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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.056
§ 1087.056. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and a vice president.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3904.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3904 / Section 3904.052
§ 3904.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 604.157 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 604 / Section 604.157
§ 604.157. RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the expiration of a temporary permit, the permit holder may apply for renewal of the temporary permit.

(b) The advisory board may renew a temporary permit for not more than one additional period, pending compliance with this chapter and advisory board rules. The additional period may not be less than six months or more than 12 months.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.320 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.320
§ 242.320. ASSISTANCE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall provide legal assistance as necessary in enforcing the provisions of this subchapter. This requirement does not relieve a local prosecuting officer of any of the prosecuting officer's duties under the law.(a) The department may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed or regulated under this subchapter who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted by the board under this subchapter.

(b) The penalty for a violation may be in an amount not to exceed $1,000. Each day a violation occurs or continues is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(c) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited acts, and the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;

(2) the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;

(3) the history of previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(5) efforts to correct the violations; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.0024 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.0024
§ 162.0024. CONTRACTUAL WAIVER PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) The requirements of this subchapter may not be voided or waived by contract.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a member of a health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) may establish ethical and religious directives and a physician may contractually agree to comply with those directives.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1467.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1467 / Section 1467.005
§ 1467.005. REFORM.
Status: in_force

This chapter may not be construed to prohibit:

(1) a health benefit plan issuer or administrator from, at any time, offering a reformed claim settlement; or

(2) an out-of-network provider from, at any time, offering a reformed charge for health care or medical services or supplies.
Tex. Water Code § 26.263 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.263
§ 26.263. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Discharge or spill" means an act or omission by which hazardous substances in harmful quantities are spilled, leaked, pumped, poured, emitted, entered, or dumped onto or into waters in this state or by which those substances are deposited where, unless controlled or removed, they may drain, seep, run, or otherwise enter water in this state. The term "discharge" or "spill" under this subchapter shall not include any discharge to which Subchapter C, D, E, F, or G, Chapter 40, Natural Resources Code, applies or any discharge which is authorized by a permit issued pursuant to federal law or any other law of this state or, with the exception of spills in coastal waters, regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

(2) "Account" means the Texas spill response account.

(3) "Harmful quantity" means that quantity of hazardous substance the discharge or spill of which is determined to be harmful to the environment or public health or welfare or may reasonably be anticipated to present an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or welfare by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to federal law and by the executive director.

(4) "Hazardous substance" means any substance designated as such by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.), regulated pursuant to Section 311 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1321 et seq.), or designated by the commission.

(5) "Person" includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, and partnership.

(6) "Person responsible" or "responsible person" means:

(A) the owner, operator, or demise charterer of a vessel from which a spill emanates;

(B) the owner or operator of a facility from which a spill emanates;

(C) any other person who causes, suffers, allows, or permits a spill or discharge.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.085 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.085
§ 111.085. APPLICABILITY OF RATE PROVISIONS TO CERTAIN COMMON PURCHASERS.
Status: in_force

Common purchasers as defined in Subdivision (3), Subsection (a), Section 111.081 of this code are subject to the same regulation concerning rates and charges for gathering, transporting, loading, and delivering crude petroleum as set out in Subchapter F of this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 37 / Section 1
§ 1.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. If a defendant is found guilty in a capital felony case punishable under Section 12.42(c)(3), Penal Code, in which the state does not seek the death penalty, the judge shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole.Sec. 1. This article applies to the sentencing procedure in a capital case for an offense that is committed before September 1, 1991, whether the sentencing procedure is part of the original trial of the offense, an award of a new trial for both the guilt or innocence stage and the punishment stage of the trial, or an award of a new trial only for the punishment stage of the trial. For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed before September 1, 1991, if every element of the offense occurs before that date.Sec. 1. (a) The verdict in every criminal action must be general. When there are special pleas on which a jury is to find they must say in their verdict that the allegations in such pleas are true or untrue.

(b) If the plea is not guilty, they must find that the defendant is either guilty or not guilty, and, except as provided in Section 2, they shall assess the punishment in all cases where the same is not absolutely fixed by law to some particular penalty.

(c) If the charging instrument contains more than one count or if two or more offenses are consolidated for trial pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Penal Code, the jury shall be instructed to return a finding of guilty or not guilty in a separate verdict as to each count and offense submitted to them.Sec. 1. (a) If a defendant is found guilty in a capital felony case in which the state does not seek the death penalty, the judge shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment or to life imprisonment without parole as required by Section 12.31, Penal Code.

