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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.252
§ 1011.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.756 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.756
§ 161.756. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

A health care provider is not required to provide the perinatal palliative care informational materials or perinatal palliative care certification form under this subchapter if the health care provider verifies the pregnant woman's medical record contains a signed perinatal palliative care certification form for that pregnancy as required under Section 161.755(2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.064
§ 1046.064. GENERAL DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may delegate to the administrator for the district or the administrators for each district hospital the power to manage and operate all or any part of the hospital system.

(b) Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the administrator for each district hospital shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the hospital; and

(2) direct the affairs of the hospital.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.076 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.076
§ 162.076. DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The bylaws may provide for the territory served or to be served by a telephone cooperative to be divided into two or more districts for any purpose, including the nomination and election of directors and the election and functioning of district delegates.

(b) The bylaws must prescribe:

(1) the boundaries of each district or the manner of establishing a district's boundaries;

(2) the manner of changing a district's boundaries; and

(3) the manner in which each district functions.

(c) District delegates may nominate and elect directors. A district delegate must be a member.

(d) A member may not vote by proxy or by mail at a district meeting.

(e) A district delegate may not vote by proxy or by mail at any meeting.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.055
§ 2001.055. REGULATION OF GAMES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule may establish the number and type of bingo games that may be played during a bingo occasion.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.356 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.356
§ 4201.356. DECISION BY PHYSICIAN REQUIRED; SPECIALTY REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) The procedures for appealing an adverse determination must provide that a physician licensed to practice medicine makes the decision on the appeal, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) If not later than the 10th working day after the date an appeal is requested or denied the enrollee's health care provider requests a particular type of specialty provider review the case, a health care provider who is of the same or a similar specialty as the health care provider who would typically manage the medical or dental condition, procedure, or treatment under consideration for review shall review the denial or the decision denying the appeal. The specialty review must be completed within 15 working days of the date the health care provider's request for specialty review is received.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9029.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9029 / Section 9029.102
§ 9029.102. ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) purchase, construct, or otherwise acquire and accomplish by any practical means a waterworks system, sanitary sewer system, storm sewer system, or drainage facility or any part of those systems or facilities;

(2) make any necessary purchase, construction, improvement, extension, addition, or repair to a system or facility described by Subdivision (1);

(3) purchase or acquire, operate, and maintain any land, right-of-way, easement, site, equipment, building, plant, structure, or facility necessary to a system or facility described by Subdivision (1); and

(4) sell water and other services at rates fixed by the authority.

(b) The authority may exercise any of the rights or powers granted by this chapter inside or outside the authority's boundaries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3983.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3983 / Section 3983.0402
§ 3983.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than:

(A) a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; or

(B) a lien filed by the city or securing an obligation owed to the city; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that a taxing unit, as defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.152
§ 504.152. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter, a digital license plate issued under this subchapter is subject to the laws of this state applicable to a physical license plate.
Tex. Property Code § 112.073 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.073
§ 112.073.
Status: in_force

Sec. 112.073. DISTRIBUTION TO SECOND TRUST: TRUSTEE WITH LIMITED DISCRETION. (a) An authorized trustee who has limited discretion to distribute the principal of a trust may distribute all or part of the principal of that trust in favor of a trustee of a second trust as provided by this section.

(b) The current beneficiaries of the second trust must be the same as the current beneficiaries of the first trust, and the successor and presumptive remainder beneficiaries of the second trust must be the same as the successor and presumptive remainder beneficiaries of the first trust.

(c) The second trust must include the same language authorizing the trustee to distribute the income or principal of the trust that was included in the first trust.

(d) If the beneficiaries of the first trust are described as a class of persons, the beneficiaries of the second trust must include all persons who become members of that class after the distribution to the second trust.

(e) If the first trust grants a power of appointment to a beneficiary of the trust, the second trust must grant the power of appointment to the beneficiary in the second trust, and the class of permissible appointees under that power must be the same as the class of permissible appointees under the power granted by the first trust.

(f) The authorized trustee shall exercise a power of distribution under this section in good faith, in accordance with the terms and purposes of the trust, and in the interests of the beneficiaries.
Tex. Government Code § 83.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 83 / Section 83.003
§ 83.003. FORMS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prevent a person from completing lease or rental forms that:

(1) have been prepared by an attorney licensed in this state and approved by the attorney for the particular kind of transaction involved; or

(2) have been prepared by the property owner or prepared by an attorney and required by the property owner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.154
§ 8801.154. WELL REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board by rule may require the registration of any well in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 420.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 420 / Section 420.044
§ 420.044. GRANT FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The department shall apply for any available federal grant funds applicable to the analysis of evidence collection kits containing biological evidence, including grant money available under the National Institute of Justice's DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program.
Tex. Education Code § 54.808 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.808
§ 54.808. TEXAS SAVE AND MATCH TRUST FUND; AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BOARD AND PROGRAM ENTITY REGARDING PROGRAM ENTITY FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas save and match trust fund is established as a trust fund to be held with the comptroller.

