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Tex. Government Code § 424.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 424 / Section 424.151
§ 424.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

(2) "Fund" means the critical infrastructure emergency response map fund created under Section 424.155.

(3) "Grant program" means the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant program established under Section 424.154.

(4) "Public safety agency" and "public safety answering point" have the meanings assigned by Section 771.001, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01216 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01216
§ 30.01216. JUDGE.
Status: repealed

(a) The municipal judge shall devote as much time as necessary to perform the duties of the office.

(b), (c) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(31), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Tex. Education Code § 48.304 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.304
§ 48.304. DAY PLACEMENT PROGRAM OR COOPERATIVE FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) For each qualifying day placement program or cooperative that a regional education service center, school district, or open-enrollment charter school establishes, the program or cooperative is entitled to an allotment of:

(1) $250,000 for the first year of the program's or cooperative's operation; and

(2) the sum of:

(A) $100,000 for each year of the program's or cooperative's operation after the first year; and

(B) $150,000 if at least three students are enrolled in the program or cooperative for a year described by Paragraph (A).

(b) A day placement program or cooperative qualifies for purposes of Subsection (a) if:

(1) the program or cooperative complies with commissioner rules adopted for purposes of this section under Section 48.004;

(2) the program or cooperative offers services to students who are enrolled at any school district or open-enrollment charter school in the county in which the program or cooperative is offered, unless the commissioner by rule waives or modifies the requirement under this subdivision for the program or cooperative to serve all students in a county; and

(3) the agency has designated the program or cooperative for service in the county in which the program or cooperative is offered and determined that, at the time of designation, the program or cooperative increases the availability of day placement services in the county.

(c) The agency may not designate more than one day placement program or cooperative for service per county each year.

(d) The agency may designate a regional education service center to implement and administer this section.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the agency may not provide an allotment under this section to more than 20 day placement programs or cooperatives for a year.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.414 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.414
§ 504.414. PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The professional firefighter plate may be issued to qualified firefighters. The sponsor of the plate may nominate a state agency for receipt of funds under Section 504.801(e)(2)(A).

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs in accordance with Section 504.801, the remainder of the fees from the sale of professional firefighter plates shall be deposited to the credit of an account in the state treasury to be used by the nominated state agency for the purpose of making grants to support the activities of an organization of professional firefighters located in this state that provides emergency relief and college scholarship funds to the professional firefighters and their dependents.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.156 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.156
§ 981.156. EXAMINATION BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall examine the stamping office at any time the commissioner considers an examination necessary.

(b) The stamping office shall pay the cost of the examination.

(c) During an examination, a stamping office board member, officer, agent, or employee:

(1) may be examined under oath regarding the operation of the office; and

(2) shall make available any book, record, account, document, or agreement relating to the operation of the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.204
§ 7811.204. BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other methods of acquiring money for district purposes, the district may issue bond anticipation notes for any purpose for which district bonds have been voted or may be issued to refund outstanding bond anticipation notes and the interest on the notes being refunded.

(b) The notes may bear interest at any rate not to exceed the maximum interest rate applicable to the district's authorized bonds.

(c) The maximum amount of the notes outstanding at any one time may not exceed $500,000 without the prior consent of both constituent municipalities.

(d) The district shall pay the notes only from the proceeds of the sale of bonds by the district.
Tex. Water Code § 152.251 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.251
§ 152.251. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "hedging" means buying or selling crude oil, fuel oil, natural gas, or electric energy futures or options, or similar contracts on those commodity futures, as a protection against loss due to price fluctuations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.056
§ 3852.056. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section:

(1) a director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest of directors.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file an affidavit with the board secretary declaring the interest. Another affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes.

(c) After the affidavit is filed, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity; or

(2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.

(d) A director who is also an officer or employee of a political subdivision may not participate in a discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that same political subdivision.

(e) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.002
§ 85.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service.

(2) "Communicable disease" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.003.

(3) "Contact tracing" means identifying all persons who may have been exposed to an infected person and notifying them that they have been exposed, should be tested, and should seek treatment.

(4) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.

(5) "State agency" means:

(A) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency that is in the executive branch of state government and that was created by the Texas Constitution or a state statute and includes an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;

(B) the legislature or a legislative agency; and

(C) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, the State Bar of Texas, or another state judicial agency.

