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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.056 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.056
§ 3.056. EFFECT OF FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An amendment to a certificate of formation takes effect when the filing of the certificate of amendment takes effect as provided by Chapter 4.

(b) An amendment to a certificate of formation does not affect:

(1) an existing cause of action in favor of or against the entity for which the certificate of amendment is sought;

(2) a pending suit to which the entity is a party; or

(3) an existing right of a person other than an existing owner.

(c) If the name of an entity is changed by amendment, an action brought by or against the entity in the former name of the entity does not abate because of the name change.
Tex. Local Government Code § 322.024 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 322 / Section 322.024
§ 322.024. ORGANIZATION; MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Seven park commissioners constitute a quorum, except that three of the members comprising the quorum must be from each county. The board may act on the majority vote of a quorum.

(b) The board shall elect from its membership a vice-chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer. The vice-chairman and chairman must be from different counties, and the secretary and treasurer must be from different counties. Officers serve in that capacity for a term of two years.

(c) If either the secretary or treasurer is absent or unavailable, the other may act for the absent or unavailable officer.

(d) The board shall hold regular meetings at times fixed by the board and may hold special meetings as necessary.
Tex. Transportation Code § 395.008 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 395 / Section 395.008
§ 395.008. SIGN ABATEMENT REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body may issue sign abatement revenue bonds.

(b) The governing body may use the proceeds from the bonds only to compensate the owner of a sign required to be removed under this subchapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12 / Section 12.013
§ 12.013. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may employ personnel as the duties of the department require. The commissioner shall provide to the department's employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualifications for employment and their responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state employees.

(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations that are based on documented employee performance. All merit pay for department employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.

(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for employees within the department. The program shall require intraagency postings of all positions concurrently with any public posting.

(d) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that comply with the requirements of Chapter 21, Labor Code;

(2) a comprehensive analysis of the department work force that meets federal and state guidelines;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made about the extent of underuse in the department work force of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and

(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of underuse.

(e) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (d) of this section must cover an annual period, be updated annually and reviewed by the Texas Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (d)(1) of this section, and be filed with the governor's office.

(f) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (e) of this section. The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Tex. Government Code § 2003.904 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.904
§ 2003.904. APPLICABILITY TO REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to an appeal of a determination of the appraised or market value made by an appraisal review board in connection with real or personal property, other than industrial property.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.210 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.210
§ 454.210. PROVISIONAL LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) On application, the board shall issue a provisional license for the practice of occupational therapy to an applicant who:

(1) is licensed in good standing as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in another state that has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter; and

(2) has passed a national examination or other examination recognized by the board relating to the practice of occupational therapy.

(b) A provisional license is valid until the date the board approves or denies the provisional license holder's application for an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license.

(c) The board shall issue an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license to the provisional license holder if:

(1) the provisional license holder passes a jurisprudence examination, if required;

(2) the board verifies that the provisional license holder has the academic and experience requirements for an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license; and

(3) the provisional license holder satisfies any other requirements for an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license.

(d) The board must complete the processing of a provisional license holder's application for a license not later than the 180th day after the date the provisional license is issued. The board may extend that deadline if the results of an examination have not been received by the board.
Tex. Water Code § 11.312 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.312
§ 11.312. NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION; COPIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Promptly after the preliminary determination is made as provided in Section 11.309 of this code, the commission shall publish notice of the determination once a week for two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers having general circulation in the river basin in which the stream or segment that is the subject of the adjudication is located.

(b) The commission shall also send notice by first-class mail to each claimant of water rights within the river basin in which the stream or segment is located, to the extent that the claimants can be reasonably ascertained from the records of the commission.

(c) Each notice shall state:

(1) the place and the period of time that the preliminary determination and evidence presented to or considered by the commission will be open for public inspection;

(2) the locations throughout the river basin where copies of the preliminary determination will be available for public inspection;

(3) the method of ordering copies of the preliminary determination and the charge for copies;

(4) the date by which contests on the preliminary determination must be filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1059.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1059 / Section 1059.304
§ 1059.304. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in the election do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.048 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 311 / Section 311.048
§ 311.048. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

The rights and remedies provided for in this subchapter shall not limit, affect, change, or repeal any other statutory or common-law rights or remedies available to the state or a nonprofit hospital.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.004
§ 1202.004. RELOCATABLE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "relocatable educational facility" means a portable, modular building capable of being relocated, regardless of whether the facility is built at the installation site, that is used primarily as an educational facility for teaching the curriculum required under Section 28.002, Education Code.

