified subdivision under the surface of other parts of the qualified subdivision if the operations do not unreasonably interfere with the use of the surface of the qualified subdivision outside the operations site.

(c) This section ceases to apply to a subdivision if, by the third anniversary of the date on which the order of the commission becomes final:

(1) the surface owner has not commenced actual construction of roads or utilities within the qualified subdivision; and

(2) a lot within the qualified subdivision has not been sold to a third party.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 72.051 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 72 / Section 72.051
§ 72.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 141, eff. September 1, 2023.

(2) "Civil action" means an action in which:

(A) a claimant seeks recovery of damages for bodily injury or death caused in a collision; and

(B) a defendant:

(i) operated a commercial motor vehicle involved in the collision; or

(ii) owned, leased, or otherwise held or exercised legal control over a commercial motor vehicle or operator of a commercial motor vehicle involved in the collision.

(3) "Claimant" means a person, including a decedent's estate, seeking or who has sought recovery of damages in a civil action. The term includes a plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross-claimant, third-party plaintiff, and an intervenor. The term does not include a passenger in a commercial motor vehicle unless the person is an employee of the owner, lessor, lessee, or operator of the vehicle.

(3-a) "Collision" means an event in which operating a commercial motor vehicle causes bodily injury or death.

(4) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle being used for commercial purposes in interstate or intrastate commerce to transport property or passengers, deliver or transport goods, or provide services. The term does not include a motor vehicle being used at the time of the collision for personal, family, or household purposes.

(5) "Compensatory damages" has the meaning assigned by Section 41.001.

(6) "Employee" means a person who works for another person for compensation. The term includes a person deemed an employee under state or federal law and any other agent or person for whom an employer may be liable under respondeat superior.

(7) "Exemplary damages" has the meaning assigned by Section 41.001.

(8) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled device in which a person or property can be transported on a public highway. The term includes a trailer when in use with a self-propelled device described by this subdivision. The term does not include a device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(9) "Operated," "operating," and "operation," when used with respect to a commercial motor vehicle, means to cause the vehicle to move or function in any respect, including driving, stopping, or parking the vehicle or otherwise putting the vehicle into use or operation. These terms include a commercial motor vehicle that has become disabled.

(10) "Video" means an electronic representation of a sequence of images, with or without accompanying audio, depicting either stationary or moving scenes, regardless of the manner in which the sequence of images is captured, recorded, or stored.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.157 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.157
§ 92.157. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS OR SHAREHOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The members or shareholders of a savings bank shall hold an annual meeting at the time fixed in the savings bank's bylaws.

(b) A special meeting may be called as provided by the savings bank's bylaws.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.304 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.304
§ 1369.304. STANDARD FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner by rule shall:

(1) prescribe a single, standard form for requesting prior authorization of prescription drug benefits;

(2) require a health benefit plan issuer or the agent of the health benefit plan issuer that manages or administers prescription drug benefits to use the form for any prior authorization of prescription drug benefits required by the plan;

(3) require that the department and a health benefit plan issuer or the agent of the health benefit plan issuer that manages or administers prescription drug benefits make the form available electronically on the website of:

(A) the department;

(B) the health benefit plan issuer; and

(C) the agent of the health benefit plan issuer; and

(4) establish penalties for failure to accept the form and acknowledge receipt of the form as required by commissioner rule.

(b) Not later than the second anniversary of the date national standards for electronic prior authorization of benefits are adopted, a health benefit plan issuer or the agent of the health benefit plan issuer that manages or administers prescription drug benefits shall exchange prior authorization requests electronically with a prescribing provider who has e-prescribing capability and who initiates a request electronically.

(c) In prescribing a form under this section, the commissioner shall:

(1) develop the form with input from the advisory committee on uniform prior authorization forms established under Section 1369.305; and

(2) take into consideration:

(A) any form for requesting prior authorization of benefits that is widely used in this state or any form currently used by the department;

(B) request forms for prior authorization of benefits established by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and

(C) national standards, or draft standards, pertaining to electronic prior authorization of benefits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.061
§ 1102.061. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt a seal for the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.023
§ 2256.023. INTERNAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than quarterly, the investment officer shall prepare and submit to the governing body of the entity a written report of investment transactions for all funds covered by this chapter for the preceding reporting period.

(b) The report must:

(1) describe in detail the investment position of the entity on the date of the report;

(2) be prepared jointly by all investment officers of the entity;

(3) be signed by each investment officer of the entity;

(4) contain a summary statement of each pooled fund group that states the:

(A) beginning market value for the reporting period;

(B) ending market value for the period; and

(C) fully accrued interest for the reporting period;

(5) state the book value and market value of each separately invested asset at the end of the reporting period by the type of asset and fund type invested;

(6) state the maturity date of each separately invested asset that has a maturity date;

(7) state the account or fund or pooled group fund in the state agency or local government for which each individual investment was acquired; and

(8) state the compliance of the investment portfolio of the state agency or local government as it relates to:

(A) the investment strategy expressed in the agency's or local government's investment policy; and

(B) relevant provisions of this chapter.

(c) The report shall be presented not less than quarterly to the governing body and the chief executive officer of the entity within a reasonable time after the end of the period.

(d) If an entity invests in other than money market mutual funds, investment pools or accounts offered by its depository bank in the form of certificates of deposit, or money market accounts or similar accounts, the reports prepared by the investment officers under this section shall be formally reviewed at least annually by an independent auditor, and the result of the review shall be reported to the governing body by that auditor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8007A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8007A / Section 8007A.0501
§ 8007A.0501. 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, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.112
§ 1081.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR HOSPITALIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization of a sick or injured person of that county or municipality.

