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Tex. Government Code § 411.563 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.563
§ 411.563. SENSITIVE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If in performing any duty or exercising any authority under this subchapter the division or a work group or task force of the division is provided information by a private organization that the private organization considers highly sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise confidential and the private organization notifies in writing the division, work group, or task force of that fact:

(1) the information is not public information for purposes of Chapter 552, and is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021; and

(2) the division or applicable work group or task force:

(A) shall secure the information in the same manner as the private organization secures the information; and

(B) may not further disclose the information without the consent of the private organization.

(b) If the division or a work group or task force of the division is required to disclose information described by Subsection (a) to comply with applicable state or federal law or a court order, the division or applicable work group or task force shall to the extent practicable:

(1) not later than the fifth business day before the date the information is disclosed, notify the private organization that provided the information of the required disclosure; and

(2) disclose the information in the same condition as the division or applicable work group or task force received the information, including providing any labels or other markings that were originally provided with the information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11003.263 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11003 / Section 11003.263
§ 11003.263. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF BONDHOLDERS.
Status: in_force

The resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds may limit or qualify the rights of the holders of less than all of the outstanding bonds payable from the same source to institute or prosecute litigation affecting the district's property or income.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3924.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3924 / Section 3924.106
§ 3924.106. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.117 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.117
§ 204.117. PROCEDURE FOR REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of a revocation proceeding must:

(1) be in the form of a proposed order;

(2) be served on the foreign bank by personal delivery or registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to a director, officer, manager, or employee of the foreign bank at a Texas state branch or agency location, or to the registered agent of the foreign bank;

(3) state the effective date of the proposed order, which may not be before the 21st day after the date the proposed order is mailed or delivered except as otherwise provided in Section 204.118; and

(4) state the grounds for the proposed revocation with reasonable certainty.

(b) Unless the foreign bank requests a hearing in writing on or before the effective date of the proposed order, the order takes effect as proposed and is final and nonappealable.

(c) A hearing requested on a proposed order shall be held not later than the 30th day after the date the written request for hearing is received by the department unless the parties agree to a later hearing date. The department shall participate as the opposing party, and the commissioner shall conduct the hearing and one or more prehearing conferences and opportunities for discovery as the commissioner considers advisable and consistent with applicable statutes and rules. The foreign bank may not accept new business during the pendency of the hearing unless the commissioner gives prior written approval, except that it shall comply with any stricter requirements imposed by Section 7(e), International Banking Act (12 U.S.C. Section 3105(e)).

(d) Information relating to the financial condition and business affairs of the foreign bank, except previously published statements and information, is confidential and may not be considered in the public portion of the hearing or disclosed by the commissioner or an employee of the department except as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 31.

(e) Based on the record, the commissioner shall issue or refuse to issue the proposed order. An issued order may contain modifications indicated by the record to be necessary or desirable, including modifications to impose penalties available under Chapter 35 in lieu of license revocation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.359 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.359
§ 502.359. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES USING DIESEL MOTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The registration fee under this chapter for a motor vehicle other than a passenger car, a truck with a gross vehicle weight of 18,000 pounds or less, or a vehicle registered in combination under Section 502.255 is increased by 11 percent if the vehicle has a diesel motor.

(b) The registration receipt for a motor vehicle, other than a passenger car or a truck with a gross vehicle weight of 18,000 pounds or less, must show that the vehicle has a diesel motor.

(c) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.252
§ 21.252.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.252. BIDS ON CONTRACTS OVER $15,000. The district may enter into a contract under Section 21.251 that requires an expenditure of more than $15,000 only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 662.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.007
§ 662.007. COMPENSATORY TIME.
Status: in_force

(a) A state employee who is required to work on a national or state holiday is entitled to compensatory time off during the 12 months after the holiday if the state employee is entitled to a paid day off from working for a state agency on the holiday under Section 662.005.

(b) A state employee must give reasonable notice of the employee's intention to use the compensatory time but is not required to say how the compensatory time will be used.

(c) An institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may allow an employee who is required to work on a national or state holiday that does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday to take compensatory time off in accordance with this section or may instead pay the employee at the employee's regular rate of pay for that time if the institution determines that allowing compensatory time off would disrupt normal teaching, research, or other critical functions.
Tex. Government Code § 421.061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.061
§ 421.061. CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer or employee of a state or local agency performing a homeland security activity or a volunteer performing a homeland security activity at the request or under the direction of an officer or employee of a state or local agency is considered for purposes of Section 437.222 to be a member of the Texas military forces ordered into active service of the state by proper authority and is considered to be discharging a duty in that capacity if:

(1) the officer, employee, or volunteer is performing the homeland security activity under procedures prescribed or circumstances described for the purpose of this section in the governor's homeland security strategy;

(2) in the case of a volunteer, the volunteer is acting within the course and scope of the request or direction of the officer or employee of the state or local agency; and

(3) in the case of an officer or employee of a state or local agency, the officer or employee is acting within the course and scope of the person's authority.

