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Tex. Insurance Code § 2704.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2704 / Section 2704.004
§ 2704.004. EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a company that:

(1) does not assume primary liability in a reinsurance contract; or

(2) acts as coinsurer, if at least one of the other coinsurers has complied with this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 373.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 373 / Section 373.001
§ 373.001. XERISCAPE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board on request shall assist counties and municipalities by providing a model xeriscape code and other technical assistance.

(b) The board shall work with counties and municipalities to promote, through educational programs and publications, the use of xeriscape practices, including the use of compost, in existing residential and commercial development.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board.

(2) "Xeriscape" has the meaning assigned by Section 2166.404, Government Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.041 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 58 / Section 58.041
§ 58.041. ISSUANCE OF DEBT BY TEXAS PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "debt instrument" means a note, debenture, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness.

(b) The Texas Public Finance Authority has the exclusive authority to act on behalf of the authority in issuing debt instruments authorized to be issued by the authority. A reference in law to a debt instrument issued by the authority, in the context of a debt instrument issued on or after September 1, 2009, means a debt instrument issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 58.034(e), the authority shall pay all costs incurred by the Texas Public Finance Authority for issuing debt instruments on behalf of the authority and associated fees and expenses.

(d) When the board authorizes the issuance of debt instruments to fund a loan, the authority shall notify the Texas Public Finance Authority of the amount of the loan and the recipient of the loan and request the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue debt instruments in an amount necessary to fund the loan. The authority and the Texas Public Finance Authority shall determine the amount and time of a debt instrument issue to best provide funds for one or multiple loans.

(e) The Texas Public Finance Authority, at the request of the authority, may issue debt instruments to provide money to the Texas agricultural fund.

(f) The Texas Public Finance Authority may sell debt instruments in any manner it determines to be in the best interest of the authority, except that it may not sell a debt instrument that has not been approved by the attorney general and registered with the comptroller.

(g) The board, in consultation with the Texas Public Finance Authority, shall adopt rules containing criteria for evaluating the creditworthiness of loan applicants and the financial feasibility of projects to be funded with debt instruments issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority.

(h) The Texas Public Finance Authority may enter into a credit agreement for a debt instrument issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority for a period and on conditions approved by the Texas Public Finance Authority.

(i) This subsection applies only in relation to general obligation debt instruments. To the extent other sources of revenue available for payment of the authority's debts are insufficient and in accordance with the Texas Constitution, general revenue is to be appropriated to the Texas Public Finance Authority in an amount determined by the Texas Public Finance Authority to be necessary to pay the principal, premium if any, and interest on general obligation debt instruments issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority, and that amount shall be specified in the biennial appropriations acts.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.317 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.317
§ 204.317. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS OR RULINGS BY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.
Status: in_force

The physician assistant board may change a finding of fact or conclusion of law or vacate or modify an order of an administrative law judge only if the physician assistant board makes a determination required by Section 2001.058(e), Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577 / Section 577.006
§ 577.006. FEES.
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall charge each hospital every two years a license fee for an initial license or a license renewal.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt the fees authorized by Subsection (a) in accordance with Section 12.0111 and according to a schedule under which the number of beds in the hospital determines the amount of the fee. A minimum license fee may be established.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt fees for hospital plan reviews according to a schedule under which the amounts of the fees are based on the estimated construction costs.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(109), eff. April 2, 2015.

(e) The department shall charge a fee for field surveys of construction plans reviewed under this section. The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a fee schedule for the surveys that provides a minimum fee and a maximum fee for each survey conducted.

(f) The department annually shall review the fee schedules to ensure that the fees charged are based on the estimated costs to and level of effort expended by the department.

(g) The executive commissioner may establish staggered license renewal dates and dates on which fees are due.

(h) A fee adopted under this chapter must be based on the estimated cost to and level of effort expended by the department to conduct the activity for which the fee is imposed.

(i) All license fees collected shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1151
§ 25.1151. HOUSTON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Houston County has one statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Houston County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.103
§ 1037.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.