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the hospital treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1151.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.059
§ 1151.059. SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

An industrial life insurance policy that is a participating policy must provide that the insurer shall annually determine and apportion any divisible surplus accruing on the policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.060
§ 1084.060. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 113.054 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.054
§ 113.054. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

The rules and standards promulgated and adopted by the commission under Section 113.051 preempt and supersede any ordinance, order, or rule adopted by a political subdivision of this state relating to any aspect or phase of the liquefied petroleum gas industry. A political subdivision may petition the commission's executive director for permission to promulgate more restrictive rules and standards only if the political subdivision can prove that the more restrictive rules and standards enhance public safety.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 291A.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 291A / Section 291A.103
§ 291A.103. LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND; AUTHORIZED USES OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall create a local provider participation fund.

(b) The local provider participation fund of a county consists of:

(1) all revenue received by the county attributable to mandatory payments authorized under this chapter, including any penalties and interest attributable to delinquent payments;

(2) money received from the Health and Human Services Commission as a refund of an intergovernmental transfer from the county to the state for the purpose of providing the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments, provided that the intergovernmental transfer does not receive a federal matching payment; and

(3) the earnings of the fund.

(c) Money deposited to the local provider participation fund may be used only to:

(1) fund intergovernmental transfers from the county to the state to provide:

(A) the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program authorized under the state Medicaid plan, the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315), or a successor waiver program authorizing similar Medicaid supplemental payment programs; or

(B) payments to Medicaid managed care organizations that are dedicated for payment to hospitals;

(2) subsidize indigent programs;

(3) pay the administrative expenses of the county solely for activities under this chapter;

(4) refund a portion of a mandatory payment collected in error from a paying hospital; and

(5) refund to paying hospitals the proportionate share of money received by the county that is not used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments.

(d) Money in the local provider participation fund may not be commingled with other county funds.

(e) An intergovernmental transfer of funds described by Subsection (c)(1) and any funds received by the county as a result of an intergovernmental transfer described by that subsection may not be used by the county or any other entity to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 34.01581 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 34 / Section 34.01581
§ 34.01581. OPIOID USE DISORDER MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH INITIATIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, in collaboration with the review committee, shall develop and implement initiatives to:

(1) improve screening procedures to better identify and care for women with opioid use disorder;

(2) improve continuity of care for women with opioid use disorder by ensuring that health care providers refer the women to appropriate treatment and verify the women receive the treatment;

(3) optimize health care provided to pregnant women with opioid use disorder;

(4) optimize health care provided to newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome by encouraging maternal engagement;

(5) increase access to medication-assisted treatment for women with opioid use disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period; and

(6) prevent opioid use disorder by reducing the number of opioid drugs prescribed before, during, and following a delivery.

(b) Expired.

(c) Using existing resources, the department, in collaboration with the review committee, shall promote and facilitate the use among health care providers in this state of maternal health informational materials, including tools and procedures related to best practices in maternal health to improve obstetrical care for women with opioid use disorder.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.054
§ 1103.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person must at the time of election or appointment as director:

(1) be a registered voter of the district; and

(2) be at least 18 years of age.

(b) A director must reside in the area the director represents.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1803.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1803 / Section 1803.051
§ 1803.051. REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A public safety entity or public safety publication may not solicit unless the entity or publication:

(1) files a registration statement under Section 1803.053; and

(2) pays a registration fee under Section 1803.054.

(b) A public safety entity or public safety publication may not use a public safety solicitor, and a person may not act as a public safety solicitor unless the solicitor:

(1) files a registration statement and pays the registration fee under Section 1803.055; and

(2) files and maintains a bond under Section 1803.056.
Tex. Education Code § 51.883 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.883
§ 51.883. REPORT ON ADMINISTERING EPINEPHRINE DELIVERY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 10th business day after the date a personnel member or volunteer administers an epinephrine delivery system in accordance with a policy adopted under Section 51.882(a), the institution of higher education shall report the information required under Subsection (b) to:

(1) the physician who prescribed the epinephrine delivery system; and

(2) the commissioner of state health services.

(b) The report required under this section must include the following information:

(1) the age of the person who received the administration of the epinephrine delivery system;

(2) whether the person who received the administration of the epinephrine delivery system was a student, a personnel member, or a visitor;

(3) the physical location where the epinephrine delivery system was administered;

(4) the number of doses of epinephrine delivery system administered;

(5) the title of the person who administered the epinephrine delivery system; and

(6) any other information required by the commissioner of state health services.
Tex. Water Code § 44.006 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 44 / Section 44.006
§ 44.006. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

Each member is entitled to compensation as provided by legislative appropriation and to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.121 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.121
§ 55.121. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Automated dial announcing device" means automated equipment used for telephone solicitation or collection that can:

(A) store telephone numbers to be called or produce numbers to be called through use of a random or sequential number generator; and

(B) convey, alone or in conjunction with other equipment, a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the number called without the use of a live operator.

(2) "Telephone solicitation" means an unsolicited call.
Tex. Tax Code § 191.081 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 191 / Section 191.081
§ 191.081. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "oil well service" means cementing the casing seat of an oil or gas well, shooting, fracturing, or acidizing the sands or other formations of the earth in an oil or gas well, or surveying or testing the sands or other formations or their contents in an oil or gas well by using instruments or equipment at least a part of which are located in the well bore when the survey or test is made.