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Tex. Occupations Code § 252.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 252 / Section 252.002
§ 252.002. MEMBER ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not eligible for appointment as a member if:

(1) the person's license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene has been revoked by the board for a violation of a statute of this state relating to the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene and the revocation is not overturned by final order of a court; or

(2) the person is an adverse party in civil litigation against the board.

(b) A person is not eligible for appointment as a dentist or dental hygienist member of the board if the person has a financial interest in any dental, dental hygiene, or medical school.

(c) A person is not eligible for appointment as a dental hygienist member of the board if the person is licensed to practice dentistry in this state.

(d) A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the board if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is registered, certified, or licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the field of health care;

(2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the board;

(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the board;

(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the board, other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for board membership, attendance, or expenses; or

(5) is employed by a board member.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 203.0083 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 203 / Section 203.0083
§ 203.0083. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule may establish advisory committees to make recommendations to the board on programs, rules, and policies administered by the board.

(b) In establishing an advisory committee under this section, the board shall adopt rules, including rules regarding:

(1) the purpose, role, responsibility, goals, and duration of the committee;

(2) the size of and quorum requirement for the committee;

(3) qualifications for committee membership;

(4) appointment procedures for members;

(5) terms of service for members;

(6) training requirements for members;

(7) policies to avoid conflicts of interest by members;

(8) a periodic review process to evaluate the continuing need for the committee; and

(9) policies to ensure the committee does not violate any provision of Chapter 551, Government Code, applicable to the board or the committee.

(c) The board shall establish a youth career and technical education advisory committee and adopt rules required by Subsection (b) for the committee. The advisory committee shall assist the department with overseeing and coordinating vocational training for youth in the custody of the department, including training provided by community colleges and other local entities with which the department may partner.
Tex. Finance Code § 182.502 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 182 / Section 182.502
§ 182.502. CONVERSION OF TRUST INSTITUTION INTO STATE TRUST COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) A trust institution may apply to the banking commissioner for conversion into a state trust company on a form prescribed by the banking commissioner and accompanied by any required fee if the trust institution follows the procedures prescribed by the laws of the United States, this state, another state, or another country governing the exit of the trust institution for the purpose of conversion into a state trust company from the regulatory system applicable before the conversion. A trust association or limited trust association may convert its organizational form under this section.

(b) A trust institution applying to convert into a state trust company may receive a certificate of authority to do business as a state trust company if the banking commissioner finds that:

(1) the trust institution is not engaging in a pattern or practice of unsafe and unsound fiduciary or banking practices;

(2) the trust institution has adequate capitalization for a state trust company to act as a fiduciary at the same locations as the trust institution is acting as a fiduciary before the conversion;

(3) the trust institution can be expected to operate profitably after the conversion;

(4) the officers and directors of the trust institution as a group have sufficient fiduciary experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the trust institution will operate as a state trust company in compliance with law; and

(5) each principal shareholder has sufficient experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the trust institution will be free from improper or unlawful influence or interference with respect to the trust institution's operation as a state trust company in compliance with law.

(c) The banking commissioner may:

(1) request additional information considered necessary to make an informed decision under this section;

(2) perform an examination of the converting trust institution at the expense of the converting trust institution; and

(3) require that examination fees be paid before a certificate of authority is issued.

(d) In connection with the application, the converting trust institution must:

(1) submit a statement of the law governing the exit of the trust institution from the regulatory system applicable before the conversion and the terms of the transition into a state trust company; and

(2) demonstrate that all applicable law has been fully satisfied.
Tex. Water Code § 36.156 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.156
§ 36.156. INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Funds of the district may be invested and reinvested in accordance with the provisions of the Public Funds Investment Act, Chapter 2256, Government Code.

(b) The board, by resolution, may provide that an authorized representative of the district may invest and reinvest the funds of the district and provide for money to be withdrawn from the appropriate accounts of the district for investments on such terms as the board considers advisable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3811.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3811 / Section 3811.102
§ 3811.102. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as, for the same term as, and on the conditions of the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.064
§ 2155.064. SCHEDULE AND BULK PURCHASING.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may combine orders in a system of schedule purchasing and shall attempt to benefit from bulk purchasing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1060.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1060 / Section 1060.253
§ 1060.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The tax assessor-collector of Menard County shall collect taxes for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8068.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8068 / Section 8068.0305
§ 8068.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Election Code § 87.028 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.028
§ 87.028. ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On request, a county election official shall provide to a member of an early voting ballot board all available information necessary to fulfilling the functions of the board, including any information from the statewide computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061.

