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Tex. Finance Code § 123.210 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 123 / Section 123.210
§ 123.210. SALE OF CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS OR SECURITIES; FEE.
Status: in_force

A credit union may:

(1) collect, receive, and disburse money:

(A) in connection with the sale of a traveler's check, money order, cashier's check or draft, treasurer's draft, similar instrument, or security of any type; or

(B) for another purpose that may provide a benefit or convenience for its members; and

(2) collect a fee for those services.
Tex. Occupations Code § 505.603 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.603
§ 505.603. CAUSE OF ACTION FOR RETALIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person named as a defendant in a civil action or subjected by the person's employer to other retaliatory action as a result of filing a report authorized, or reasonably believed to be authorized, under this subchapter may file a counterclaim in the pending action or prove a cause of action in a subsequent suit to recover defense costs, including reasonable attorney's fees and actual and punitive damages, if the suit or retaliatory action is determined to be frivolous, unreasonable, or taken in bad faith.

(b) A person may not suspend or terminate the employment of, or otherwise discipline or discriminate against, a person who makes a report, without malice, under this subchapter.

(c) A person who makes a report under this subchapter has a cause of action against a person who violates Subsection (b) and may recover:

(1) the greater of:

(A) actual damages, including damages for mental anguish even if no other injury is shown; or

(B) $1,000;

(2) exemplary damages;

(3) court costs; and

(4) reasonable attorney's fees.

(d) In addition to the amount recovered under Subsection (c), a person whose employment is suspended or terminated in violation of this section is entitled to:

(1) reinstatement in the employee's former position or severance pay in an amount equal to three months of the employee's most recent salary; and

(2) compensation for wages lost during the period of suspension or termination.

(e) A person who brings an action under this section has the burden of proof. It is a rebuttable presumption that the person's employment was suspended or terminated for making a report under this subchapter if:

(1) the person was suspended or terminated within 60 days after the date the report was made; and

(2) the person to whom the report that is the subject of the cause of action was made or the court determines that the report was:

(A) authorized under this subchapter; and

(B) made without malice.

(f) An action under this section may be brought in a district court of the county in which:

(1) the plaintiff resides;

(2) the plaintiff was employed by the defendant; or

(3) the defendant conducts business.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.265 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.265
§ 46C.265. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The person responsible for administering a regimen of outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision shall:

(1) monitor the condition of the acquitted person; and

(2) determine whether the acquitted person is complying with the regimen of treatment and supervision.

(b) The person responsible for administering a regimen of outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision shall notify the court ordering that treatment and supervision and the attorney representing the state if the person:

(1) fails to comply with the regimen; and

(2) becomes likely to cause serious harm to another.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.151
§ 8852.151. REVENUE.
Status: in_force

To pay the maintenance and operating costs of the district and to pay any bonds or notes issued by the district, the district may impose ad valorem taxes at a rate not to exceed three cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.097 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.097
§ 12.097. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) All records, reports, and testimony relating to the medical condition of an applicant or license holder:

(1) are for the confidential use of the medical advisory board, a panel, or the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;

(2) are privileged information; and

(3) may not be disclosed to any person or used as evidence in a trial except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) In a subsequent proceeding under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, or Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, the department may provide a copy of the report of the medical advisory board or panel and a medical record or report relating to an applicant or license holder to:

(1) the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;

(2) the applicant or license holder; and

(3) the officer who presides at the hearing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.251
§ 1070.251. OBLIGATIONS AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue, sell, and deliver obligations and execute corresponding credit agreements in the manner provided by Chapters 1201 and 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 29.018 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.018
§ 29.018. SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) From funds appropriated for the purposes of this section, federal funds, or any other funds available, the commissioner shall make grants available to school districts to assist districts in covering the cost of educating students with disabilities.

(b) A school district is eligible to apply for a grant under this section if:

(1) the district does not receive sufficient funds, including state funds provided under Sections 48.102 and 48.1021 and federal funds, for a student with disabilities to pay for the special education services provided to the student; or

(2) the district does not receive sufficient funds, including state funds provided under Sections 48.102 and 48.1021 and federal funds, for all students with disabilities in the district to pay for the special education services provided to the students.

(c) A school district that applies for a grant under this section must provide the commissioner with a report comparing the state and federal funds received by the district for students with disabilities and the expenses incurred by the district in providing special education services to students with disabilities.

(d) Expenses that may be included by a school district in applying for a grant under this section include the cost of training personnel to provide special education services to a student with disabilities.

(e) A school district that receives a grant under this section must educate students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment that is appropriate to meet the student's educational needs.

(f) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.157
§ 3852.157. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, contracts, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) The district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.

(c) The district may issue a bond to refinance a public security issued by the City of Pflugerville or to finance a district project located outside the boundaries of the district if the board finds that the refinancing or project wholly or partly furthers the purposes of and benefits the district.

