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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.055 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.055
§ 61.055. BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a hospital district shall endeavor to provide the basic health care services a county is required to provide under Section 61.028, together with any other services required under the Texas Constitution and the statute creating the district.

(b) A hospital district shall coordinate the delivery of basic health care services to eligible residents and may provide any basic health care services the district was not providing on January 1, 1999, but only to the extent the district is financially able to do so.

(c) This section may not be construed to discharge a hospital district from its obligation to provide the health care services required under the Texas Constitution and the statute creating the district.
Tex. Labor Code § 91.017 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 91 / Section 91.017
§ 91.017. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant for an original or renewal professional employer organization license shall pay to the department before the issuance of the license or license renewal a fee set by the commission by rule.

(b) The commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees for license applications and renewals, investigations, inspections, and any other administrative or enforcement responsibilities created under this chapter.

(c) Fees collected by the department under this chapter may be used only to implement this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.172 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.172
§ 102.172. CONFLICT WITH ANTITRUST LAW.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this subchapter conflicts with a provision of the civil or criminal antitrust law of this state, the antitrust law prevails.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1115.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.058
§ 1115.058. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of five directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Occupations Code § 165.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 165 / Section 165.005
§ 165.005.
Status: in_force

Sec. 165.005. OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION: PAY OR APPEAL. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board's order imposing the administrative penalty is final, the person shall:

(1) pay the penalty;

(2) pay the penalty and file a petition for judicial review contesting the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both; or

(3) without paying the penalty, file a petition for judicial review contesting the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.

(b) Within the 30-day period, a person who acts under Subsection (a)(3) may:

(1) stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) paying the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account; or

(B) giving to the court a supersedeas bond approved by the court for the amount of the penalty and that is effective until all judicial review of the board's order is final; or

(2) request the court to stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) filing with the court an affidavit of the person stating that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and is financially unable to give the supersedeas bond; and

(B) giving a copy of the affidavit to the executive director by certified mail.

(c) If the executive director receives a copy of an affidavit under Subsection (b)(2), the executive director may file with the court a contest to the affidavit not later than the fifth day after the date the copy is received.

(d) The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and shall stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true. The person who files an affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and to give a supersedeas bond.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.155 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.155
§ 5.155. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

A person may renew the person's registration of a name under this subchapter for successive one-year periods if, during the 90-day period preceding the expiration of that registration, the person:

(1) files an application to renew the registration of the name; and

(2) pays the required filing fee.
Tex. Estates Code § 53.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 53 / Section 53.053
§ 53.053. EXEMPTION FROM PROBATE FEES FOR ESTATES OF CERTAIN MILITARY SERVICEMEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "combat zone" means an area that the president of the United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26 U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United States are or have engaged in combat.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the clerk of a county court may not charge, or collect from, the estate of a decedent any of the following fees if the decedent died while in active service as a member of the armed forces of the United States in a combat zone:

(1) a fee for or associated with the filing of the decedent's will for probate; and

(2) a fee for any service rendered by the probate court regarding the administration of the decedent's estate.
Tex. Water Code § 58.178 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.178
§ 58.178. AUTHORITY TO LEASE FACILITIES TO WATER CUSTOMERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may lease to any person, firm, or corporation which is a bona fide water customer of the district any of its facilities and may also lease any of the district's land which is appropriate to the utilization of the leased facilities, including, but not limited to land acquired by eminent domain.

(b) The board and the lessee shall agree on the form of the lease and its terms, conditions, provisions, and stipulations: however, the duration of the lease shall not be longer than the duration of the water contract between the district and the lessee under the primary term of the water contract and any renewal or extension of it.

(c) After a lease to a water customer is authorized by the board, the lease shall be executed by the president or vice-president of the board and attested by the secretary. The lease is valid and effective without any other requirement or prerequisite by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3939.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3939 / Section 3939.0301
§ 3939.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Penal Code § 21.06 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 21 / Section 21.06
§ 21.06. HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.156
§ 4002.156. BOARD AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE COMMISSIONER'S POWERS.
Status: in_force

The board may exercise any power or perform any act the commissioner is authorized to exercise or perform under this title.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8876.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8876 / Section 8876.053
§ 8876.053. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

If there is a vacancy on the board, the commissioners court shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term in a manner that meets the representational requirements of Section 8876.052.
Tex. Government Code § 2270.0121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2270 / Section 2270.0121
§ 2270.0121. DESIGNATION AS COUNTRY OF CONCERN.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor, after consultation with the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety, may designate a country as a country of concern for purposes of this subchapter.