(b) Unless specifically stated otherwise in this chapter, the board has the power to do anything which, in their opinion, is necessary for the good maintenance, operation, and welfare of the district and the district's employees, patients, and property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8811.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8811 / Section 8811.004
§ 8811.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The initial boundaries of the district are coextensive with the city limits of the City of Corpus Christi and include:

(1) property owned by or under contract to the City of Corpus Christi in Nueces and Kleberg Counties; and

(2) in San Patricio County, property owned by or under contract to the City of Corpus Christi and bounded on the west by Interstate Highway 37 and U.S. Highway 77, on the north by the metropolitan planning organization boundary, on the east by County Road 2849, and on the south by the city limits of the City of Corpus Christi.
Tex. Government Code § 574.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 574 / Section 574.005
§ 574.005. LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS ON STATE GOVERNING BODIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Local government" means a county, a municipality, a special district or authority, or another political subdivision of this state.

(2) "State agency" means a department, commission, board, office, council, authority, or other agency in the executive branch of state government that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a university system or institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) An individual who holds an elected or appointed local government office may be appointed to the governing body of a state agency if otherwise eligible. The individual may not receive compensation for serving on the governing body of the state agency but may be reimbursed as provided by other law for a reasonable and necessary expense incurred in the performance of an official function.

(c) Rules adopted under Section 574.003 are not required to implement this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.162 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.162
§ 4001.162. RESTRICTION ON APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization may not appoint more than 500 temporary license holders during a calendar year.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt reasonable rules setting standards for an agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization to appoint more than 500 temporary license holders during a calendar year. The standards must include consideration of the ability of an agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization to monitor appointed temporary agents.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9013.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9013 / Section 9013.003
§ 9013.003. 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.

(d) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter is for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their property and industries. The district in carrying out the purposes of this chapter will be performing an essential public function under the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Utilities Code § 161.055 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 161 / Section 161.055
§ 161.055. FILING AND RECORDING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall receive articles of incorporation of an electric cooperative if the incorporators of the cooperative:

(1) apply for filing the articles;

(2) furnish satisfactory evidence of compliance with this chapter to the secretary of state; and

(3) pay a fee of $10.

(b) The secretary of state shall:

(1) file the articles of incorporation in the secretary's office;

(2) record the articles at length in a book to be kept for that purpose;

(3) retain the original articles of incorporation on file in the secretary's office; and

(4) issue a certificate showing the recording of the articles of incorporation and the electric cooperative's authority to do business under the articles.

(c) A copy of the articles of incorporation or of the record of the articles, certified under the state seal, is evidence of the creation of the electric cooperative.

(d) The existence of the electric cooperative dates from the filing of the articles in the office of the secretary of state. The certificate of the secretary of state is evidence of that filing.
Tex. Insurance Code § 844.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 844 / Section 844.003
§ 844.003. EXCEPTIONS TO TEXAS HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION ACT.
Status: in_force

This chapter may not be construed to alter the exceptions stated in Sections 843.053 and 843.073.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8495.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8495 / Section 8495.051
§ 8495.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8495.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Family Code § 107.256 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.256
§ 107.256. CREATION OF OFFICE OF CHILD REPRESENTATION OR OFFICE OF PARENT REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An office described by Section 107.254 or 107.255 may be a governmental entity or a nonprofit corporation operating under a written agreement with a governmental entity, other than an individual judge or court.

(b) The commissioners court of any county, on written approval of a judge of a statutory county court or a district court having family law jurisdiction in the county, may create an office of child representation, an office of parent representation, or both offices by establishing a department of the county or designating under a contract a nonprofit corporation to perform the duties of an office.

(c) The commissioners courts of two or more counties may enter into a written agreement to jointly create and jointly fund a regional office of child representation, a regional office of parent representation, or both regional offices.

