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Tex. Insurance Code § 1652.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1652 / Section 1652.102
§ 1652.102. FILING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Annually, each entity providing Medicare supplement benefit plans in this state shall file with the department the entity's rates, rating schedule, and supporting documentation demonstrating that:

(1) the entity is complying with the applicable loss ratio standards of this state; and

(2) the actual and expected losses in relation to premiums comply with the requirements of this subchapter and the rules adopted by the commissioner.

(b) The documentation required by Subsection (a) must include a report of the ratio of incurred losses to covered premiums for the preceding calendar year, illustrated by calendar year of issue.

(c) The commissioner may adopt rules relating to filing requirements for rates, rating schedules, and loss ratios.
Tex. Estates Code § 1301.055 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.055
§ 1301.055. AUTHORITY OF COURT TO APPOINT GUARDIAN INSTEAD OF CREATING TRUST.
Status: in_force

If, after a hearing under Section 1301.054, the court finds that the person for whom the application was filed is an incapacitated person but that it is not in the incapacitated person's best interests for the court to create a trust under this subchapter for the incapacitated person's estate, the court may appoint a guardian of the person or estate, or both, for the incapacitated person without commencing a separate proceeding for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7942A.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7942A / Section 7942A.0307
§ 7942A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Insurance Code § 703.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 703 / Section 703.101
§ 703.101. DETERMINATION OF EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The court that certifies an action as an antifraud action by order may determine the amount of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in bringing the action, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, witness fees, fees of experts, and deposition expenses.

(b) In making the determination, the court may consider the contribution to the action of any person, including a state agency, that has intervened in the action.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.354 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.354
§ 21.354. INSPECTION OF VOTING LIST.
Status: repealed

(a) The list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting prepared under Section 21.372 shall be subject to inspection by a shareholder during regular business hours.

(a-1) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 27 (S.B. 1514), Sec. 59(3), eff. September 1, 2023.

(b) The original share transfer records are prima facie evidence of which shareholders are entitled to inspect the list.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3830.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3830 / Section 3830.003
§ 3830.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the area of the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of June 20, 2003, to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 43.055 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.055
§ 43.055. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief executive officer is responsible for hiring all employees of the corporation.

(b) Employees of the corporation serve at the will of the chief executive officer.

(c) The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall develop a system of compensation for employees of the corporation as necessary to retain qualified staff.

(d) The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. Merit pay for corporation employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.

(e) The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel decisions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.

(f) The chief executive officer may appoint an internal auditor for the corporation, who may be an employee of the corporation. The appointment of the internal auditor must be approved by the board of directors. The board of directors may require the internal auditor to submit specified reports directly to the board of directors.

(g) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, employees of the corporation are state employees for all purposes, including:

(1) accrual of leave time, insurance benefits, and retirement benefits;

(2) Chapter 104, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and

(3) Chapter 501, Labor Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 103.016 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 103 / Section 103.016
§ 103.016. BOARD CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of agriculture may not be a member of the board.

(b) A person who is the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of agriculture may not be a member of the board.

(c) For the purposes of this section, a Texas trade association is a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(d) A person may not serve as a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board.
Tex. Government Code § 3100.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3100 / Section 3100.064
§ 3100.064. DISPLAY ON FLAGSTAFF ON MOTOR VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

If the state flag is displayed on a flagstaff on a motor vehicle, the staff should be attached firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender. If the flag of the United States and the state flag are displayed on flagstaffs on a motor vehicle:

(1) the staff of the flag of the United States should be clamped to the right fender of the vehicle; and

(2) the staff of the state flag should be clamped to the left fender of the vehicle.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.036 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.036
§ 161.036. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the adoption of board rules; and

(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the board's jurisdiction, other than disputes governed by Section 161.311.

(b) The board's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution shall conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c) The board shall designate a trained person to:

(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

(2) serve as a resource for any training needed to implement the procedures for negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute resolution; and

(3) collect data concerning the effectiveness of those procedures, as implemented by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 441.1821 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.1821
§ 441.1821. LEGISLATIVE RECORDS MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, "legislative record" has the meaning assigned by Section 324.001.