(b) Money in the fund may be spent without appropriation and only to establish matching accounts, make deposits, purchase tuition units, and award matching grants and scholarships under the program and to pay the costs of program administration and operations.

(c) The board may invest, reinvest, and direct the investment of any available money in the fund.

(d) Interest and income from the assets of the fund shall be credited to and deposited in the fund.

(e) The board and the program entity may enter into an agreement under which the board may hold and manage funds of the program entity and provide services to the program entity.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.200 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.200
§ 214.200. PRIORITY OR LEVEL OF RESPONSE NOT AFFECTED; LIABILITY OF MUNICIPALITY FOR NONRESPONSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this subchapter:

(1) affects the priority or level of response provided by a municipality to a permitted location; or

(2) waives the governmental immunity provided by law for a municipality.

(b) A municipality that does not respond to an alarm signal is not liable for damages that may occur relating to the cause of the alarm signal.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0151 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0151
§ 11.0151. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "major decision" means a decision in which a vote is taken on:

(1) a rule;

(2) a proclamation;

(3) a contract;

(4) a budget;

(5) a grant;

(6) a development plan for a geographical area managed by the department;

(7) a memorandum of understanding with another governmental entity; or

(8) any other issue as determined by the commission.

(b) The commission shall develop and implement policies that will provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the commission.

(c) The commission, or any committee of the commission with at least five commission members serving on the committee, shall provide an opportunity for public testimony in an open meeting before making a major decision.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4003.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4003 / Section 4003.002
§ 4003.002. STAGGERED RENEWAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during a licensing period.

(b) For the licensing period in which the license expiration is changed, license fees shall be prorated so that each license holder pays only that portion of the license fee allocable to the period during which the license is valid. On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the total renewal fee is payable.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt a system under which a person who holds more than one license may renew all the licenses held in a single process.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.03 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.03
§ 23.03. COMPILATION OF LARGE PROPERTIES AND PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO LIMITATION ON APPRAISED OR TAXABLE VALUE.
Status: in_force

Each year the chief appraiser shall compile and send to the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office a list of properties in the appraisal district that in that tax year:

(1) have a market value of $100 million or more;

(2) are subject to a limitation on appraised value under former Subchapter B or C, Chapter 313; or

(3) are subject to a limitation on taxable value under Subchapter T, Chapter 403, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975A / Section 7975A.0403
§ 7975A.0403. 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. Occupations Code § 506.059 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 506 / Section 506.059
§ 506.059. PERSONS WHO DO NOT PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to a person who:

(1) is a behavior analyst who practices with nonhumans, including an applied animal behaviorist or an animal trainer;

(2) teaches behavior analysis or conducts behavior analytic research if the teaching or research activities do not involve the delivery or supervision of applied behavior analysis services; or

(3) is a professional who provides general applied behavior analysis services to organizations if those services:

(A) are for the benefit of the organization; and

(B) do not involve direct services to individuals.

(b) A person described by Subsection (a) may use the title "behavior analyst."
Tex. Water Code § 27.046 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.046
§ 27.046. LETTER OF DETERMINATION FROM RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The railroad commission may not issue a permit under rules adopted under this subchapter until the railroad commission issues to the applicant for the permit a letter of determination stating that drilling and operating the anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well for geologic storage or operating the geologic storage facility will not injure any freshwater strata in that area and that the formation or stratum to be used for the geologic storage facility is not freshwater sand.

(b) To make the determination required by Subsection (a), the railroad commission shall review:

(1) the area of review and corrective action plans;

(2) any subsurface monitoring plans required during injection or post injection;

(3) any postinjection site care plans; and

(4) any other elements of the application reasonably required in order for the railroad commission to make the determination required by Subsection (a).

(c) The railroad commission shall adopt rules to implement and administer this section.
Tex. Water Code § 51.444 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.444
§ 51.444. LIMITATIONS ON INTERIM BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Interim bonds shall mature not later than 10 years from the date they are issued and shall be redeemable at any time before they mature, as provided in this subchapter.

(b) The principal amount of the interim bonds may not be more than 25 percent of the principal amount of the district's bonds which have been voted but not sold.

(c) Before the issuance of the interim bonds, the board, by resolution, may limit the issue to any amount less than 25 percent, and after the amount is determined and fixed by the resolution, no additional interim bonds may be issued and sold until all outstanding interim bonds are paid.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.258 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.258
§ 2165.258. OFFICE SPACE FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide office space to the Department of Public Safety in the American Legion Building or in another suitable facility acceptable to the department for the Capitol District.
Tex. Government Code § 493.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.022
§ 493.022. POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

An employee of the department who is the subject of a written complaint made by or filed with the department may not be suspended, discharged, or subjected to any other form of employment discrimination by the department because the employee refuses to take a polygraph examination.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 442A.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 442A / Section 442A.102
§ 442A.102. COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(1) develop and distribute educational outreach materials for the public about the availability of safe prescription drug disposal in this state;

(2) post the materials on the board's Internet website; and

(3) provide the materials to other state agencies for those agencies to conduct the community outreach.