(b) The governor shall consult the Homeland Security Council, established under Subchapter B, Chapter 421, to assess the status of a country of concern for purposes of making a designation under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 51.316 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.316
§ 51.316. DEPUTY CLERK AND ASSISTANT IN HIDALGO, JEFFERSON, AND NUECES COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In Hidalgo, Jefferson, and Nueces counties, the district clerk may apply in writing to the district judges in the county to appoint a deputy district clerk or an assistant. The application must state the number of deputies or assistants to be appointed and the probable receipts and disbursements of the office. If a majority of the judges approve the appointment, they shall certify the list to the commissioners court. The application and the order approving the application must be recorded in the minutes of the district court.

(b) A deputy clerk or assistant appointed under this section shall perform the duties required by the district clerk and serves at the pleasure of the district clerk. A deputy clerk or assistant may not be employed except as provided by this section.

(c) An assistant appointed under this section must take the oath prescribed for officers of this state.

(d) The salary of an assistant appointed under this section shall be paid out of the general fund or the officers' salary fund of the county. The salary of a court clerk, index clerk, or clerk handling the jury shall be paid out of the general fund or the jury fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3927.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3927 / Section 3927.202
§ 3927.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held in accordance with Section 3927.201, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for operation and maintenance purposes, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Water Code § 63.169 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.169
§ 63.169. NOTICE OF BIDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of the time and place the contract will be awarded shall be published in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the state, one of which shall be a newspaper published in the county in which the district is located if a newspaper is published in the county.

(b) The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks before the time set for awarding the contract, with the first publication being made at least 14 days before the day for awarding the contract.
Tex. Transportation Code § 283.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 283 / Section 283.204
§ 283.204. DEPOSITORY FOR PROCEEDS AND REVENUES.
Status: in_force

A bank or trust company in this state may:

(1) act as a depository of bond proceeds or revenues received from the operation of a project; and

(2) provide an indemnity bond or pledge securities required by the county.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.067 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.067
§ 252.067. HEARING; ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person notified under Section 252.066 requests a hearing, an administrative law judge shall set a hearing and the department shall give written notice of the hearing to the person.

(b) The administrative law judge shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall promptly issue to the department a proposal for decision as to the occurrence of the violation and a recommendation as to the amount of the proposed penalty if a penalty is determined to be warranted.

(c) Based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law and the recommendations of the administrative law judge, the department by order may find that a violation has occurred and may assess a penalty or may find that no violation has occurred.
Tex. Government Code § 441.241 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.241
§ 441.241. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

(3) "Director and librarian" means the executive and administrative officer of the commission.

(4) "Historical records coordinator" means the presiding officer of the board.

(5) "National commission" means the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.051
§ 1015.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.

(c) An election shall be held on the uniform election day in May of each even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1507.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.054
§ 1507.054. STANDARD HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization authorized to issue an evidence of coverage in this state may offer one or more standard health benefit plans.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.024
§ 436.024. ACCESS TO RECORDS SHOWING MOVEMENT IN COMMERCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A commercial carrier or other person receiving or holding molluscan shellfish or crabmeat in commerce on request shall permit the department or health authority at all reasonable times to have access to and to copy all records showing:

(1) the movement in commerce of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat;

(2) the holding after movement in commerce of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat; or

(3) the quantity, shipper, and consignee of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat.

(b) The carrier or other person may not refuse access to and copying of the requested records if the request is accompanied by a written statement that specifies the nature or kind of molluscan shellfish or crabmeat to which the request relates.

(c) A carrier is not subject to other provisions of this chapter solely because of the carrier's receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of molluscan shellfish or crabmeat in the usual course of business as a carrier.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.073 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.073
§ 207.073. PROHIBITED DEDUCTION FROM WAGES.
Status: in_force

An employer may not, directly or indirectly, make, require, or accept a deduction from wages to finance a contribution or reimbursement required to be paid by the employer under this subtitle.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.201
§ 981.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "managing general agent" means an agent licensed under Chapter 4053.
Tex. Property Code § 53.172 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.172
§ 53.172. BOND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

The bond must:

(1) describe the property on which the liens are claimed;

(2) refer to each lien claimed in a manner sufficient to identify it;

(3) be in an amount that is double the amount of the liens referred to in the bond unless the total amount claimed in the liens exceeds $40,000, in which case the bond must be in an amount that is the greater of 1-1/2 times the amount of the liens or the sum of $40,000 and the amount of the liens;

(4) be payable to the parties claiming the liens;

(5) be executed by:

(A) the party filing the bond as principal; and

(B) a corporate surety authorized and admitted to do business under the law in this state and licensed by this state to execute the bond as surety, subject to Subchapter A, Chapter 3503, Insurance Code; and

(6) be conditioned substantially that the principal and sureties will pay to the named obligees or to their assignees the amount that the named obligees would have been entitled to recover if their claims had been proved to be valid and enforceable liens on the property.
Tex. Estates Code § 251.106 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 251 / Section 251.106
§ 251.106. CONTEST, REVOCATION, OR AMENDMENT OF SELF-PROVED WILL.
Status: in_force

A self-proved will may be contested, revoked, or amended by a codicil in the same manner as a will that is not self-proved.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.035
§ 1001.035. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner may appoint advisory committees to assist the executive commissioner and department in performing duties related to department functions.

