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Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.0095 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.0095
§ 1501.0095. SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school district employee who is eligible for coverage under a large or small employer health benefit plan providing coverage to the school district's employees and who is the spouse of another school district employee covered under the plan may elect whether to be treated under the plan as:

(1) an employee; or

(2) the dependent of the other employee.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules under Section 1501.010 governing the manner in which an election under this section must be made.
Tex. Finance Code § 182.102 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 182 / Section 182.102
§ 182.102. ESTABLISHING SERIES OF SHARES OR PARTICIPATION SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the certificate of formation expressly gives the board authority to establish series and determine the preferences, limitations, and relative rights of each series, the board may do so only on compliance with this section and any rules adopted under this chapter.

(b) A series of shares or participation shares may be established in the manner provided by the Business Organizations Code, but the shares or participation shares of the series may not be issued and sold except on compliance with Section 182.103. The state trust company shall file the original and one copy of the statement of action required by the Business Organizations Code with the banking commissioner.

(c) Unless the submission presents novel or unusual questions, the banking commissioner shall approve or reject the series not later than the 31st day after the date the banking commissioner considers the submission informationally complete and accepted for filing. The banking commissioner may require the submission of additional information as considered necessary to an informed decision.

(d) If the banking commissioner finds that the interests of the clients and creditors of the state trust company will not be adversely affected by the series, that the series otherwise conforms to law and any conditions imposed by the banking commissioner, and that any required filing fee has been paid, the banking commissioner shall:

(1) endorse the face of the original and copy of the statement with the date of approval and the word "Approved";

(2) file the original in the department's records; and

(3) deliver a certified copy of the statement to the state trust company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009A / Section 8009A.0401
§ 8009A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8009A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3944.117 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3944 / Section 3944.117
§ 3944.117. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Finance Code § 352.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 352 / Section 352.004
§ 352.004. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A facilitator to which Section 352.002 applies shall discuss with and clearly disclose to a borrower, after the borrower's tax return has been prepared and before the loan is closed:

(1) the refund anticipation loan fee schedule;

(2) a written statement disclosing:

(A) that a refund anticipation loan is a loan and is not the borrower's actual income tax refund;

(B) that the taxpayer may file an income tax return electronically without applying for a refund anticipation loan;

(C) that the borrower is responsible for repayment of the loan and related fees if the tax refund is not paid or is insufficient to repay the loan;

(D) any fee that will be charged if the loan is not approved;

(E) the average time, as published by the Internal Revenue Service, within which a taxpayer can expect to receive a refund for an income tax return filed:

(i) electronically, and the refund is:

(a) deposited directly into the taxpayer's bank account; or

(b) mailed to the taxpayer; and

(ii) by mail, and the refund is:

(a) deposited directly into the taxpayer's financial institution account; or

(b) mailed to the taxpayer;

(F) that the Internal Revenue Service does not guarantee:

(i) payment of the full amount of the anticipated refund; or

(ii) a specific date on which it will mail a refund or deposit the refund into a taxpayer's financial institution account; and

(G) the estimated time within which the proceeds of the refund anticipation loan will be paid to the borrower if the loan is approved; and

(3) the following information, specific to the borrower:

(A) the estimated total fees for the loan; and

(B) the estimated annual percentage rate for the loan, calculated using the guidelines established under the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq.).

(b) A refund anticipation loan fee schedule required by Subsection (a)(1) must be a listing or table of refund anticipation loan fees charged by the lender for refund anticipation loan amounts. The schedule shall:

(1) list separately each fee imposed related to the making of a refund anticipation loan;

(2) list the total amount of fees imposed related to the making of a refund anticipation loan; and

(3) include, for each stated loan amount, the estimated annual percentage rate for the loan, calculated using the guidelines established under the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq.).

(c) A facilitator who advertises or markets refund anticipation loans in Spanish shall offer any borrower the option of receiving a Spanish-language printed disclosure and loan contract. A facilitator who negotiates a loan with a borrower in Spanish shall offer that borrower the option of receiving a Spanish-language printed disclosure and loan contract.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.703 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.703
§ 1131.703. INSURANCE FOR LIABILITIES RELATED TO FRINGE BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an employer may insure the lives of the employer's officers, directors, employees, and retired employees under Section 1131.064 to and in an amount necessary to provide funds to offset liabilities related to fringe benefits.

(b) An employer shall submit evidence of the purpose of the policy to the commissioner.

(c) A policy issued for the purpose described by this section does not reduce any other life insurance benefits offered or provided by the employer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8435.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8435 / Section 8435.101
§ 8435.101. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1805.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1805 / Section 1805.101
§ 1805.101. PURCHASE FROM MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A secondhand dealer may not purchase a business machine from a person younger than 18 years of age unless the seller delivers to the dealer before the purchase a written statement from the seller's parent or legal guardian consenting to the transaction.