(b) Upon receipt of a request from the Legislative Reference Library for the return of a legislative record in the custody of the commission, the commission shall immediately return the legislative record to the library, at no cost to the library.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Legislative Reference Library shall manage legislative records under Chapter 324. To the extent of any conflict, Chapter 324 prevails over this chapter or any other state law relating to the management of state records that are legislative records.
Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 7808 — TX Code / Code wl / Chapter 3 / Section 7808
§ 7808. MAY ESTABLISH.
Status: in_force

One or more water control and preservation districts may be established in the several counties, or a part of any county, or in two or more adjacent counties, or in parts of two or more adjacent counties, or in one county and part of an adjacent county or counties, in the manner provided in this chapter. Said districts may or may not include within their boundaries villages, towns and municipal corporations, or any part thereof, but no land shall be at the same time included within more than one such district. All such districts are defined districts within the meaning of Section 52, Article 3 of the State Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.203
§ 981.203. QUALIFICATIONS FOR SURPLUS LINES LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue a surplus lines license to an applicant who the department determines complies with Subsection (b) and is:

(1) an individual who:

(A) has passed an examination under Chapter 4002 and department rules; and

(B) holds a current license as:

(i) a general property and casualty agent authorized under Subchapter B, Chapter 4051; or

(ii) a managing general agent; or

(2) a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership that:

(A) has at least one officer or director or at least one active partner who has passed the required surplus lines license examination;

(B) holds a current license as:

(i) a general property and casualty agent authorized under Subchapter B, Chapter 4051; or

(ii) a managing general agent; and

(C) conducts insurance activities under this chapter only through an individual licensed under this section.

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1)(B), an individual is not required to obtain a general property and casualty agent license to hold a surplus lines agent license if:

(1) the home state of each insured is Texas;

(2) the individual is a nonresident of this state;

(3) the individual is licensed as a surplus lines agent in the individual's state of residence;

(4) the individual is not required by the individual's state of residence to hold a general property and casualty agent license to become licensed as a surplus lines agent;

(5) the individual has provided information acceptable to the commissioner that the individual's state of residence does not require a general property and casualty agent license for a surplus lines agent license;

(6) the individual's state of residence does not require a surplus lines agent to search for the availability of insurance in the individual's state of residence before the insurance is placed through a surplus lines agent;

(7) the individual's state of residence allows a licensed general property and casualty agent to search for the availability of insurance in the individual's state of residence;

(8) the individual has a professional relationship with, and each transaction is conducted through, a person who:

(A) is a licensed general property and casualty agent in this state or in the state of each transaction; and

(B) searches for the availability of insurance in this state before the insurance is placed through a surplus lines agent; and

(9) each transaction complies with the laws of the state in which it occurs.

(b) The agent must:

(1) pay an application fee as determined by the department; and

(2) submit a properly completed license application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8155.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8155 / Section 8155.052
§ 8155.052. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

The Commissioners Court of Fannin County shall appoint directors to fill all vacancies on the board when the number of qualified directors is fewer than four.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.108 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.108
§ 317.108. ADOPTION AND EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality may adopt and have executed any other proceeding or instrument necessary or convenient in the issuance of revenue bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3944.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3944 / Section 3944.106
§ 3944.106. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.004
§ 441.004. ACTIONS OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) In the event of an insurer's delinquency or suspected delinquency, the commissioner, in the commissioner's administrative discretion, may act under this chapter, another applicable law, or a combination of this chapter and another applicable law.

(b) If the commissioner determines to act under this chapter or is directed by a court to act under this chapter, the commissioner shall comply with the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.001
§ 1103.001. 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 Swisher Memorial Hospital District.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.223 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.223
§ 22.223. CONDEMNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If necessary for the acquisition of the Franklin Mountains State Park, the department shall institute condemnation proceedings according to the laws of this state against any person, including a governmental entity.

(b) Costs incurred in the exercise of eminent domain under this section for the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade, or alteration in the construction of any electric transmission, telegraph, or telephone line, railroad, conduit, pole, property, facility, or pipeline are the sole expense of the department.

(c) "Sole expense" means the actual cost of the lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8113.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8113 / Section 8113.102
§ 8113.102. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by a municipality in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of which the district is located, including an ordinance or resolution adopted before September 1, 2005, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.064 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.064
§ 81.064. POWERS OF COMMISSIONER OR DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE IN CASES BEFORE COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) In a case before the commission, a commissioner, or an authorized commission employee, designated by the commission for that purpose, in the same manner as if the entire commission were present, may:

(1) hold a hearing;

(2) conduct an investigation;

(3) make a record of a hearing or investigation for the use and benefit of the commission;

(4) administer an oath;

(5) certify to an official act; and

(6) compel the attendance of a witness and the production of papers, books, accounts, and other pertinent documents and testimony.

(b) The record of a hearing or investigation made under this section that is certified to by the commissioner or employee has the same effect as if made before the commission. The commission shall determine a case in which the record is made under this section in the same manner as if the record had been made before the commission.

