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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 434.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 434 / Section 434.007
§ 434.007. WEIGHT STANDARDS FOR BREAD LOAVES.
Status: in_force

(a) Loaves of bread made by persons in the business of wholesaling and retailing bread must comply with the weight standards in this section.

(b) The standard weights for a loaf of bread are:

(1) one pound;

(2) 1-1/2 pounds; or

(3) any other multiple of one pound.

(c) This section does not prohibit the sale of bread slices in properly labeled packages weighing eight ounces or less.

(d) Variations in the weight standard may not exceed one ounce a pound within 24 hours after baking.

(e) This section does not affect the authority of the Department of Agriculture under Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Agriculture Code.

(f) This section does not apply to a food service establishment as defined under Chapter 437 or a food establishment licensed under Chapter 431 as a food manufacturer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.207
§ 1501.207. PREMIUM RATE ADJUSTMENT IN CLOSED PLAN.
Status: in_force

For a closed health benefit plan under which a small employer health benefit plan issuer is no longer enrolling new small employers, the issuer shall use the percentage change in the base premium rate to adjust premium rates under Section 1501.206(a)(1). The portion of change in premium rates computed under that subdivision may not exceed, on a percentage basis, the change in the new business premium rate for the most similar health benefit plan under which the issuer is enrolling new small employers.
Tex. Occupations Code § 452.056 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 452 / Section 452.056
§ 452.056. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the executive council that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 452.051;

(2) does not maintain during service on the executive council the qualifications required by Section 452.051;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 452.052 or 452.053;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled executive council meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the executive council.

(b) The validity of an action of the executive council is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of an executive council member exists.

(c) If the director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the director shall notify the presiding officer of the executive council of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the executive council, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.061
§ 1028.061. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the general affairs of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.605 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.605
§ 882.605. CONVERSION ON COMMISSIONER APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

A mutual life insurance company is converted to a stock legal reserve life insurance company if:

(1) the company complies with this subchapter; and

(2) after hearing, the conversion is approved by the commissioner.
Tex. Government Code § 852.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 852 / Section 852.103
§ 852.103. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS; ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A living person who is not an employee of a participating department and who has not retired may, after application, withdraw all of the accumulated contributions credited to the person's individual account, and the retirement system shall close the account.

(b) The retirement system shall, in accordance with Section 401(a)(31) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its subsequent amendments and related regulations, permit the distributee of an eligible rollover distribution to elect to have the distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer. The board of trustees may adopt rules to implement this subsection.
Tex. Family Code § 264.168 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.168
§ 264.168. REVIEW OF CONTRACTOR RECOMMENDATIONS BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter governing the transfer of case management authority to a single source continuum contractor, the department may review, approve, or disapprove a contractor's recommendation with respect to a child's permanency goal.

(b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to limit or restrict the authority of the department to include necessary oversight measures and review processes to maintain compliance with federal and state requirements in a contract with a single source continuum contractor.

(c) The department shall develop an internal dispute resolution process to decide disagreements between a single source continuum contractor and the department.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.157 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.157
§ 14.157. RULES.
Status: in_force

The finance commission shall adopt rules governing the custody and use of information obtained under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 441.125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.125
§ 441.125. PLAN OF SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The director and librarian shall submit an annual plan for the development of the state library system for review by the advisory board and approval by the commission.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.0315 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.0315
§ 40.0315. INVESTIGATION UNIT FOR ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The adult protective services division of the department shall maintain an investigation unit to investigate allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly persons and persons with disabilities reported to the division.

(b) An investigator in the unit shall determine whether an elderly person or person with a disability who is the subject of a report made under Section 48.051(a) may have suffered from abuse, neglect, or exploitation as a result of the criminal conduct of another person. If the investigator determines that criminal conduct may have occurred, the investigator shall immediately notify:

(1) the commission's office of inspector general if the person with a disability who is the subject of the report resides in a state supported living center or the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center; and

(2) the appropriate law enforcement agency, unless the law enforcement agency reported the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department.
Tex. Government Code § 542.0117 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 542 / Section 542.0117
§ 542.0117. PILOT PROGRAM INFORMATION COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in collaboration with the advisory committee and pilot program work group, shall determine the information to collect from a managed care organization participating in the pilot program for use in conducting the evaluation and preparing the report under Section 542.0119.