(b) The educational outreach materials must be in English, Spanish, and for specific areas of this state as the board determines appropriate, another language spoken by a substantial portion of the area's residents.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.004
§ 402.004. OVER-THE-COUNTER HEARING AIDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, this chapter does not apply to servicing, marketing, selling, dispensing, providing customer support for, acquiring, or distributing over-the-counter hearing aids, regardless of whether the transaction occurs in person, online, or through other means.

(b) A person is not required to obtain a license under this chapter or Chapter 401 to engage in an activity described by Subsection (a).

(c) A person may not use the title "licensed dispenser" or "licensed seller" with respect to over-the-counter hearing aids or otherwise represent that the person holds a license to sell or dispense over-the-counter hearing aids unless the person is licensed as a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser under this chapter or as an audiologist or audiologist intern under Chapter 401.

(d) The supervision, prescription, order, involvement, or intervention of a person licensed in this state is not required under this chapter for a consumer to access over-the-counter hearing aids.

(e) A person licensed under this chapter may service, market, sell, dispense, provide customer support for, or distribute over-the-counter hearing aids. These activities do not exempt a person licensed under this chapter from any applicable provision of this chapter or Chapter 401.
Tex. Estates Code § 358.057 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.057
§ 358.057. MAKING OF LEASE ON GRANTING OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court grants an application as provided by Section 358.056, the personal representative of the estate may make the lease or leases, as evidenced by the exhibit copies described by Section 358.056, in accordance with the order.

(b) The lease or leases must be made not later than the 30th day after the date of the order unless an extension is granted by the court on sworn application showing good cause.

(c) It is not necessary for the judge to make an order confirming the lease or leases.
Tex. Government Code § 418.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.054
§ 418.054. DISASTER RESPONSE GUIDE.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall develop a model guide for local officials regarding disaster response and recovery. The guide must provide a comprehensive approach to disaster recovery by local officials and include information on:

(1) contracting for debris removal;

(2) obtaining federal disaster funding;

(3) coordinating the availability and construction of short-term and long-term housing; and

(4) obtaining assistance from local, state, and federal volunteer organizations.

(b) The division, in coordination with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, shall provide training based on the disaster response guide as a part of the emergency management training course provided under Section 418.005.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.042 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.042
§ 14.042. INSURANCE CANCELLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A warehouse operator may not cancel an insurance policy approved by the department unless the department gives written approval of a substitute policy.

(b) The insurer may cancel an insurance policy by sending notice of intent to cancel by registered or certified mail to the department. Cancellation of an insurance policy is not effective before the 31st day following the date the insurer mails notice of intent to cancel. On receipt of notice of cancellation of an insurance policy, the department shall promptly notify the warehouse operator involved.

(c) The insurer shall send a copy of the notice required by this section to any government agency requesting the copy.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a public grain warehouse license is automatically suspended if the warehouse operator fails to file a new certificate of insurance before the cancellation of an insurance policy is effective or fails to provide a certification of ownership under Section 14.041(c).

(e) The suspension of a license under this section continues as long as the warehouse operator fails to maintain the insurance required by this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 91.005 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 91 / Section 91.005
§ 91.005. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROCUREMENT LAWS.
Status: in_force

With respect to a bid, contract, purchase order, or agreement entered into with the state or a political subdivision of the state, a client's status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, or woman-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business is not affected because the client has entered into a professional employer services agreement with a license holder or uses the services of a license holder.
Tex. Election Code § 83.012 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 83 / Section 83.012
§ 83.012. STUDENT EARLY VOTING CLERKS.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting clerk may appoint student early voting clerks as necessary to assist the early voting clerk.

(b) A person is eligible to serve as a student early voting clerk under this section if the person is ineligible to serve as a clerk of an election precinct under Section 32.051(c) but meets the eligibility requirements to be a student election clerk under Section 32.0511.

(c) A student early voting clerk serving under this section:

(1) is entitled to compensation under Section 83.052 in the same manner as other early voting clerks; and

(2) when communicating with a voter who cannot communicate in English, may communicate with the voter in a language the voter and the clerk understand as authorized by Subchapter B, Chapter 61.

(d) Not more than four student early voting clerks may serve at an early voting polling place.

(e) The secretary of state may initiate or assist in the development of a statewide program promoting the use of student early voting clerks appointed under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 30.018 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 30 / Section 30.018
§ 30.018. COURT CLERK'S EXECUTION DOCKET.
Status: repealed

(a) The clerk of a court who is required to enter information into an execution docket under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or other law may enter and maintain the information in an electronic format that allows the information to be retrieved on the same basis as information would be retrieved manually using an index or cross-index to the docket that is otherwise required by law.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.10(9), eff. December 4, 2025.