(b) A person described by Subsection (a) is not immune from civil liability under Section 437.222 for damages resulting from the performance of a homeland security activity if, under the circumstances, the person's performance of the homeland security activity was wilfully or wantonly negligent or done with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of persons this chapter is intended to protect.

(c) This section does not make a person a member of the state military forces for any other purpose, including for purposes of the application of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

(d) This section does not affect the application of Section 437.222 on its own terms to a person who is a member of the Texas military forces ordered into active service of the state by proper authority under other law.
Tex. Government Code § 25.2651 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.2651
§ 25.2651. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to statutory probate courts composed of more than one county.

(b) Except for Sections 25.0009, 25.0010(b), 25.0011, 25.0030(b), and 25.0031, Subchapters A and B apply to a statutory probate court composed of more than one county.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.029 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.029
§ 167.029. CONDITIONS, MANNER, AND METHOD OF MOVING AND HANDLING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall provide the conditions for and the manner and method of handling and moving animals:

(1) into, in, and from the tick eradication area;

(2) into, in, and from quarantined land or premises in the free area;

(3) into the released part of the free area; and

(4) into, in, and from the inactive quarantined area.

(b) Animals must be certified as being free from ticks and exposure to ticks, and must be moved to the destination without exposure, if the animals are to be moved:

(1) into the free area;

(2) from one county to another in the tick eradication area; or

(3) within a county to land or premises that are classified by the official records of the supervising inspector of the county as being free from ticks and exposure to ticks.

(c) The commission may adopt rules relating to testing, immunizing, treating, certifying, or marking or branding animals moving into this state from another state or country.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2402 / Section 2402.201
§ 2402.201. PERMIT SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

The department may suspend or revoke a permit issued to a transportation network company or delivery network company that violates a provision of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 101A.305 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.305
§ 101A.305. PATENT ROYALTIES AND LICENSE REVENUES PAID TO STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The oversight committee shall establish standards requiring all grant awards to be subject to an intellectual property agreement that allows this state to collect royalties, income, and other benefits, including interest or proceeds resulting from securities and equity ownership, realized as a result of projects undertaken with grant money awarded under this chapter.

(b) In determining this state's interest in any intellectual property rights, the oversight committee shall balance the opportunity of this state to benefit from the patents, royalties, licenses, and other benefits that result from basic research, therapy development, and clinical trials with the need to ensure that essential medical research is not unreasonably hindered by the intellectual property agreement and that the agreement does not unreasonably remove the incentive of the individual researcher, research team, or institution.

(c) The oversight committee may authorize the institute to execute a contract with one or more qualified third parties for assistance with the management, accounting, and disposition of this state's interest in securities, equities, royalties, income, and other benefits realized from grant money awarded under this chapter. The institute shall implement practices and procedures for the management, accounting, and disposition of securities, equities, royalties, income, and other benefits the institute determines are in this state's best interest.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.064
§ 2175.064. COOPERATION IN EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall cooperate with state agencies in an ongoing effort to evaluate surplus and salvage property to minimize loss resulting from accumulations of property.

(b) The commission shall cooperate with the state auditor in analyzing surplus and salvage property.
Tex. Government Code § 401.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.006
§ 401.006. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

The committee may not make a contract covered by the competitive bidding requirements of Article XVI, Section 21, of the Texas Constitution unless before awarding the contract the committee obtains at least three bids. The committee shall award the contract to the lowest bidder who in the opinion of the committee is most responsible and is best able to fulfill the terms of the contract. The committee may reject all bids if none in the opinion of the committee is responsible and able to fulfill the terms of the contract at a reasonable price.
Tex. Estates Code § 1203.057 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.057
§ 1203.057. REMOVAL OF JOINT GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

If a joint guardian is removed under Section 1203.052(a)(10), the other joint guardian is entitled to continue to serve as the sole guardian unless removed for a reason other than the dissolution of the joint guardians' marriage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8298.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8298 / Section 8298.001
§ 8298.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Cape Royale Utility District.
Tex. Family Code § 154.184 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.184
§ 154.184. EFFECT OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Receipt of a medical support order requiring that health insurance be provided for a child or a dental support order requiring that dental insurance be provided for a child shall be considered a change in the family circumstances of the employee or member, for health insurance purposes and dental insurance purposes, equivalent to the birth or adoption of a child.

(b) If the employee or member is eligible for dependent health coverage or dependent dental coverage, the employer shall automatically enroll the child for the first 31 days after the receipt of the order or notice of the medical support order or the dental support order under Section 154.186 on the same terms and conditions as apply to any other dependent child.

(c) The employer shall notify the insurer of the automatic enrollment.

(d) During the 31-day period, the employer and insurer shall complete all necessary forms and procedures to make the enrollment permanent or shall report in accordance with this subchapter the reasons the coverage cannot be made permanent.
Tex. Occupations Code § 258.210 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 258 / Section 258.210
§ 258.210. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the advisory committee or a person employed by the board or acting in an advisory capacity to the advisory committee and who provides information, counsel, or services to the advisory committee is not liable for damages for an action taken within the scope of the functions of the advisory committee.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the person acts with malice or without the reasonable belief that the action is warranted by the facts known to the person.