(6) "Testing program" means a program using a diagnostic test approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to indicate the presence of HIV.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.060 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.060
§ 1201.060. REQUIRED DEFINITION OF "EMERGENCY CARE" IN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP POLICY.
Status: in_force

An individual or group accident and health insurance policy that provides an emergency care benefit, including a policy issued by a corporation operating under Chapter 842, must define "emergency care" as follows:

"Emergency care" means bona fide emergency services provided after the sudden onset of a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:

(1) placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy;

(2) serious impairment to bodily functions; or

(3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.062
§ 1098.062. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Family Code § 8.059 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.059
§ 8.059. ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDER.
Status: repealed

(a) The court may enforce by contempt against the obligor:

(1) the court's maintenance order; or

(2) an agreement for periodic payments of spousal maintenance under the terms of this chapter voluntarily entered into between the parties and approved by the court.

(a-1) The court may not enforce by contempt any provision of an agreed order for maintenance that exceeds the amount of periodic support the court could have ordered under this chapter or for any period of maintenance beyond the period of maintenance the court could have ordered under this chapter.

(b) On the suit to enforce by an obligee, the court may render judgment against a defaulting party for the amount of arrearages after notice by service of citation, answer, if any, and a hearing finding that the defaulting party has failed or refused to comply with the terms of the order. The judgment may be enforced by any means available for the enforcement of judgment for debts, including by an order or writ of withholding and a maintenance qualified domestic relations order under Subchapter H.

(c) It is an affirmative defense to an allegation of contempt of court or the violation of a condition of probation requiring payment of court-ordered maintenance that the obligor:

(1) lacked the ability to provide maintenance in the amount ordered;

(2) lacked property that could be sold, mortgaged, or otherwise pledged to raise the funds needed;

(3) attempted unsuccessfully to borrow the needed funds; and

(4) did not know of a source from which the money could have been borrowed or otherwise legally obtained.

(d) The issue of the existence of an affirmative defense does not arise until pleaded. An obligor must prove the affirmative defense by a preponderance of the evidence.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 486, Sec. 9(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.006
§ 1026.006. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.139 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.139
§ 363.139. INVESTMENT AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Money may be set aside out of bond proceeds to provide for:

(1) interest to accrue on the bonds;

(2) administrative expenses up to the estimated date on which the solid waste management system will produce revenue; and

(3) reserve funds created by the resolution that authorized the bonds.

(b) Proceeds from the sale of bonds may be invested, pending their use, in the securities or time deposits specified by the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds.

(c) The earnings on the investments may be applied as provided by the resolution or trust indenture.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7958A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7958A / Section 7958A.0101
§ 7958A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 216.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.035 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.035
§ 78.035. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall annually elect a chairman and any officers it considers necessary. The board shall fill a vacancy in the chairmanship of the board or in an officer's position by appointing a director to fill the vacancy.
Tex. Family Code § 160.103 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.103
§ 160.103. SCOPE OF CHAPTER; CHOICE OF LAW.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Chapter 233, this chapter governs every determination of parentage in this state.

(b) The court shall apply the law of this state to adjudicate the parent-child relationship. The applicable law does not depend on:

(1) the place of birth of the child; or

(2) the past or present residence of the child.

(c) This chapter does not create, enlarge, or diminish parental rights or duties under another law of this state.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 3.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 290.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 290 / Section 290.051
§ 290.051. COMMISSION; APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each district is governed by a commission of five members appointed as provided by this section.

(b) Each county commissioner on the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located shall appoint one member who meets the qualifications prescribed by Section 290.052 to serve on the commission. The county judge of the county shall appoint any remaining members who meet the qualifications prescribed by Section 290.052 to serve on the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7971.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7971 / Section 7971.002
§ 7971.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.206
§ 2166.206. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY STATE.
Status: in_force

The state shall furnish to a private design professional retained under this chapter:

(1) detailed information on space requirements and relationships and the justification for, use of, and general requirements for the project; and

(2) a complete site survey and soil analysis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008A / Section 8008A.0302
§ 8008A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.472 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.472
§ 161.472. FORMATION OF KIDNEY SHARING POOL AND DISTRIBUTION TO LONGEST WAITING PATIENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under the system for allocating kidneys available for transplant in this state, to the extent allowed by federal law, a statewide pool of 20 percent of the kidneys from deceased donors of each blood type recovered by each organ procurement organization that has a defined service area that includes all or part of this state is provided to a special pool for redistribution to patients who have been waiting the longest for transplantation in this state.

(b) Medically eligible patients with low panel reactive antibodies of less than 10 percent who, in terms of accumulated waiting time, comprise the top 20 percent of all patients waiting will be put in a pool. As one of those patients receives a transplant, the patient will be replaced in the pool, in turn, by the next longest waiting patient. Only accumulated waiting time will be used to establish priority access to the pool.