(b) For the duration of the pilot program, a managed care organization participating in the pilot program shall submit to the commission and the advisory committee quarterly reports on the services provided to each pilot program participant. The reports must include information on:

(1) the level of each requested service and the authorization and utilization rates for those services;

(2) timelines of:

(A) the authorization of each requested service;

(B) the initiation of each requested service;

(C) the delivery of each requested service; and

(D) each unplanned break in the delivery of requested services and the duration of the break;

(3) the number of pilot program participants using employment assistance and supported employment services;

(4) the number of service denials and fair hearings and the dispositions of the fair hearings;

(5) the number of complaints and inquiries the managed care organization received and the outcome of each complaint; and

(6) the number of pilot program participants who choose the consumer direction model and the reasons other participants did not choose the consumer direction model.

(c) The commission shall ensure that the mechanisms to report and track the information and data required by Subsections (a) and (b) are established before implementing the pilot program.

(d) For purposes of making a recommendation about a system of programs and services for implementation through future state legislation or rules, the commission, in collaboration with the advisory committee and pilot program work group, shall analyze:

(1) information provided by managed care organizations participating in the pilot program; and

(2) any information the commission collects during the operation of the pilot program.

(e) The analysis under Subsection (d) must include an assessment of the effect of the managed care strategies implemented in the pilot program on the goals described by Sections 542.0102(b) and (c), 542.0103, 542.0110(a), 542.0113, and 542.0116(c).
Tex. Property Code § 80.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 80 / Section 80.004
§ 80.004. ABANDONED PROPERTY; NOTICE; TITLE TO PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless there is a written unexpired loan agreement to the contrary, any property on loan to a museum for 15 years or more and to which no person has made claim according to the records of the museum is considered abandoned and, notwithstanding Chapter 72, becomes the property of the museum if the museum has given the lender notice in accordance with Section 80.003.

(b) If no valid claim has been made to the property within 65 days after the date of the last notice given under Section 80.003, title to the property vests in the museum free from all claims of the owner and all persons claiming through or under the owner.
Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 7845 — TX Code / Code wl / Chapter 3 / Section 7845
§ 7845. DISTRICT DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

The directors shall select a depository for such district in the same manner as now provided by law for the selection of county depositories, and such depository shall be regulated by the same laws as those governing county depositories. In such selection, the directors shall perform the same duties as are incumbent upon the county judge and members of the commissioners court in the selection of county depositories. Such depository shall make and file reports and preserve the district records as required of depositories under Chapter 2 hereof.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.151 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.151
§ 42.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Employer-based day-care facility" means a day-care facility that is:

(A) operated by a small employer to provide care to not more than 12 children of the employer's employees; and

(B) located on the employer's premises.

(2) "Small employer" means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other legal entity that employs fewer than 100 full-time employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7922.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922 / Section 7922.101
§ 7922.101. 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. Election Code § 31.043 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.043
§ 31.043. DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

The county elections administrator shall perform:

(1) the duties and functions of the voter registrar;

(2) the duties and functions placed on the county clerk by this code;

(3) the duties and functions relating to elections that are placed on the county clerk by statutes outside this code, subject to Section 31.044; and

(4) the duties and functions placed on the administrator under Sections 31.044 and 31.045.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1052.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.154
§ 1052.154. ELIGIBILITY FOR EXAMINATION; APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may apply for examination under this chapter if the person:

(1) is a graduate of a landscape architecture educational program recognized and approved by the board; and

(2) has satisfactory experience in landscape architecture as required by board rule.

(b) The application must be accompanied by a fee set by the board in an amount that is reasonable and necessary to defray administrative costs.
Tex. Education Code § 11.170 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.170
§ 11.170. INTERNAL AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

If a school district employs an internal auditor:

(1) the board of trustees shall select the internal auditor; and

(2) the internal auditor shall report directly to the board.
Tex. Government Code § 2116.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2116 / Section 2116.002
§ 2116.002. TEXAS BULLION DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Bullion Depository is established as an agency of this state in the office of the comptroller.

(b) The depository is established to serve as the custodian, guardian, and administrator of certain bullion and specie that may be transferred to or otherwise acquired by this state or an agency, a political subdivision, or another instrumentality of this state.