(b) A defendant who is found guilty of an offense under Section 19.03(a)(9), Penal Code, may not be sentenced to death, and the state may not seek the death penalty in any case based solely on an offense under that subdivision.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9627 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9627
§ 61.9627. DISBURSEMENT AND ACCOUNTING OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt procedures for assuring that money appropriated by the legislature specifically to fund enrollment growth in a professional nursing program is:

(1) distributed in a timely manner, including the forfeiture and reallocation of money if an institution fails to provide in a timely manner the information required for the money to be disbursed and if that failure prevents the timely disbursement of money to other institutions; and

(2) expended on the professional nursing program by institutions receiving the money.

(b) The procedures adopted under Subsection (a) must require each professional nursing program receiving money to file a report annually with the board accounting for all money received.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6913.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6913 / Section 6913.001
§ 6913.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commissioners court" means the Haskell County Commissioners Court.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Haskell County Water Supply District.
Tex. Tax Code § 32.04 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 32 / Section 32.04
§ 32.04. PRIORITIES AMONG TAX LIENS.
Status: in_force

(a) Whether or not a tax lien provided by this chapter takes priority over a tax lien of the United States is determined by federal law. In the absence of federal law, a tax lien provided by this chapter takes priority over a tax lien of the United States.

(b) Tax liens provided by this chapter have equal priority.
Tex. Occupations Code § 158.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 158 / Section 158.002
§ 158.002. PROVISION OF FREE SAMPLES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not prohibit a physician from supplying a pharmaceutical sample to a patient free of charge if, in the physician's opinion, it is advantageous to the patient, in adhering to a course of treatment prescribed by the physician, to receive the sample.

(b) A pharmaceutical sample provided under this section must be:

(1) provided to the physician from the manufacturer free of charge and delivered to a patient free of any direct or indirect charge;

(2) prepackaged by the original manufacturer and not repackaged; and

(3) marked on the immediate container to indicate that it is a sample or recorded in records that indicate it is a sample.

(c) Each state and federal labeling and recordkeeping requirement must be followed and documented. A record maintained under Subsection (b)(3) must be accessible as provided under state and federal law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.152
§ 2303.152. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice to the registered owner and the primary lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility may be provided by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the vehicle is stored or on a publicly available Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party if:

(1) the vehicle is registered in another state;

(2) the operator of the storage facility submits to the governmental entity responsible for maintaining the motor vehicle title and registration database for the state in which the vehicle is registered a request for information relating to the identity of the registered owner and any lienholder of record that is either:

(A) written; or

(B) electronic, through the governmental entity's secure access portal;

(3) the identity of the registered owner cannot be determined;

(4) the registration does not contain an address for the registered owner; or

(5) the operator of the storage facility cannot reasonably determine the identity and address of each lienholder.

(b) A written request under Subsection (a)(2)(A) must:

(1) be correctly addressed;

(2) carry sufficient postage; and

(3) be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or electronic certified mail.

(b-1) An electronic request under Subsection (a)(2)(B) must be submitted either:

(1) directly to the governmental entity through the governmental entity's secure access portal; or

(2) to a private entity authorized by the governmental entity to obtain title, registration, and lienholder information using a single vehicle identification number inquiry submitted through a secure access portal to the governmental entity's motor vehicle records.

(c) Notice by publication is not required if each notice sent as provided by Section 2303.151 is returned because:

(1) the notice was unclaimed or refused; or

(2) the person to whom the notice was sent moved without leaving a forwarding address.

(d) Only one notice is required to be published for an abandoned nuisance vehicle.

(e) Notice to the registered owner and the primary lienholder of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility may be provided by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the vehicle is stored or on a publicly available Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party if:

(1) the vehicle does not display a license plate or a vehicle inspection certificate indicating the state of registration;

(2) the identity of the registered owner cannot reasonably be determined by the operator of the storage facility; or

(3) the operator of the storage facility cannot reasonably determine the identity and address of each lienholder.

(f) The department shall include on the department's Internet website a link to any Internet website maintained by a department-approved third party where notice may be provided under Subsection (a) or (e).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3976.0704 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3976 / Section 3976.0704
§ 3976.0704. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADVERTISING BOND ISSUE.
Status: in_force

The district may not advertise for an issuance of bonds until the completion of at least 25 percent of the projected value of the improvements, including houses and other buildings, that are liable for district assessments and necessary to support the district bonds.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.001 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.001
§ 5.001. EFFECT ON RIGHTS UNDER OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) The filing of a certificate of formation by a filing entity under this code, an application for registration by a foreign filing entity under this code, a certificate of registered series, or an application for reservation or registration of a name under this chapter does not authorize the use of a name in this state in violation of a right of another under:

(1) the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.);

(2) Chapter 16 or 71, Business & Commerce Code; or

(3) common law.

