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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 32.046 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 32 / Section 32.046
§ 32.046. POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION STRATEGIC PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and implement a five-year strategic plan to improve access to postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment, and support services. Not later than September 1 of the last fiscal year in each five-year period, the commission shall develop a new strategic plan for the next five fiscal years beginning with the following fiscal year.

(b) The strategic plan must provide strategies to:

(1) increase awareness among state-administered program providers who may serve women who are at risk of or are experiencing postpartum depression about the prevalence and effects of postpartum depression on outcomes for women and children;

(2) establish a referral network of community-based mental health providers and support services addressing postpartum depression;

(3) increase women's access to formal and informal peer support services, including access to certified peer specialists who have received additional training related to postpartum depression;

(4) raise public awareness of and reduce the stigma related to postpartum depression; and

(5) leverage sources of funding to support existing community-based postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment, and support services.

(c) The commission shall coordinate with the department, the office of mental health coordination, and the statewide behavioral health coordinating council in developing the strategic plan.

(d) The commission, in consultation with the department, the office of mental health coordination, and the statewide behavioral health coordinating council, shall annually review and update, as necessary, the strategic plan.

(e) For purposes of this section, "postpartum depression" means a disorder in which a woman experiences moderate to severe depression following a pregnancy, regardless of whether the pregnancy resulted in birth, or an act defined by Section 245.002(1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3890.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3890 / Section 3890.151
§ 3890.151. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area in the district.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.077 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.077
§ 47.077. LIMIT ON NUMBER OF LICENSES HELD.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not hold or directly or indirectly control more than three licenses issued under this subchapter.

(b) A license issued to a person other than an individual must designate an individual in whose name the license is issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8287.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8287 / Section 8287.003
§ 8287.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 113.354 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.354
§ 113.354. NOTICE OF TEST.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district shall retain documentation specifying the date and the result of each leakage test or other inspection of each LP-gas piping system until at least the fifth anniversary of the date the test or other inspection was performed.

(b) Before the introduction of any LP-gas into the LP-gas piping system, the school district shall provide verification to the district's supplier that the piping has been tested in accordance with this subchapter.

(c) The commission may review a school district's documentation of each leakage test or other inspection conducted by the school district.
Tex. Estates Code § 505.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 505 / Section 505.101
§ 505.101. SUIT TO RECOVER DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) On giving notice by a qualified delivery method to all creditors of a decedent in this state who have filed a claim against the decedent's estate for a debt due to the creditor, a foreign executor or administrator of a person who was a nonresident at the time of death may maintain a suit in this state for the recovery of debts due to the decedent.

(b) The plaintiff's letters testamentary or of administration granted by a competent tribunal, properly authenticated, must be filed with the suit.
Tex. Utilities Code § 43.052 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 43 / Section 43.052
§ 43.052. CHARGES.
Status: in_force

An electric utility that owns and operates facilities to provide middle mile broadband service may lease excess fiber capacity on the electric utility's electric delivery system or other facilities to an Internet service provider on a wholesale basis and shall charge the Internet service provider for the use of the electric utility's system for all costs associated with that use. The rates, terms, and conditions of a lease of excess fiber capacity described by this section must be nondiscriminatory. An electric utility may not lease excess fiber capacity to provide middle mile broadband service to an affiliated Internet service provider.
Tex. Insurance Code § 841.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.151
§ 841.151. CONDUCTING SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) At a meeting of a domestic insurance company's shareholders, each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each fully paid up share of stock appearing in the shareholder's name on the company's books, except to the extent that the articles of incorporation increase, limit, or deny voting rights to the holders of the shares of a class of stock as authorized by the Texas Business Corporation Act.

(b) A shareholder may vote in person or by written proxy.

(c) At a shareholders' meeting, a quorum is any number of shareholders whose cumulative stock ownership in the domestic insurance company represents a majority of the company's paid up capital stock.
Tex. Insurance Code § 911.058 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 911 / Section 911.058
§ 911.058. MEMBERSHIP CONTROL OF COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) The control of a farm mutual insurance company must be ultimately vested as provided by this chapter in the company's members through a supreme legislative or governing body, the members of which must be elected directly by the company's members or by delegates elected by the company's members.