(b) If the executive commissioner appoints an advisory committee under this section, the appointment must be made in a manner that provides for:

(1) a balanced representation of persons with knowledge and interest in the committee's field of work;

(2) the inclusion on the committee of at least two members who represent the interests of the public; and

(3) a balanced representation of the geographic regions of the state.

(d) A member of an advisory committee appointed under this section may receive reimbursement for travel expenses as provided by Section 2110.004, Government Code.

(e) The executive commissioner shall specify each committee's purpose, powers, and duties, and shall require each committee to report to the executive commissioner or department in the manner specified by the executive commissioner concerning the committee's activities and the results of its work.

(f) The executive commissioner shall establish procedures for receiving reports relating to the activities and accomplishments of an advisory committee established by statute to advise the department or executive commissioner on matters related to department functions. The executive commissioner may appoint additional members to those advisory committees and may establish additional duties of those committees as the executive commissioner determines to be necessary.

(g) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.0457 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.0457
§ 247.0457. AMELIORATION OF VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In lieu of demanding payment of an administrative penalty assessed under Section 247.0451, the department in accordance with this section may allow the person to use, under the supervision of the department, any portion of the penalty to ameliorate the violation or to improve services, other than administrative services, in the assisted living facility affected by the violation.

(b) The department shall offer amelioration to a person for a charged violation if the department determines that the violation does not constitute immediate jeopardy to the health and safety of a resident of the assisted living facility.

(c) The department shall offer amelioration to a person under this section not later than the 10th day after the date the person receives from the department a final notification of the recommended assessment of an administrative penalty that is sent to the person after an informal dispute resolution process but before an administrative hearing under Section 247.0454.

(d) A person to whom amelioration has been offered must file a plan for amelioration not later than the 45th day after the date the person receives the offer of amelioration from the department. In submitting the plan, the person must agree to waive the person's right to an administrative hearing under Section 247.0454 if the department approves the plan.

(e) At a minimum, a plan for amelioration must:

(1) propose changes to the management or operation of the assisted living facility that will improve services to or quality of care of residents of the assisted living facility;

(2) identify, through measurable outcomes, the ways in which and the extent to which the proposed changes will improve services to or quality of care of residents of the assisted living facility;

(3) establish clear goals to be achieved through the proposed changes;

(4) establish a time line for implementing the proposed changes; and

(5) identify specific actions necessary to implement the proposed changes.

(f) A plan for amelioration may include proposed changes to:

(1) improve staff recruitment and retention;

(2) offer or improve dental services for residents; and

(3) improve the overall quality of life for residents.

(g) The department may require that an amelioration plan propose changes that would result in conditions that exceed the requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter.

(h) The department shall approve or deny an amelioration plan not later than the 45th day after the date the department receives the plan. On approval of a person's plan, the commission or the State Office of Administrative Hearings, as appropriate, shall deny a pending request for a hearing submitted by the person under Section 247.0453.

(i) The department may not offer amelioration to a person:

(1) more than three times in a two-year period; or

(2) more than one time in a two-year period for the same or similar violation.
Tex. Finance Code § 31.204 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 31 / Section 31.204
§ 31.204. APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.
Status: in_force

A person affected by a final order of the banking commissioner may appeal the final order by filing a petition for judicial review in a district court in Travis County as provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code. A petition for judicial review filed in the district court does not stay or vacate the appealed order unless the court, after notice and hearing, expressly stays or vacates the order.
Tex. Property Code § 67.014 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.014
§ 67.014. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF OPERATOR NOT IMPAIRED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not impair an operator's right to be paid, set-off, or withhold funds from another interest owner as security for or in satisfaction of a debt or security interest.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8045.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8045 / Section 8045.0102
§ 8045.0102. 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. Parks and Wildlife Code § 84.012 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 84 / Section 84.012
§ 84.012. EFFECT ON TAX APPRAISAL.
Status: in_force

An agricultural conservation easement under this chapter does not affect the eligibility of the property subject to the easement for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes under Subchapter D, Chapter 23, Tax Code.
Tex. Government Code § 1401.045 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1401 / Section 1401.045
§ 1401.045. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND BALANCE REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall report to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning an accurate estimate of interest and sinking fund balances available for payment of debt service on general obligation bonds.

(b) The report must be made not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.136 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.136
§ 225.136. HENRY H.
Status: in_force

KING MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 380 from the municipal limits of Graham in Young County east to the municipal limits of Bryson in Jack County is designated as the Henry H. King Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Henry H. King Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.