(b) A relocatable educational facility that is purchased or leased on or after January 1, 2010, must comply with all provisions applicable to industrialized buildings under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3932.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3932 / Section 3932.205
§ 3932.205. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 36.23 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.23
§ 36.23. VIOLATION OF PRECEDING ARTICLE.
Status: in_force

Any juror or other person violating the preceding Article shall be punished for contempt of court by confinement in jail not to exceed three days or by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.47 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.47
§ 11.47. MAIL SURVEY OF RESIDENCE HOMESTEADS.
Status: in_force

(a) Between December 1 and December 31 of any year, the appraisal office may mail a card to each person who was allowed, in that year, one or more residence homestead exemptions that are not required to be claimed annually. The appraisal office shall include on the card the description of the property and the kind and amount of residence homestead exemptions allowed for the property according to the appraisal office records.

(b) The appraisal office shall include on each card mailed as authorized by this section a direction to the postal authorities not to forward it to any other address and to return it to the appraisal office if the addressee is no longer at the address to which the card was mailed.

(c) The appraisal office shall investigate each residence homestead exemption allowed a person whose card is returned undelivered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.054
§ 1067.054. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9056.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9056 / Section 9056.202
§ 9056.202. BOND ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district may not issue bonds unless the bonds are authorized by a majority of the votes cast in a district election.
Tex. Tax Code § 163.004 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 163 / Section 163.004
§ 163.004. NO PRESUMPTION OF USE.
Status: in_force

For purposes of the tax imposed under Subchapter D, Chapter 151, there is no presumption that an aircraft was purchased for storage, use, or consumption in this state if the person bringing the aircraft into this state did not acquire the aircraft directly from a seller by means of a purchase, as that term is defined by Section 151.005.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.357 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.357
§ 2269.357. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governmental entity shall prepare a request for qualifications that includes:

(1) information on the civil works project site;

(2) project scope;

(3) project budget;

(4) project schedule;

(5) criteria for selection under Section 2269.359 and the weighting of the criteria; and

(6) other information that may assist potential design-build firms in submitting proposals for the project.

(b) The governmental entity shall also prepare a design criteria package as described by Section 2269.358.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.105
§ 1506.105. PLEDGE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the revenue from the parking improvement for which the bonds are issued, as provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

(b) The pledge securing the bonds is inferior to any previous pledge of the revenue for the payment of revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds that are outstanding.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.480 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.480
§ 502.480. VIOLATION BY COUNTY ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A county assessor-collector commits an offense if the county assessor-collector knowingly accepts an application for the registration of a motor vehicle that:

(1) has had the original motor number or vehicle identification number removed, erased, or destroyed; and

(2) does not bear a motor number or vehicle identification number assigned by the department.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $50.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0201
§ 8509.0201. ADOPTION OF RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt reasonable rules to:

(1) secure, maintain, and preserve the sanitary condition of water in and water that flows into any reservoir owned by the district;

(2) prevent waste of or the unauthorized use of water; and

(3) regulate residence, hunting, fishing, boating, camping, and any other recreational or business privilege along or around any reservoir, body of land, or easement owned by the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.150 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.150
§ 2306.150. PROPERTY STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

The board shall have the specific duty and power to adopt minimum property standards for housing developments financed or acquired under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 825.408 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.408
§ 825.408. INTEREST ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND FEES; DEPOSITS IN TRUST.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an employer that fails to remit, before the seventh day after the last day of a month, all member and employer deposits and documentation of the deposits required by this subchapter to be remitted by the employer for the month shall pay to the retirement system, in addition to the deposits, interest on the unpaid amounts at an annual rate compounded monthly and a late fee in an amount determined by the retirement system that is based on the size of the employer and may not exceed $1,000 for each business day after the deadline imposed by this subsection that the employer fails to submit the documentation of the deposits. The cumulative amount of late fees assessed against an employer under this subsection may not exceed $25,000 per reporting period. The rate of interest is the rate established under Section 825.313(b)(1), plus two percent. Interest and late fees required under this section are creditable to the interest account. On request, the retirement system may grant a waiver of the deadline imposed by this subsection based on an employer's financial or technological resources. The retirement system may establish a process for filing an appeal to reduce or waive a late fee imposed under this subsection.

(a-1) This subsection applies only to an employer who reports the employment of a retiree to the retirement system. Subject to Subsection (a-2), an employer that fails to remit, before the 11th day after the last day of a calendar month in which a retiree is employed, the employer deposits required by Section 825.4092(b), documentation of those deposits as required by this section, and the certified statement of employment required by Section 824.6022 shall pay to the retirement system, in addition to the deposits, interest on the unpaid amounts at the annual rate established under Subsection (a), compounded monthly, and a late fee in an amount determined by the retirement system for each business day after the deadline imposed by this subsection that the employer fails to file the documentation of the deposits and the certified statement of employment.