(b) Through the company's governing body, the company's members may establish local chapters, branches, lodges, or similar organizations.

(c) The methods provided by this section for the control of a farm mutual insurance company are exclusive.
Tex. Finance Code § 351.151 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 351 / Section 351.151
§ 351.151. NAME AND PLACE ON LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A license must state:

(1) the name of the license holder; and

(2) the address of the office from which the business is to be conducted.

(b) A license holder may not conduct business under this chapter under a name or at a place of business in this state other than the name or office stated on the license.
Tex. Labor Code § 404.151 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 404 / Section 404.151
§ 404.151. OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall maintain an ombudsman program as provided by this subchapter to assist injured employees and persons claiming death benefits in obtaining benefits under this subtitle.

(b) An ombudsman shall:

(1) meet with or otherwise provide information to injured employees;

(2) investigate complaints;

(3) communicate with employers, insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured employees;

(4) assist unrepresented claimants to enable those persons to protect their rights in the workers' compensation system; and

(5) meet with an unrepresented claimant privately for a minimum of 15 minutes prior to any informal or formal hearing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8368.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8368 / Section 8368.104
§ 8368.104. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes or assessments.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district, including the power to divide in accordance with this section.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside:

(1) the territory of the district at the time the district was created; or

(2) the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district according to the most recent certified appraisal roll for each county in which the district is located, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8368.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8368.003.

(i) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.113
§ 1090.113. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for reimbursement for the treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Government Code § 441.135 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.135
§ 441.135. GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Using state, federal, or other funds, the commission shall establish a program of grants within the limitations of funds appropriated by the legislature. The commission shall adopt by rule the guidelines for awarding grants.

(b) The program of grants shall include one or more of the following:

(1) system operation grants, to:

(A) provide basic system support services to member libraries;

(B) provide coordination and enable cooperation with the commission and with other libraries in a region; and

(C) meet commission and federal goals;

(2) incentive grants, to encourage public libraries to join together into larger units of service to meet commission and federal goals;

(3) establishment grants, to help libraries establish consortia or cooperatives that will enable libraries to better serve their communities;

(4) equalization grants, to help public libraries in communities with relatively limited taxable resources to meet commission and federal goals and qualify for library system membership;

(5) public information technology grants, to help public libraries make state, local, and federal government information that is accessible through the Internet available to the public through computers;

(6) competitive grants, to promote innovation by public libraries and by libraries described by Section 441.1271(a) and to encourage major resource systems or regional library systems and libraries to meet commission and federal goals; and

(7) grants to aid local libraries, to provide assistance to public libraries, and to help those libraries meet commission and federal goals.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.253
§ 1579.253. CONTRIBUTION BY EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee covered by the program shall pay that portion of the cost of coverage selected by the employee that exceeds the amount of the state contribution under Section 1579.251 and the participating entity contribution under Section 1579.252.

(b) The employee may pay the employee's contribution under this subsection from the amount distributed to the employee under Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Education Code.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a participating entity may pay any portion of what otherwise would be the employee share of premiums and other costs associated with the coverage selected by the employee.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 602.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 602 / Section 602.001
§ 602.001. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO SUBSTITUTED GOODS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to goods substituted for goods ordered or solicited by the recipient of the goods.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8433.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8433 / Section 8433.005
§ 8433.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, or improvement of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 468.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 468 / Section 468.052
§ 468.052. EDUCATION REGARDING ANHYDROUS AMMONIA.
Status: in_force

(a) In cooperation with other state agencies, the Office of the Texas State Chemist of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station shall distribute materials used to educate distributors, farmers, retail dealers, cooperatives, and other appropriate persons regarding:

(1) the use of anhydrous ammonia in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine; and

(2) practices and equipment that can be used to deter the theft of anhydrous ammonia.

(b) In the materials distributed under this section, the Office of the Texas State Chemist shall encourage local law enforcement and community groups to cooperate in deterring the theft of anhydrous ammonia.
Tex. Government Code § 43.159 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.159
§ 43.159.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.159. 145TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of the 145th Judicial District elect a district attorney.