(b) The dealer shall retain the statement with the records required to be kept under this chapter. The dealer may destroy the statement when the business machine is sold or one year from the date of purchase, whichever date is later.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 111.0205 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.0205
§ 111.0205. WORK INCENTIVES AND SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI).
Status: in_force

The department shall employ staff at the department's central office to:

(1) train counselors to understand and use work incentives in relation to services under this chapter or Subchapter F, Chapter 117; and

(2) review cases to ensure that department clients receiving services under this chapter or Subchapter F, Chapter 117, are informed of the availability of and assisted in obtaining work incentives and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1034.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1034 / Section 1034.051
§ 1034.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) an election shall be held annually on the May uniform election date, or another date authorized by law, to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Labor Code § 213.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 213 / Section 213.004
§ 213.004. ADMISSIBILITY OF REPORT OR AUDIT; PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In a judicial proceeding in which the establishment or collection of a contribution, penalty, or interest is sought because an employer does not pay a contribution, a penalty, or interest within the time and in the manner required by this subtitle or by a rule adopted under this subtitle, the following are admissible:

(1) a report filed in an office of the commission by the employer or the employer's representative that shows the amount of wages paid by the employer or the employer's representative for which a contribution, a penalty, or interest has not been paid;

(2) a copy of a report described in Subdivision (1) that is certified by a member of the commission or by an employee designated for that purpose by the commission; and

(3) an audit made by the commission or its representative from the books of the employer that is signed and sworn to by the representative as being made from the records of the employer.

(b) A report or audit admissible under this section is prima facie evidence of the truth of its contents. The incorrectness of the report or audit may be shown.
Tex. Family Code § 233.010 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 233 / Section 233.010
§ 233.010. NOTICE OF NEGOTIATION CONFERENCE; FAILURE TO ATTEND CONFERENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The Title IV-D agency shall notify all parties entitled to notice of the negotiation conference of the date, time, and place of the conference not later than the 10th day before the date of the conference.

(b) If a party fails to attend the scheduled conference, the agency may proceed with the review and file a child support review order according to the information available to the agency.
Tex. Labor Code § 91.048 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 91 / Section 91.048
§ 91.048. REQUIRED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Each license holder shall:

(1) maintain adequate books and records regarding the license holder's duties and responsibilities;

(2) maintain and make available at all times to the executive director the following information, which shall be treated as proprietary and confidential and is exempt from disclosure to persons other than other governmental agencies having a reasonable, legitimate purpose for obtaining the information:

(A) the correct name, address, and telephone number of each client;

(B) each professional employer services agreement with a client; and

(C) a listing by classification code as described in the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual" published by the United States Office of Management and Budget, of each client;

(3) notify the department of any addition or deletion of a controlling person as listed on the license application or renewal form by providing the name of the person not later than the 45th day after the date on which the person is added or deleted as a controlling person; and

(4) provide a biographical history to the department in connection with the addition of a new controlling person.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.203 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.203
§ 18B.203. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A district judge may issue an order for the installation and use of a mobile tracking device in the same judicial district as the site of:

(1) the investigation; or

(2) the person, vehicle, container, item, or object the movement of which will be tracked by the device.

(b) The order may authorize the use of a mobile tracking device outside the judicial district but within the state, if the device is installed within the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 108.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 108 / Section 108.001
§ 108.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "defined area" means a defined area created by a municipal utility district under Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.103 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.103
§ 131.103. STOP-SALE ORDER.
Status: in_force

If the official or agency responsible for enforcing a provision of this chapter or a rule or quarantine adopted under this chapter has reason to believe a colony of bees, equipment, pollen, or honey is in violation of the provision, the official or agency may issue a written order to stop the sale of the bees, equipment, pollen, or honey. When the official or agency issues a stop-sale order, the official or agency shall deliver a copy of the order to the person who possesses the bees, equipment, pollen, or honey. On receipt of the copy of the order, a person may not sell or transport the bees, equipment, pollen, or honey until the official or agency that issued the order determines that the items are in compliance with this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1052.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.153
§ 1052.153. EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person must pass an examination prescribed by the board to receive a certificate of registration as a landscape architect.

(b) The board shall prescribe the scope of the examination and the methods of procedure with special reference to the applicant's ability that will ensure the safety of the public welfare and property rights. The board by rule may adopt the examination of the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards or the examination of a nationally recognized testing organization whose examination is determined by the board to be at least as stringent as the council's examination.

(c) The board shall approve the examination.

(d) The board at least annually shall administer the examination or enter into a contract with a nationally recognized testing organization to administer the examination. The board, in the manner provided by board rule, shall provide reasonable public notice of the dates on and locations at which each portion of the examination will be administered.
Tex. Government Code § 660.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.025
§ 660.025. ADVANCE PAYMENT PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller by rule shall establish a procedure by which travel expense money may be advanced to a state employee. The procedures must be consistent with Section 403.248.