(d) Sections 375.208 and 375.243, Local Government Code, do not apply to bonds or other obligations issued under this section solely to pay for a project constructed by the City of Pflugerville and payable wholly or partly from payments made by the City of Pflugerville under an agreement authorized under Section 3852.105.

(e) The district may issue bonds in accordance with terms and provisions as determined by the board, including the sale of bonds in a manner and with terms as determined by the board. As provided by Section 3852.007, Sections 375.202, 375.203, 375.205, and 375.206, Local Government Code, apply to bonds issued under this section.

(f) A bond issued under this section may be refunded or otherwise refinanced by the issuance of refunding bonds under terms or conditions determined by board order or resolution. A refunding bond may be issued in an amount necessary to pay the principal and any interest and redemption premium of bonds to be refunded, at maturity or on any redemption date, and issued to provide for the payment of costs incurred in connection with the refunding. A refunding bond may be issued in any manner provided by law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2154.207 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2154 / Section 2154.207
§ 2154.207. INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other requirements, an applicant for a permit under Section 2154.253 must submit to the authority having jurisdiction evidence of a general liability insurance policy in an amount of not less than $1 million unless the commissioner decreases the amount under Section 2154.051. The permit may not be issued without evidence of insurance as required by this section.

(b) The general liability insurance policy required by this section shall be conditioned to pay the amount of money the insured becomes obligated to pay as damages because of bodily injury and property damage caused by an occurrence involving the insured or the insured's servant, officer, agent, or employee in the conduct of a display of pyrotechnics and flame effects.

(c) Evidence of the general liability insurance policy required by this section must be in the form of a certificate of insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in this state and countersigned by an insurance agent licensed in this state.

(d) A certificate of insurance for surplus lines coverage obtained under Chapter 981, Insurance Code, through a licensed Texas surplus lines agent resident in this state may be filed with the commissioner as evidence of coverage required by this section.

(e) An insurer may not cancel a certificate of insurance issued under this section unless the insurer gives the authority having jurisdiction notice of intent to cancel.

(f) This section may be satisfied by a city, county, or other political subdivision presenting proof of its participation in a self-insurance fund or a fund created under Chapter 791, Government Code, covering the liability requirements under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.322 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.322
§ 1702.322. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a person who has full-time employment as a peace officer and who receives compensation for private employment on an individual or an independent contractor basis as a patrolman, guard, extra job coordinator, or watchman if the officer:

(A) is employed in an employee-employer relationship or employed on an individual contractual basis:

(i) directly by the recipient of the services; or

(ii) by a company licensed under this chapter;

(B) is not in the employ of another peace officer;

(C) is not a reserve peace officer; and

(D) works as a peace officer on the average of at least 32 hours a week, is compensated by the state or a political subdivision of the state at least at the minimum wage, and is entitled to all employee benefits offered to a peace officer by the state or political subdivision;

(2) a reserve peace officer while the reserve officer is performing guard, patrolman, or watchman duties for a county and is being compensated solely by that county;

(3) a peace officer acting in an official capacity in responding to a burglar alarm or detection device; or

(4) a person engaged in the business of electronic monitoring of an individual as a condition of that individual's community supervision, parole, mandatory supervision, or release on bail, if the person does not perform any other service that requires a license under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 362.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 362 / Section 362.103
§ 362.103. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt procedural and substantive rules relating to approval of a project under this subchapter, including rules requiring consideration of:

(1) the integration of the project into the state highway system embodied in the existing regional transportation plan, including the plan developed by the metropolitan planning organization, if any, of a municipality the territory or extraterritorial jurisdiction in which the project is proposed to be located;

(2) the potential effect of the project on the economy of the region in which the project is located, including the economy of each county in which the project is located and the economy of each municipality in those counties; and

(3) the potential effect of the project on the free flow of trade between the United Mexican States and this state, if the project is located in whole or in part in:

(A) a county bordering the United Mexican States; or

(B) a county adjacent to a county described by Paragraph (A).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.051
§ 1107.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of seven voting managers and one nonvoting manager as follows:

(1) one voting manager elected from each commissioners precinct of Titus County;

(2) three voting managers elected from the district at large; and

(3) the chief of the medical staff of the district's principal hospital serving as a nonvoting ex officio manager.

(b) The election order must provide for clerks as in county elections and must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding and alternate election judges for each polling place; and

(4) the form of the ballot.

(c) The board shall declare the results of the election.

(d) Voting managers serve staggered four-year terms.

(e) An election shall be held on the uniform election date in May, or another date authorized by law, of each even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of voting managers.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.052 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.052
§ 11.052. WINDING UP PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by the title of this code governing the domestic entity, on the occurrence of an event requiring winding up of a domestic entity, unless the event requiring winding up is revoked under Section 11.151 or canceled under Section 11.152, the owners, members, managerial officials, or other persons specified in the title of this code governing the domestic entity shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, wind up the business and affairs of the domestic entity. The domestic entity shall:

(1) cease to carry on its business, except to the extent necessary to wind up its business;

(2) if the domestic entity is not a general partnership, send a written notice of the winding up to each known claimant against the domestic entity;

(3) collect and sell its property to the extent the property is not to be distributed in kind to the domestic entity's owners or members; and

(4) perform any other act required to wind up its business and affairs.