(a-2) If a retiree described by Subsection (a-1) performs work in the month of August, the employer must remit the employer deposits, documentation of those deposits, and the certified statement of employment before the seventh day of September.

(b) An employer and its trustees or other governing body hold amounts due to the retirement system under this subtitle in trust for the retirement system and its members and may not divert the amounts to any other purpose.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.202 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.202
§ 3.202. NEGOTIATION SUBJECT TO RESCISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained:

(1) from an infant, a corporation exceeding its powers, or a person without capacity;

(2) by fraud, duress, or mistake; or

(3) in breach of duty or as part of an illegal transaction.

(b) To the extent permitted by other law, negotiation may be rescinded or may be subject to other remedies, but those remedies may not be asserted against a subsequent holder in due course or a person paying the instrument in good faith and without knowledge of facts that are a basis for rescission or other remedy.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.104 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.104
§ 33.104. DETERMINATION OF TERMS OF GRANT; CONSUMMATION OF TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

If the board approves the application, the board shall determine the terms, conditions, and consideration for the grant of an interest in or right to use coastal public land and may consummate the transaction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.111
§ 1081.111. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.108
§ 1001.108. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may purchase or lease land inside or outside the district as required for district purposes.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the district may sell or lease land owned by the district at public or private sale.

(c) The district may not sell or lease real property until the governing body determines that:

(1) the property is no longer required for district purposes; or

(2) the grantee or lessee will use the property for hospital purposes or for purposes incidental and necessary to hospital purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0052
§ 548.0052. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL, TELEDENTISTRY DENTAL, OR TELEHEALTH SERVICE BY MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall ensure that a Medicaid managed care organization does not:

(1) deny reimbursement for a covered health care service or procedure delivered by a health care provider with whom the organization contracts to a Medicaid recipient as a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service solely because the covered service or procedure is not provided through an in-person consultation; or

(2) limit, deny, or reduce reimbursement for a covered health care service or procedure delivered by a health care provider with whom the organization contracts to a Medicaid recipient as a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service based on the provider's choice of platform for providing the health care service or procedure.

(b) In complying with state and federal requirements to provide access to medically necessary services under the Medicaid managed care program, a Medicaid managed care organization determining whether reimbursement for a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service is appropriate shall continue to consider other factors, including whether:

(1) reimbursement is cost-effective; and

(2) providing the service is clinically effective.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.002
§ 143.002. GATE.
Status: in_force

A person may not build, join, or maintain around cleared land in cultivation more than three miles lineal measure of fence running the same general direction without a gate that is at least 10 feet wide and is unlocked.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.004
§ 201.004. NOTICE; ELECTION INFORMALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) If this chapter requires that notice of a hearing or an election be given, the entity responsible for giving notice shall:

(1) publish notice at least twice, with an interval of at least seven days between the publication dates, in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation within the appropriate area; and

(2) post notice for at least two weeks at a reasonable number of conspicuous places within the appropriate area, including, if possible, public places where it is customary to post notices concerning county or municipal affairs generally.

(b) A hearing for which notice is given under this section and which is held at the time and place designated in the notice may be adjourned from time to time without renewing notice for the adjourned dates.

(c) If notice of an election is given substantially in accordance with this section and the election is fairly conducted, an informality in the conduct of the election or in any matter relating to the election does not invalidate the election or its result.
Tex. Finance Code § 59.110 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 59 / Section 59.110
§ 59.110. ROUTING NUMBER ON KEY.
Status: in_force

(a) A depository institution that rents or permits access to a safe deposit box shall imprint the depository institution's routing number on each key to the box or on a tag attached to the key.

(b) If a depository institution believes that the routing number imprinted on a key, or on a tag attached to a key, used to open a safe deposit box has been altered or defaced so that the correct routing number is illegible, the depository institution shall notify the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, on a form designed by the banking commissioner, not later than the 10th day after the date the key is used to open the box.

(c) This section does not require a depository institution to inspect the routing number imprinted on a key or an attached tag to determine whether the number has been altered or defaced. A depository institution that has imprinted a key to a safe deposit box or a tag attached to the key as provided by this section and that follows applicable law and the depository institution's established security procedures in permitting access to the box is not liable for any damage arising because of access to or removal of the contents of the box.

(d) Subsection (a) does not apply to a key issued under a lease in effect on September 1, 1992, until the date the term of that lease expires, without regard to any extension of the lease term.