(c) The commission may punish for contempt a person who:

(1) refuses to comply with this section; or

(2) obstructs or attempts to obstruct a proceeding under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 480.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 480 / Section 480.0051
§ 480.0051. EVENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
Status: in_force

An event is eligible for funding under this chapter only if:

(1) a site selection organization, after considering through a highly competitive selection process one or more sites not in this state, selects a site in this state for the event to be held:

(A) one time; or

(B) if the event is scheduled under an event contract or event support contract to be held each year for a period of years, one time in each year;

(2) a site selection organization selects a site in this state as:

(A) the sole site for the event; or

(B) the sole site for the event in a region composed of this state and one or more adjoining states; and

(3) the event is held not more than one time in any year in this state or an adjoining state.
Tex. Tax Code § 26.03 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 26 / Section 26.03
§ 26.03. TREATMENT OF CAPTURED APPRAISED VALUE AND TAX INCREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "captured appraised value," "reinvestment zone," "tax increment," and "tax increment fund" have the meanings assigned by Chapter 311.

(b) This section does not apply to a school district.

(c) The portion of the captured appraised value of real property taxable by a taxing unit that corresponds to the portion of the tax increment of the unit from that property that the unit has agreed to pay into the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone and that is not included in the calculation of "new property value" as defined by Section 26.012 is excluded from the value of property taxable by the unit in any tax rate calculation under this chapter.

(d) The portion of the tax increment of a taxing unit that the unit has agreed to pay into the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone is excluded from the amount of taxes imposed or collected by the unit in any tax rate calculation under this chapter, except that the portion of the tax increment is not excluded if in the same tax rate calculation there is no portion of captured appraised value excluded from the value of property taxable by the unit under Subsection (c) for the same reinvestment zone.

(e) For a taxing unit in which a tax rate calculation for a tax year is affected by the application of this section, the adjustments to the value of property taxable by the unit and to the amount of taxes imposed or collected by the unit prescribed by this section shall be calculated separately for each reinvestment zone in which the taxing unit participates. The comptroller shall ensure that the tax rate calculation forms prescribed under Section 5.07 provide for the calculations to be made in the manner required by this subsection.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.302
§ 4054.302. AUTHORITY TO WRITE SPECIFIED COVERAGES.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a license under this subchapter may write only insurance described by Sections 4054.301(a)-(d).
Tex. Finance Code § 185.107 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 185 / Section 185.107
§ 185.107. POWERS AND DUTIES OF CONSERVATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A conservator appointed under this subchapter shall immediately take charge of the state trust company and all of its property, books, records, and affairs on behalf and at the direction and control of the banking commissioner.

(b) Subject to any limitation contained in the order of appointment or other direction of the banking commissioner, the conservator has all the powers of the directors, managers, managing participants, officers, and shareholders or participants of a state trust company and shall conduct the business of the state trust company and take all steps the conservator considers appropriate to remove the causes and conditions requiring the conservatorship. During the conservatorship, the board may not direct or participate in the affairs of the state trust company.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, by rules adopted under this subtitle, or by Section 12.106, the conservator has the rights and privileges and is subject to the duties, restrictions, penalties, conditions, and limitations of the directors, officers, and employees of state trust companies.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.073 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.073
§ 46B.073. COMMITMENT FOR RESTORATION TO COMPETENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) This article applies only to a defendant not released on bail who is subject to an initial restoration period based on Article 46B.071.

(b) For purposes of further examination and competency restoration services with the specific objective of the defendant attaining competency to stand trial, the court shall commit a defendant described by Subsection (a) to a mental health facility, residential care facility, or jail-based competency restoration program for the applicable period as follows:

(1) a period of not more than 60 days, if the defendant is charged with an offense punishable as a misdemeanor; or

(2) a period of not more than 120 days, if the defendant is charged with an offense punishable as a felony.

(c) If the defendant is charged with an offense listed in Article 17.032(a) or if the indictment alleges an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), the court shall enter an order committing the defendant for competency restoration services to a facility designated by the commission.

(d) If the defendant is not charged with an offense described by Subsection (c) and the indictment does not allege an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), the court shall enter an order committing the defendant to a mental health facility or residential care facility determined to be appropriate by the local mental health authority or local intellectual and developmental disability authority or to a jail-based competency restoration program. A defendant may be committed to a jail-based competency restoration program only if the program provider determines the defendant will begin to receive competency restoration services within 72 hours of arriving at the program.

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a defendant charged with an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor may be committed under this subchapter only to a jail-based competency restoration program.

(f) A defendant charged with an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor may be committed to a mental health facility or residential care facility described by Subsection (d) only if a jail-based competency restoration program is not available or a licensed or qualified mental health professional determines that a jail-based competency restoration program is not appropriate.
Tex. Government Code § 444.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 444 / Section 444.009
§ 444.009. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules to govern itself, its officers, and its committees and may prescribe the duties of its officers, consultants, and employees.