(b) The secretary of state shall deliver a notice that contains the substance of Subsection (a) to each of the following:

(1) a filing entity that files a certificate of formation under this code;

(2) a foreign filing entity that registers under this code;

(3) a person that reserves a name under Subchapter C;

(4) a person that registers a name under Subchapter D; and

(5) a registered series of a domestic limited liability company that files a certificate of registered series.
Tex. Insurance Code § 524A.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 524A / Section 524A.001
§ 524A.001. BIENNIAL HEALTH COVERAGE REFERENCE GUIDE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall consult with the Health and Human Services Commission to develop a biennial reference guide designed to educate the public about health coverage in this state.

(b) The reference guide must include the following information:

(1) the biennial period covered by the current edition;

(2) definitions of the term "health insurance" and terms used to describe other forms of health coverage;

(3) sources from which consumers may obtain health coverage, including through employers, and an explanation of how coverage may be obtained from each of those sources;

(4) a guide to consumer rights and resources related to health coverage;

(5) a health coverage shopping guide that includes:

(A) an explanation of discount cards and other noninsurance health coverage products and a comparison of those products to health insurance;

(B) an explanation and comparison of common types of short-term or disease-specific health coverage;

(C) an explanation and comparison of preferred provider benefit plans, exclusive provider benefit plans, health maintenance organizations, and point-of-service plans;

(D) an explanation of provider networks and the differences between in-network providers and out-of-network providers;

(E) an explanation of the Affordable Care Act marketplace plan categories of bronze, silver, gold, and platinum;

(F) an explanation of the out-of-pocket costs of health coverage, including premiums, deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance; and

(G) information on how to recognize health coverage scams;

(6) an explanation of the effect of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272) on consumers' health coverage;

(7) a basic overview of federal, state, and local programs that may assist consumers to obtain health care services;

(8) methods for a consumer to resolve disputes with a health coverage issuer or administrator;

(9) methods to seek assistance from the department for a complaint regarding a health coverage plan or product; and

(10) the areas of health coverage regulated by the department and those regulated by federal law, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.).

(c) The department shall publish the reference guide developed under this section on the department's Internet website and in a printed form available to the public on request.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.251
§ 1701.251. TRAINING PROGRAMS; INSTRUCTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish and maintain training programs for officers, county jailers, and telecommunicators. The training shall be conducted by the commission staff or by other agencies and institutions the commission considers appropriate.

(b) The commission may authorize reimbursement for a political subdivision or state agency as authorized by the legislature for expenses incurred in attending a training program.

(c) The commission may:

(1) issue or revoke the license of a school operated by or for this state or a political subdivision of this state specifically for training officers, county jailers, recruits, or telecommunicators;

(2) operate schools and conduct preparatory, in-service, basic, and advanced courses in the schools, as the commission determines appropriate, for officers, county jailers, recruits, and telecommunicators;

(3) issue a license to a person to act as a qualified instructor under conditions that the commission prescribes; and

(4) consult and cooperate with a municipality, county, special district, state agency or other governmental agency, or a university, college, junior college, or other institution, concerning the development of schools and training programs for officers, county jailers, and telecommunicators.
Tex. Government Code § 411.131 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.131
§ 411.131.
Status: repealed

Sec. 411.131. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: SAFE HOUSES. (a) In this section:

(1) "Safe house" means a nonprofit organization:

(A) whose primary purpose is to provide temporary shelter for children avoiding harmful situations;

(B) that is certified as a bona fide safe house by a local law enforcement agency; and

(C) that is operating as a "Safe House."

(2) "Volunteer" or "volunteer applicant" means a person who will perform one or more of the following services without remuneration:

(A) any service performed in a safe house;

(B) any service that requires the access to or the handling of money or confidential or privileged information;

(C) any service that involves the care of or access to a child;

(D) coordination or referral of volunteers; or

(E) executive administrative responsibilities.

(b) A safe house is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is a volunteer or a volunteer applicant of the volunteer center, if the volunteer or applicant signs a written consent to a criminal history background check.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 13(10).

(d) The department may establish rules governing the administration of this section.

(e) A safe house may not keep or retain criminal history record information obtained under this section in any file. Criminal history record information must be destroyed promptly after the determination of suitability of the person for any position as a volunteer.

(f) A safe house or an officer or volunteer of a safe house is not liable in a civil action for damages resulting from a failure to comply with this section if the safe house, officer, or volunteer makes a good faith effort to comply.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.261 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.261
§ 1302.261. TEMPORARY LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule may provide for the issuance of a temporary air conditioning and refrigeration contracting license to an applicant who:

(1) submits to the executive director an application on a form prescribed by the executive director; and

(2) pays the required fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8874.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8874 / Section 8874.004
§ 8874.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of McMullen County unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.502 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.502
§ 1302.502. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

A person is not required to be registered or certified under this subchapter to act or offer to act as an air conditioning and refrigeration technician if the person:

(1) is a student in a certification training program who acts or offers to act as an air conditioning and refrigeration technician solely as part of the program; and

(2) is enrolled at a secondary school or an institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 1302.5037.