(c) With the exception of assigning points for a six antigen match with zero antigen mismatch, assigning points for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) match will be eliminated by organ procurement organizations that are participating in the pool established under Subsection (a).

(d) After a patient has qualified for entry into the pool established under Subsection (b), the order of distribution is based solely on the length of time each patient has waited.

(e) Use of the pools will be managed by the federal Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

(f) A panel of appropriate physician specialists of Texas' Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network members will monitor the listing of patients and the appropriate use of the pools.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7978.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7978 / Section 7978.152
§ 7978.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7978.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Estates Code § 1252.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1252 / Section 1252.002
§ 1252.002. COURT ACTIONS AND ORDERS CONCERNING ESTATE.
Status: in_force

The court shall take all actions and make all necessary orders with respect to the estate described by Section 1252.001 of a nonresident ward for the maintenance, support, care, or education of the ward out of the proceeds of the estate, in the same manner as if the ward were a resident of this state sent abroad by the court for education or treatment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010 / Section 8010.001
§ 8010.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Estates Code § 504.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 504 / Section 504.051
§ 504.051. NOTICE OF WILL CONTEST IN FOREIGN JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

Verified notice that a proceeding to contest a will probated or established in a foreign jurisdiction has been commenced in that jurisdiction may be filed and recorded in the judge's probate docket of the court in this state in which the foreign will was probated, or in the deed records of any county of this state in which the foreign will was recorded, within the time limits for the contest of a foreign will in this state.
Tex. Family Code § 154.065 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.065
§ 154.065. SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME.
Status: in_force

(a) Income from self-employment, whether positive or negative, includes benefits allocated to an individual from a business or undertaking in the form of a proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, close corporation, agency, or independent contractor, less ordinary and necessary expenses required to produce that income.

(b) In its discretion, the court may exclude from self-employment income amounts allowable under federal income tax law as depreciation, tax credits, or any other business expenses shown by the evidence to be inappropriate in making the determination of income available for the purpose of calculating child support.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.206
§ 1017.206. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 137 / Section 137.002
§ 137.002. PERSONS WHO MAY EXECUTE DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT; PERIOD OF VALIDITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An adult who is not incapacitated may execute a declaration for mental health treatment. The preferences or instructions may include consent to or refusal of mental health treatment.

(b) A declaration for mental health treatment is effective on execution as provided by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (c), a declaration for mental health treatment expires on the third anniversary of the date of its execution or when revoked by the principal, whichever is earlier.

(c) If the declaration for mental health treatment is in effect and the principal is incapacitated on the third anniversary of the date of its execution, the declaration remains in effect until the principal is no longer incapacitated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4020.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4020 / Section 4020.0108
§ 4020.0108. PRECONDITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not exercise any powers granted to the district by this chapter or other law unless a development agreement between the city and the primary landowner in the district that establishes the standards that apply to development in the district, in addition to those contained in zoning, subdivision, and other applicable ordinances of the city, has been executed.

(b) After September 1, 2030, if a development agreement described by Subsection (a) has not been executed, the board shall dissolve the district in the manner provided by Section 4020.0901(b) if the board receives a written dissolution request from the city.
Tex. Finance Code § 94.151 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 94 / Section 94.151
§ 94.151. ADVANCES PAID BY SAVINGS BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) A savings bank may pay taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, and similar charges for the protection of the savings bank's interest in property that secures a real property loan of the savings bank.

(b) A payment under Subsection (a) is an advance, and the savings bank may:

(1) carry the payment on the savings bank's books as an asset of the savings bank for which the savings bank may charge interest; or

(2) add the payment to the unpaid balance of the loan to which it applies as of the first day of the month in which the payment is made.
Tex. Education Code § 30.027 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30 / Section 30.027
§ 30.027. LEASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired may lease available real property on the school's campus located at 1100 West 45th Street, Austin, Travis County, to a private, nonprofit corporation that provides print-handicapped persons with auditory materials. The lease must provide that the corporation must use the property for those services.

(b) In determining the fair market consideration for the lease, actual benefits to be received by the school, the school's students, and the blind and visually impaired community in the state may be considered.

(c) The asset management division of the General Land Office shall negotiate the terms of the lease, determine the most suitable location for the lease, and close the transaction on behalf of the school as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code. The asset management division is not required to transact the lease by sealed bid or public auction.

(d) Proceeds from the real estate transaction conducted under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.