(d) In creating an office of child representation or office of parent representation under this section, the commissioners court shall specify or the commissioners courts shall jointly specify, as applicable:

(1) the duties of the office;

(2) the types of cases to which the office may be appointed under this chapter and the courts in which an attorney employed by the office may be required to appear;

(3) if the office is a nonprofit corporation, the term during which the contract designating the office is effective and how that contract may be renewed on expiration of the term; and

(4) if an oversight board is established under Section 107.262 for the office, the powers and duties that have been delegated to the oversight board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3929.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3929 / Section 3929.253
§ 3929.253. BORROWING MONEY; OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the terms of the development and operating agreement required under Section 3929.156, the district may borrow money for a district purpose, including the acquisition or construction of improvement projects authorized by this chapter and the reimbursement of a person who develops or owns an improvement project authorized by this chapter, by issuing bonds, notes, time warrants, or other obligations, or by entering into a contract or other agreement payable wholly or partly from an assessment, a contract payment, a grant, revenue from a zone created under Chapter 311 or 312, Tax Code, other district revenue, or a combination of these sources.

(b) An obligation described by Subsection (a):

(1) may bear interest at a rate determined by the board; and

(2) may include a term or condition as determined by the board.

(c) The board may issue an obligation under this section without an election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8076.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8076 / Section 8076.0105
§ 8076.0105. 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, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4021.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4021 / Section 4021.0310
§ 4021.0310. 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.

(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.

(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 the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting 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, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

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

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

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

(f) 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.

(g) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by 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.

(h) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 4021.0506 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8206.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8206 / Section 8206.103
§ 8206.103. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.

(b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:

(1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or

(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.

(c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a road that is located in the district and that has been certified by the licensed engineer as a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road, or any improvements in aid of the certified road.

(d) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and

(2) each county in which the road project is located if the road project is not located in the corporate limits of a municipality.

(e) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:

(1) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; or

(2) a county in which the road project is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985 / Section 7985.201
§ 7985.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Water Code § 65.020 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.020
§ 65.020. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011, the commission shall conduct a hearing and accept evidence on the sufficiency of the resolution and whether or not the request for conversion for each purpose specified in the resolution, as required by Section 65.015, is feasible and practicable and is necessary and would be a benefit to all or any part of the land proposed to be included in the district. The commission may only consider a purpose for which the district is being created that is specified in the resolution.

(b) The commission has jurisdiction to determine all issues on the sufficiency of the resolution and the creation of the district.

(c) The hearing may be adjourned from day to day, and the commission may make all incidental orders necessary with respect to the matters before it.
Tex. Tax Code § 152.083 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 152 / Section 152.083
§ 152.083. LEASE OF MOTOR VEHICLE TO PUBLIC AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The taxes imposed by this chapter do not apply to the purchase of a motor vehicle that is to be leased to a public agency.

(b) This exemption applies only if the person purchasing the motor vehicle to be leased presents the tax assessor-collector a form prescribed and provided by the comptroller and showing:

(1) the identification of the motor vehicle;

(2) the name and address of the lessor and the lessee; and

(3) verification by an officer of the public agency to which the motor vehicle will be leased that the agency will operate the vehicle with an exempt license plate issued under Section 502.451, Transportation Code.

(c) If a motor vehicle for which the tax has not been paid ceases to be leased to a public agency, the owner shall notify the comptroller on a form provided by the comptroller and shall pay the sales or use tax on the motor vehicle based on the owner's book value of the motor vehicle. The tax is imposed at the same rate that is provided by Section 152.021(b) of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8092.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8092 / Section 8092.0201
§ 8092.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8092.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Labor Code § 308.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 308 / Section 308.001
§ 308.001. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter is enacted to enlist employers in a partnership with this state to assist recipients of public assistance in developing marketable work skills and obtaining employment.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.032 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 20 / Section 20.032
§ 20.032. NOTIFICATION OF SECURITY ALERT.
Status: in_force

A consumer reporting agency shall notify a person who requests a consumer report if a security alert is in effect for the consumer file involved in that report and include a verification telephone number for the consumer if the consumer has provided a number under Section 20.031.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.111
§ 1074.111. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3849.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3849 / Section 3849.155
§ 3849.155. 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.

(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 lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; 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 the board 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.