(b) On request, a county election official shall provide to a member of a signature verification committee all available information necessary to fulfilling the functions of the committee, including any information from the statewide computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061.

(c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to prevent a member of an early voting ballot board or signature verification committee from retaining or sharing personally identifiable information from the statewide computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061 obtained under this section for any reason unrelated to the official's official duties.
Tex. Election Code § 65.014 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 65 / Section 65.014
§ 65.014. PREPARING THE PRECINCT RETURNS.
Status: in_force

(a) On completion of the vote count, the presiding judge shall prepare the returns of the election for the precinct.

(b) The returns must state:

(1) the total number of voters who voted at the polling place as indicated by the poll list; and

(2) the total number of votes counted for each candidate and for and against each measure.

(b) The returns must state:

(1) the total number of voters who voted at the polling place during early voting by personal appearance and on election day as indicated by the poll list; and

(2) the total number of votes counted for each candidate and for and against each measure.

(c) The returns shall be prepared as an original and three copies, and on completing the returns, the presiding judge shall sign each one to certify its accuracy.

(d) A presiding judge commits an offense if the judge knowingly fails:

(1) to include in the precinct returns the applicable information required by this code; or

(2) to complete the returns in time for them to be delivered by the deadline prescribed by Section 66.053(c) for delivery of the precinct election records.

(e) An offense under Subsection (d) is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8337.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8337 / Section 8337.152
§ 8337.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8337.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.001
§ 1086.001. 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 Crosby County Hospital District.
Tex. Government Code § 2163.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2163 / Section 2163.001
§ 2163.001. REVIEW PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall develop a systematic review process to identify commercially available services being performed by the comptroller and study the services to determine if they may be better provided by other state agency providers of the services or private commercial sources.

(b) In reviewing its services, the comptroller shall:

(1) determine whether competitive vendors exist in the private sector;

(2) compare the cost of contracting for the services from other state agency providers of the services or private commercial sources to the comptroller's cost of performing the services; and

(3) document cost savings from contracting for the services from other state agency providers of the services or private commercial sources.

(c) Each commercially available service performed by the comptroller shall be reviewed at least once every six years.
Tex. Occupations Code § 251.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 251 / Section 251.001
§ 251.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This subtitle may be cited as the Dental Practice Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7948.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7948 / Section 7948.051
§ 7948.051. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, other than the requirement that the letter be submitted by the date specified by that section.

(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain under Section 2206.101(c), Government Code, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law applicable to the district on or after the 90th day after the date the district submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 152.0041 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0041
§ 152.0041. RESTRICTION ON USE OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A board member who is a physician or a physician acting as an agent of the board, including a member of an expert physician panel appointed under Section 154.056(e), may not use information to which the person has access solely by virtue of the person's position as a member or agent of the board for the benefit of the person's practice or for the benefit of another physician or person affiliated with the physician.
Tex. Government Code § 43.173 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.173
§ 43.173.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.173. 266TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of the 266th Judicial District elect a district attorney who represents the state in all cases before that district court.
Tex. Government Code § 152.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 152 / Section 152.054
§ 152.054. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the commission until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) this subtitle and the rules of the commission, with an emphasis on the rules that relate to the commission's disciplinary and investigatory authority;

(2) rules of ethics, codes of conduct, and other rules adopted by the supreme court that are applicable to each profession regulated or subject to oversight by the commission;

(3) the role and functions of the commission;

(4) the current budget for the commission;

(5) the results of the most recent formal audit of the commission; and

(6) any ethics policies applicable to the commission and adopted by the commission or supreme court.

(c) A person appointed to the commission is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.
Tex. Government Code § 2176.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2176 / Section 2176.006
§ 2176.006. MAILING LISTS.
Status: in_force

A state agency in Travis County shall review and consolidate mailing lists used by the agency to distribute publications and other materials issued by the agency.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.604 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.604
§ 1001.604. RELIANCE ON ADVISORY OPINION.
Status: in_force

It is a defense to prosecution or to imposition of a civil penalty that a person reasonably relied on a written advisory opinion of the board relating to:

(1) the provision of the law the person is alleged to have violated; or

(2) a fact situation that is substantially similar to the fact situation in which the person is involved.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8830.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8830 / Section 8830.105
§ 8830.105. REGISTRATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXEMPT WELLS.
Status: in_force