(c) This section does not provide immunity to a person described by Subsection (a) for a violation of a state or federal law or rule relating to the privacy of health information or the transmission of health information, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) and rules adopted under that Act.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0981 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0981
§ 152.0981. GREGG COUNTY.
Status: repealed

(a) The Gregg County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Gregg County, and the judge of each county court at law.

(b) The county judge is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative officer.

(c) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members an annual salary in an amount set by the commissioners court. The salary is for the added duties imposed on the members and shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 17, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Tex. Government Code § 420.041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 420 / Section 420.041
§ 420.041. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to physical evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense that is collected with respect to an active criminal case.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.0535 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.0535
§ 425.0535. ANNUAL VALUATION OF RESERVES FOR POLICIES AND CONTRACTS ISSUED ON OR AFTER OPERATIVE DATE OF VALUATION MANUAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserves for all outstanding life insurance contracts, annuity and pure endowment contracts, accident and health contracts, and deposit-type contracts of each company issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual.

(b) In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required of a foreign or alien company, the commissioner may accept a valuation made, or caused to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of another state if the valuation complies with the minimum standard provided by this subchapter.

(c) Sections 425.072(a), 425.073, and 425.074 apply to all policies and contracts issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.382 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.382
§ 61.382. NOTICE BY MAIL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who submits an original application for a license authorizing the retail sale of malt beverages for on-premises consumption shall give written notice of the application to each residential address and established neighborhood association located within 300 feet of any property line of the premises for which the license is sought.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) does not apply to an application that contains an application for a food and beverage certificate.

(c) The notice required by this section must be:

(1) delivered by mail at the applicant's expense;

(2) provided in English and a language other than English if it is likely that a substantial number of residents in the area speak a language other than English as their familiar language; and

(3) provided not earlier than the 14th day and not later than the 7th day before the date the application is filed.

(d) The applicant shall submit with an application for a license described by Subsection (a) a list of each residential address provided notice under this section.

(e) The notice must be provided on a form prescribed by the commission and must contain:

(1) the type of license and type of business for which the applicant has applied;

(2) the exact location of the place of business for which the license is sought;

(3) the name of each owner of the business or, if the business is operated under an assumed name, the trade name and the name of each owner;

(4) if the applicant is a corporation, the name and title of each officer; and

(5) a description of the procedure for protesting the application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8248.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8248 / Section 8248.102
§ 8248.102. ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

The district or any new district created by the division of the district may not annex the property of a landowner before obtaining written consent from the landowner. The annexation of the property must be completed by the district not later than one year after the district's receipt of the landowner's written consent. A landowner may revoke the landowner's consent to annexation before annexation by notifying the district in writing that the consent is revoked. A landowner's petition for annexation that meets the requirements of Chapter 49 or 54, Water Code, shall be considered as the landowner's written consent for the purposes of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 825.604 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.604
§ 825.604. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

The retirement system shall regularly provide information in an electronic format to members and retirees regarding the tutoring program established under Section 33.913, Education Code, that includes:

(1) general information regarding the tutoring program; and

(2) a statement directing members and retirees who want to participate in the tutoring program to contact their local school districts or open-enrollment charter schools for further guidance.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.101
§ 1501.101. GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREAS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 42 , Sec. 3.01(6), eff. September 1, 2015.

(b) A small employer health benefit plan issuer that refuses to issue a small employer health benefit plan in a geographic service area may not offer a health benefit plan to a small employer in the applicable service area before the fifth anniversary of the date of the refusal.

(c) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer is not required to offer or issue a small or large employer health benefit plan to:

(1) a small or large employer that is not located within a geographic service area of the issuer;

(2) an employee of a small or large employer who neither resides nor works in the geographic service area of the issuer; or

(3) a small or large employer located within a geographic service area of the issuer with respect to which area the issuer demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that the issuer:

(A) reasonably anticipates that it will not have the capacity to deliver services adequately because of obligations to existing covered individuals; and

(B) is acting uniformly without regard to the claims experience of the employer or any health status related factor of employees, employees' dependents, or new employees or dependents who may become eligible for the coverage.

(d) A small or large employer health benefit plan issuer that is unable to offer coverage in a geographic service area in accordance with a determination made by the commissioner under Subsection (c)(3) may not offer a small or large employer benefit plan, as applicable, in that service area before the 180th day after the later of:

(1) the date the issuer refuses to offer coverage; or

(2) the date the issuer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commissioner that it has regained the capacity to deliver services to small or large employers in the geographic service area.

(e) If the commissioner determines that requiring the acceptance of small or large employers under this chapter would place a small or large employer health benefit plan issuer in a financially impaired condition and that the issuer is acting uniformly without regard to the claims experience of the small or large employer or any health status related factors of eligible employees, eligible employees' dependents, or new employees or dependents who may become eligible for the coverage, the issuer may not offer coverage to small or large employers until the later of:

(1) the 180th day after the date the commissioner makes the determination; or

(2) the date the commissioner determines that accepting small or large employers would not place the issuer in a financially impaired condition.