(c) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7925.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7925 / Section 7925.003
§ 7925.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 235.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 235 / Section 235.025
§ 235.025. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly engages in conduct that is a violation of a regulation adopted under this subchapter by the commissioners court. An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.004 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.004
§ 76.004. RIPARIAN RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The lawful occupant of a grant of land in this state has the exclusive right to use any creek, bayou, lake, or cove included within the metes and bounds of the original grant for the planting or sowing of oysters.

(b) If the creek, bayou, lake, or cove is not included in the original grant, a riparian owner has an exclusive right in the creek, bayou, lake, or cove for the planting and sowing of oysters to the middle of the creek, bayou, lake, or cove or to 100 yards from the shore, whichever distance is shorter.

(c) The right of a riparian owner of land along any bay shore in this state to plant oysters extends 100 yards into the bay from the high-water mark or from where the land survey ceases. The right to a natural oyster bed under this subsection is not exclusive.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.304 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.304
§ 11.304. CURE BEFORE FINAL JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

An action filed by the attorney general under Section 11.303 shall be abated if, before a district court renders judgment on the action, the filing entity:

(1) cures the problems for which winding up and termination is sought; and

(2) pays the costs of the action.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 286.080 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 286 / Section 286.080
§ 286.080. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in the territory of the district if the property interest is necessary to the exercise of the rights or authority conferred by this chapter.

(b) A district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, but the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by a district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or give bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) give bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) give bond for costs or supersedeas on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004A / Section 8004A.0503
§ 8004A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373A / Section 373A.001
§ 373A.001. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to:

(1) promote the ability of municipalities to increase home ownership, provide affordable housing, and prevent the involuntary loss of homesteads by existing low-income and moderate-income homeowners living in disadvantaged neighborhoods;

(2) protect a municipality's interest in improving economic and social conditions within disadvantaged communities by enhancing the viability of home ownership among low-income and moderate-income residents in areas experiencing economic pressures; and

(3) provide municipalities with a means to expand and protect the homestead interests of low-income and moderate-income families.
Tex. Government Code § 656.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.103
§ 656.103. RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a state employee receives training that is paid for by a state agency, and during the training period the employee does not perform the employee's regular duties for three or more months as a result of the training, a policy adopted under Section 656.102 must include a requirement that the employee:

(1) work for the agency following the training for at least one month for each month of the training period; or

(2) pay the agency for all the costs associated with the training that were paid during the training period, including any amounts of the employee's salary that were paid and that were not accounted for as paid vacation or compensatory leave.

(b) Before a state employee receives training that will be paid for by a state agency and during which the employee will not be performing the employee's regular duties for three months or more, the agency shall require the employee to agree in writing, before the training begins, to comply with the requirements prescribed under Subsection (a).

(c) By an order adopted in a public meeting, the governing body of a state agency may waive the requirements prescribed under Subsection (a) and release a state employee from the obligation to meet those requirements if the governing body finds that such action is in the best interest of the agency or is warranted because of an extreme personal hardship suffered by the employee.
Tex. Water Code § 68.255 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.255
§ 68.255. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall provide a quarterly financial report to the board. The report must comply with generally accepted accounting principles and list all federal money received by the county and all outstanding obligations by the county to fund the district and its functions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.004
§ 1087.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Rankin Independent School District, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967.
Tex. Government Code § 551.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.021
§ 551.021. MINUTES OR RECORDING OF OPEN MEETING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental body shall prepare and keep minutes or make a recording of each open meeting of the body.

(b) The minutes must:

(1) state the subject of each deliberation; and

(2) indicate each vote, order, decision, or other action taken.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004 / Section 8004.151
§ 8004.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 695.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 695 / Section 695.001
§ 695.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Casket" means a container used to hold the remains of a deceased person.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8475.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8475 / Section 8475.254
§ 8475.254. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment or a reassessment imposed under this subchapter by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(b) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(c) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Water Code § 60.343 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.343
§ 60.343. INTERIM BONDS.
Status: in_force

Pending the issuance of definitive bonds the governing body may authorize the delivery of negotiable interim bonds or notes eligible for exchange or substitution by use of definitive bonds.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 302.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 302 / Section 302.003
§ 302.003. WEATHER MODIFICATION AND CONTROL GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop and administer a program awarding matching grants to political subdivisions of this state for weather modification and control.