(b) The district attorney, with the approval of the Commissioners Court of Nacogdoches County, may appoint the assistant district attorneys, investigators, and stenographers that are necessary to carry out the duties of the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7879A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7879A / Section 7879A.0403
§ 7879A.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. Government Code § 2052.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2052 / Section 2052.101
§ 2052.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "state agency" means:

(1) a department, commission, board, office, or other agency that is in the executive or legislative branch of state government and that was created by the constitution or a statute, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; or

(2) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council or another agency in the judicial branch of state government.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.002
§ 341.002. COMPUTATION OF MONTH.
Status: in_force

(a) For the computation of time in this subtitle, a month is the period from a date in a month to the corresponding date in the succeeding month. If the succeeding month does not have a corresponding date, the period ends on the last day of the succeeding month.

(b) For the computation of a fraction of a month, a day is equal to one-thirtieth of a month.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.214 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.214
§ 424.214. LIMITATION ON SALE OF PUT OPTION ON ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) If an income generation transaction is a sale of a put option on assets, the insurer must:

(1) during the entire period the option is outstanding, hold sufficient cash, cash equivalents, or interests in a short-term investment pool to purchase the underlying assets on exercise of the option; and

(2) have the ability to hold the underlying assets in the insurer's portfolio.

(b) If during the entire period the put option is outstanding the total market value of all put options sold by the insurer exceeds two percent of the insurer's assets, the insurer shall set aside, under a custodial or escrow agreement, cash or cash equivalents that have a market value equal to the amount of the insurer's put option obligations in excess of two percent of the insurer's assets.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.307 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.307
§ 273.307. ALLOCATION OF SECURITY ISSUE.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall allocate each security issue under Section 273.301 ratably among the member associations based on the ratio of each association's total assets on December 31 of the year preceding the date on which the securities are purchased to the total assets of all member associations on that date.
Tex. Education Code § 25.0812 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0812
§ 25.0812. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a school district may not schedule the last day of school for students for a school year before May 15.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a school district that does not offer each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 and whose prospective or former students generally attend school in another state for the grade levels the district does not offer may schedule the last day of school on any date permitted under Subsection (a) or the law of the other state.
Tex. Education Code § 88.704 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.704
§ 88.704. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not serve as the executive director of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and may not be an employee of the laboratory employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of veterinary medicine; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of veterinary medicine.

(c) A person may not serve as the executive director or act as the general counsel to the laboratory if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the laboratory.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.202 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.202
§ 9.202. TITLE TO COLLATERAL IMMATERIAL.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the provisions of this chapter with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral is in the secured party or the debtor.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.602 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.602
§ 393.602. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to a credit services organization that, with respect to a consumer who is located in this state at the time of the transaction, obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining an extension of consumer credit in the form of:

(1) a deferred presentment transaction; or

(2) a motor vehicle title loan.

(b) A credit access business may assess fees for its services as agreed to between the parties. A credit access business fee may be calculated daily, biweekly, monthly, or on another periodic basis. A credit access business is permitted to charge amounts allowed by other laws, as applicable. A fee may not be charged unless it is disclosed.

(c) A person may not use a device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this subchapter. A lawful transaction governed under another statute, including Title 1, Business & Commerce Code, does not violate this subsection and may not be considered a device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this subchapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.041 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.041
§ 51.041. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "asset" means:

(1) a credit, bank, or savings account or deposit; or

(2) any other intangible or personal property.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.071 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.071
§ 11.071.
Status: in_force

Art. 11.071. PROCEDURE IN DEATH PENALTY CASE
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.107 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.107
§ 501.107. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY CORPORATIONS AUTHORIZED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN BORDER COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a corporation that:

(1) is authorized to be created by a municipality wholly or partly located in a county that:

(A) is bordered by the Rio Grande;

(B) has a population of at least 500,000; and

(C) has wholly or partly within its boundaries at least four municipalities each of which has a population of at least 25,000; and

(2) does not support a project, as defined by this subchapter, with sales and use tax revenue collected under Chapter 504 or 505.

(b) For a corporation to which this section applies, in this subtitle, "project" includes expenditures found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for infrastructure necessary to promote or develop new or expanded business enterprises, including airports, ports, and sewer or solid waste disposal facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1118.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.004
§ 1118.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Maverick County.