(b) Money may not be advanced to a state employee for a travel expense unless the expense is payable or reimbursable under this chapter, the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act, and the rules adopted by the comptroller under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1804.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1804 / Section 1804.052
§ 1804.052. ELIGIBILITY TO USE SOLICITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A veterans organization may register under Section 1804.053 and use a veterans organization solicitor only if the organization consists of individual members:

(1) of whom at least 90 percent or 500, whichever is less, are veterans; and

(2) who have signed membership agreements with the organization.

(b) A veterans organization may not use a veterans organization solicitor and a veterans organization solicitor may not solicit for a veterans organization if the organization or the solicitor has on three or more occasions forfeited a bond filed under this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 67.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 67 / Section 67.302
§ 67.302. EXAMINATION CHARGES.
Status: in_force

A foreign association holding a certificate of authority shall pay:

(1) an examination fee in the amount set for a domestic association under Section 61.007;

(2) all travel expenses of the examination; and

(3) the amount of the examination expense that exceeds the amount of the examination fee, if any.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0566 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0566
§ 382.0566. ADVANCED CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT PERMITTING PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) As authorized by federal law, not later than nine months after the executive director declares an application for a permit under this chapter for an advanced clean energy project to be administratively complete, the executive director shall complete its technical review of the application.

(b) The commission shall issue a final order issuing or denying the permit not later than nine months after the executive director declares the application technically complete. The commission may extend the deadline set out in this subsection up to three months if it determines that the number of complex pending applications for permits under this chapter will prevent the commission from meeting the deadline imposed by this subsection without creating an extraordinary burden on the resources of the commission.

(c) The permit process authorized by this section is subject to the requirements relating to a contested case hearing under this chapter, Chapter 5, Water Code, or Subchapters C-G, Chapter 2001, Government Code, as applicable.

(d) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Government Code § 476.0201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 476 / Section 476.0201
§ 476.0201. REQUIRED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A local organizing committee shall provide information required by the office to fulfill the office's duties under this subtitle, including:

(1) annual audited statements of any committee financial records required by a site selection organization; and

(2) data obtained by the committee relating to:

(A) attendance at the games; and

(B) the economic impact of the games.

(b) A local organizing committee must provide any annual audited financial statement required by the office not later than the end of the fourth month after the last day of the period covered by the financial statement.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.560 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.560
§ 171.560. FILING REQUIREMENTS AFTER ALLOCATION.
Status: in_force

A taxable entity that allocates a portion of the credit under Section 171.559, and each taxable entity to which a portion was allocated, shall file with the taxable entity's report a copy of the certification or notice required by Section 171.559(b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.029 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.029
§ 361.029. COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSEHOLD MATERIALS THAT COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS WASTE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall provide by rule for interested persons to engage in activities that involve the collection and disposal of household materials that could be classified as hazardous waste.

(b) The rules must specify the necessary requirements concerning the training of persons involved in the collection and disposal of those household materials.

(c) A person is not liable for damages as a result of any act or omission in the course of advertising, promoting, or distributing educational materials concerning the collection or disposal of those household materials in accordance with the rules. This subsection does not preclude liability for damages as a result of gross negligence of or intentional misconduct by the person.
Tex. Water Code § 68.105 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.105
§ 68.105. HEARING.
Status: in_force

At the hearing, any interested person may appear in person or by attorney, present evidence, and offer testimony for or against the creation of the proposed district.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.72 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.72
§ 61.72.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.72. SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION: RETAILER: PREMISES. Except for a violation of the credit or cash law, a penalty of suspension or cancellation of the license of a retail dealer shall be assessed against the license for the premises where the offense was committed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.102
§ 3868.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may provide, or it may enter into contracts with a governmental or private entity to provide, the improvement projects described by Subchapter C-1 or activities in support of or incidental to those projects.
Tex. Occupations Code § 254.013 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 254 / Section 254.013
§ 254.013. PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may commission as a peace officer to enforce this subtitle an employee who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(b) An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this subtitle has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer while carrying out duties as a peace officer under this subtitle.
Tex. Government Code § 501.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.013
§ 501.013. MATERIALS USED FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The institutional division may purchase materials to be used by inmates housed in facilities operated by the division to produce arts and crafts.

(b) The institutional division may allow an inmate housed in a facility operated by the division who produces arts and crafts in the division to sell those arts and crafts to the general public in a manner determined by the division.

(c) If an inmate housed in a facility operated by the division sells arts and crafts and the materials used in the production of the arts and crafts were provided by the division, the proceeds of the sale go first to the division to pay for the cost of the materials, and the remainder, if any, goes to the inmate. The institutional division may not purchase more than $30 of materials for any inmate unless the inmate has repaid the division in full for previous purchases of materials.

(d) The manufacturing and logistics division and the institutional division shall work cooperatively in supervising the production and sale of arts and crafts under this section.
Tex. Education Code § 71.04 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 71 / Section 71.04
§ 71.04. OTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall make other rules and regulations for the operation, control, and management of the university, including the determination of the number of students that shall be admitted to any school, college, or degree-granting program, as may be necessary for the conduct of the university as one of the first class.