(b) During the winding up process, the domestic entity may prosecute or defend a civil, criminal, or administrative action.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.154 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.154
§ 140B.154. TEMPORARY DEPOSIT IN COURT REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

Pending the final distribution of the cash or cash proceeds under this subchapter, the court may authorize the cash or cash proceeds to be deposited in the court registry or in a qualified public depository.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 825.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 825 / Section 825.007
§ 825.007. CONSTRUCTION WITH PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE.
Status: in_force

Section 71.004(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, does not apply to a hunter or trapper while performing duties under this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 314A.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 314A / Section 314A.152
§ 314A.152. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DESIGNATED AGENCY ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person aggrieved by a decision of the designated agency in granting, denying, or refusing to act on an application for a certificate of public advantage submitted under Subchapter B or revoking a certificate of public advantage issued under this chapter may appeal the final order by filing a petition for judicial review in a district court of Travis County.

(b) The filing of a petition for judicial review of a decision by the designated agency to revoke a certificate of public advantage stays enforcement of the agency's decision.

(c) Not later than the 45th day after the date a person files a petition for judicial review under this section, the designated agency shall submit to the district court the original copy or a certified copy of the entirety of the agency's record regarding the decision under review. By stipulation of all parties, the record may be shortened. The district court may require or permit later corrections or additions to the record. The district court may extend the period prescribed by this subsection for submitting the agency's record to the court.

(d) The district court shall conduct the review sitting without a jury.

(e) The district court may reverse a decision by the designated agency regarding revocation of a certificate of public advantage if the court finds that the decision is:

(1) in violation of a constitutional or statutory provision;

(2) in excess of the agency's statutory authority;

(3) made through unlawful procedure;

(4) arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion; or

(5) unsupported by substantial and material evidence in light of the record as a whole.

(f) Under Subsection (e)(5), in determining the substantiality of the evidence, the district court:

(1) shall consider other evidence that detracts from the substantiality; and

(2) may not substitute its judgment for the judgment of the designated agency on the weight of the evidence as to a question of fact.

(g) The district court shall issue a written decision setting forth the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. The designated agency shall add the court's decision to the agency's record.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 105.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 105 / Section 105.001
§ 105.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Health profession" means any health or allied health profession that is licensed, certified, or registered by a state board, agency, or association.

(2) "Council" means the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council.

(3) "Freestanding emergency medical care facility" means a facility licensed under Chapter 254.

(4) "Home health agency" means a home and community support services agency licensed under Chapter 142.

(5) "Hospital" means a general or special hospital licensed under Chapter 241, a private mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577, or a hospital that is maintained or operated by this state or an agency of this state.

(6) "Nursing facility" means an institution licensed under Chapter 242.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.068 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.068
§ 1084.068. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 1084.055, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities, shall be:

(1) maintained at the district office; and

(2) open to public inspection at the district office at all reasonable hours.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8824.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8824 / Section 8824.005
§ 8824.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 36, Water Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.006
§ 1015.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.651 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.651
§ 1051.651. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may set a fee for a board action involving an administrative expense in an amount that is reasonable and necessary to cover the cost of administering this chapter, unless the amount of the fee is set by this chapter or by the General Appropriations Act.

(b) The board shall set the required renewal fee for:

(1) a resident of this state in an amount that is equal to the sum of:

(A) the amount determined by the board as reasonable and necessary to cover administrative costs; and

(B) an amount determined annually by the board as reasonable and necessary for the administration of the examination fee scholarship program under Section 1051.653; and

(2) nonresidents in an amount determined by the board.

(c) The board may accept payment of a fee by electronic means. The board may charge a fee to process the payment made by electronic means. The board shall set the processing fee in an amount that is reasonably related to the expense incurred by the board in processing the payment made by electronic means, not to exceed five percent of the amount of the fee for which the payment is made.

(d) A fee set by the board under this section may not be used for the purpose of earning additional revenue for the board.
Tex. Government Code § 662.154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.154
§ 662.154. TEXAS NATIVE PLANT WEEK.
Status: in_force

(a) The third full week in October is Texas Native Plant Week to celebrate the native plants of Texas.

(b) Texas Native Plant Week may be regularly observed in public schools and other places with programs to appreciate, explore, and study Texas native plants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960 / Section 7960.0102
§ 7960.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1467.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1467 / Section 1467.002
§ 1467.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to:

(1) a health benefit plan offered by a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;

(2) a preferred provider benefit plan, including an exclusive provider benefit plan, offered by an insurer under Chapter 1301; and

(3) an administrator of a health benefit plan, other than a health maintenance organization plan, under Chapter 1551, 1575, or 1579.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9068.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9068 / Section 9068.002
§ 9068.002. 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 a water control and improvement district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.