The district may adopt rules that require the owner or operator of a well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Section 36.117, Water Code, to register the well with the district and, except for a well exempt from permitting under Subsection (b)(1) of that section, to report groundwater withdrawals from the well using reasonable and appropriate reporting methods and frequency.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 32.16 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 32 / Section 32.16
§ 32.16. UNAUTHORIZED MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

No private club registration permittee may allow its average membership to exceed that authorized by its permit.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.206 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.206
§ 521.206. COLLISION RATE STATISTICS PUBLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall collect data regarding collisions of students taught by public schools, driver education providers licensed under Chapter 1001, Education Code, and other entities that offer driver education courses to students for which a uniform certificate of course completion is issued. The collision rate is computed by determining the number of an entity's students who complete a driver education course during a state fiscal year, dividing that number by the number of collisions that involved students who completed such a course and that occurred in the 12-month period following their licensure, and expressing the quotient as a percentage.

(b) The department shall collect data regarding the collision rate of students taught by course instructors approved under Section 1001.112, Education Code. The collision rate is computed by determining the number of students who completed a course taught under that section during a state fiscal year, dividing that number by the number of collisions that involved students who completed such a course and that occurred in the 12-month period following their licensure, and expressing the quotient as a percentage.

(c) Not later than October 1 of each year, the department shall issue a publication listing the collision rate for students taught by each driver education entity and the collision rate for students taught by a course instructor approved under Section 1001.112, Education Code, noting the severity of collisions involving students of each entity and each type of course.
Tex. Local Government Code § 395.020 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.020
§ 395.020. ENTITLEMENT TO SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Any new development for which an impact fee has been paid is entitled to the permanent use and benefit of the services for which the fee was exacted and is entitled to receive immediate service from any existing facilities with actual capacity to serve the new service units, subject to compliance with other valid regulations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0322 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0322
§ 8512.0322. PUBLIC USE OF AUTHORITY'S SURPLUS LAND.
Status: in_force

The authority may not prevent free public use of the authority's surplus land for recreational purposes, hunting, or fishing except to the extent to which, in the board's opinion, the use would interfere with the proper conduct of the business.
Tex. Government Code § 62.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.105
§ 62.105. DISQUALIFICATION FOR PARTICULAR JURY.
Status: in_force

A person is disqualified to serve as a petit juror in a particular case if he:

(1) is a witness in the case;

(2) is interested, directly or indirectly, in the subject matter of the case;

(3) is related by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree, as determined under Chapter 573, to a party in the case;

(4) has a bias or prejudice in favor of or against a party in the case; or

(5) has served as a petit juror in a former trial of the same case or in another case involving the same questions of fact.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.099 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.099
§ 31.099. PROHIBITION ON CIRCULAR COURSE AROUND INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN WATER ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) No person may operate a motorboat in a circular course around:

(1) any other boat or personal watercraft any occupant of which is engaged in fishing, waterskiing, or a similar activity; or

(2) any person swimming.

(a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person operating a motorboat in a circular course to retrieve a downed or fallen water-skier or other person engaged in a similar activity.

(b) No swimmer or diver may come within 200 yards of a sight-seeing or excursion boat except for maintenance purposes or unless within an enclosed area.
Tex. Education Code § 85.13 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.13
§ 85.13. CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall forward a certificate to each regent within 10 days after his appointment, notifying him of the fact of his appointment. If any person so appointed and notified fails for 10 days to give notice to the governor of his acceptance, his appointment shall be deemed void and his place shall be filled as in the case of a vacancy.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1101.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.051
§ 1101.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by this subchapter, this subchapter applies to a life insurance policy:

(1) issued or delivered in this state; or

(2) issued by a life insurance company organized in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.103
§ 1301.103. DEADLINE FOR ACTION ON CLEAN CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Sections 1301.104 and 1301.1054, not later than the 45th day after the date an insurer receives a clean claim from a preferred provider in a nonelectronic format or the 30th day after the date an insurer receives a clean claim from a preferred provider that is electronically submitted, the insurer shall make a determination of whether the claim is payable and:

(1) if the insurer determines the entire claim is payable, pay the total amount of the claim in accordance with the contract between the preferred provider and the insurer;

(2) if the insurer determines a portion of the claim is payable, pay the portion of the claim that is not in dispute and notify the preferred provider in writing why the remaining portion of the claim will not be paid; or

(3) if the insurer determines that the claim is not payable, notify the preferred provider in writing why the claim will not be paid.