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Tex. Government Code § 548.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0001
§ 548.0001. PROVISION OF SERVICES THROUGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNDER MEDICAID AND OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Behavioral health services" has the meaning assigned by Section 540.0703.

(2) "Case management services" includes service coordination, service management, and care coordination.

(b) To the extent permitted by federal law and to the extent it is cost-effective and clinically effective, as the commission determines, the commission shall ensure that Medicaid recipients, child health plan program enrollees, and other individuals receiving benefits under a public benefits program the commission or a health and human services agency administers, regardless of whether receiving benefits through a managed care delivery model or another delivery model, have the option to receive services as telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, or otherwise using telecommunications or information technology, including the following services:

(1) preventive health and wellness services;

(2) case management services, including targeted case management services;

(3) subject to Subsection (c), behavioral health services;

(4) occupational, physical, and speech therapy services;

(5) nutritional counseling services; and

(6) assessment services, including nursing assessments under the following Section 1915(c) waiver programs:

(A) the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program;

(B) the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities (DBMD) waiver program;

(C) the home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program; and

(D) the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program.

(c) To the extent permitted by state and federal law and to the extent it is cost-effective and clinically effective, as the commission determines, the executive commissioner by rule shall develop and implement a system that ensures behavioral health services may be provided using an audio-only platform consistent with Section 111.008, Occupations Code, to a Medicaid recipient, a child health plan program enrollee, or another individual receiving those services under another public benefits program the commission or a health and human services agency administers.

(d) If the executive commissioner determines that providing services other than behavioral health services is appropriate using an audio-only platform under a public benefits program the commission or a health and human services agency administers, in accordance with applicable federal and state law, the executive commissioner may by rule authorize the provision of those services under the applicable program using the audio-only platform. In determining whether the use of an audio-only platform in a program is appropriate under this subsection, the executive commissioner shall consider whether using the platform would be cost-effective and clinically effective.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.261 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.261
§ 1002.261. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter on payment of the applicable license fee.

(b) The license must:

(1) show the full name of the license holder;

(2) have a serial number;

(3) state the license holder's discipline of geoscience; and

(4) be signed by an appropriate officer of the board under the board's seal.

(c) The issuance by the board of a license is prima facie evidence that during the term of the license the license holder is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed geoscientist.

(d) A licensed geoscientist may engage in the practice of any discipline of geoscience regardless of the discipline of geoscience stated on the person's license.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.059 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.059
§ 2001.059. ADVISORY OPINIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer, bingo chairperson, or authorized representative of a license holder or an attorney, accountant, or bookkeeper employed or retained by a license holder may request from the commission an advisory opinion regarding compliance with this chapter and the rules of the commission.

(b) The commission shall respond to a request under Subsection (a) not later than the later of the second commission meeting or the 60th day after the date a request is received, unless the commission determines that the request does not contain sufficient facts to provide an answer on which the requestor may rely. In that event, the commission shall request additional information from the requestor not later than the 10th day after the date the request is received. If the commission requests additional information, the commission shall respond to the request not later than the later of the second commission meeting or the 60th day after the date additional information is received pursuant to the request for additional information.

(c) A person who requests an advisory opinion under Subsection (a) may act in reliance on the opinion in the conduct of any activity under any license issued under this chapter if the conduct is substantially consistent with the opinion and the facts stated in the request.

(d) An advisory opinion issued under this section is not a rule under Subchapter B, Chapter 2001, Government Code, and the rulemaking requirements of that subchapter do not apply to a request for an advisory opinion or any advisory opinion issued by the commission.

(e) Nothing in this section precludes the commission from requesting an attorney general opinion under Section 402.042, Government Code. In the event the commission requests an attorney general opinion on a matter that is the subject of an advisory opinion request under this section, the deadlines established under Subsection (b) are tolled until 30 days following the issuance of the attorney general opinion.

(f) The commission may delegate all or part of the authority and procedures for issuing advisory opinions under this section to an employee of the department.

(g) The commission may refuse to issue an advisory opinion under this section on a matter that the commission knows to be in active litigation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.238 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.238
§ 225.238. OFFICER CHARLES WHITES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County between its intersection with State Highway 45 and its intersection with Westinghouse Road is designated as the Officer Charles Whites Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Officer Charles Whites 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.
Tex. Property Code § 116.162 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.162
§ 116.162. RENTAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from rental property pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease. An amount received as a refundable deposit, including a security deposit or a deposit that is to be applied as rent for future periods, must be added to principal and held subject to the terms of the lease and is not available for distribution to a beneficiary until the trustee's contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that amount.
Tex. Education Code § 133.008 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 133 / Section 133.008
§ 133.008. STATUS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Recommendations of the advisory committee submitted to the commission must be acted on, and either accepted or rejected.

(b) A recommendation which is rejected must be returned immediately to the advisory committee, accompanied by written notice of the reasons for rejecting the recommendation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8471.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8471 / Section 8471.001
§ 8471.001. 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 Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Family Code § 9.201 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 9 / Section 9.201
§ 9.201. PROCEDURE FOR DIVISION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY NOT DIVIDED ON DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Either former spouse may file a suit as provided by this subchapter to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in a final decree of divorce or annulment.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the suit is governed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court that rendered a final decree of divorce or annulment or another final order dividing property under this title retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to render an order under this subchapter to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in the final decree.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3964.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3964 / Section 3964.0301
§ 3964.0301. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.006
§ 1024.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.158 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.158
§ 62.158. DIVIDENDS ON CAPITAL STOCK.
Status: in_force

The board of a capital stock association may declare and pay a dividend out of current or retained income, in cash or additional stock, to the holders of record of the stock outstanding on the date the dividend is declared.
Tex. Government Code § 1232.060 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1232 / Section 1232.060
§ 1232.060. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of public finance may not be a member of the board or an employee of the authority who is exempt from the state's position classification plan or is compensated at or above the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary group A17, of the position classification salary schedule.

(b) A person who is the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of public finance may not be a member of the board and may not be an employee of the authority who is exempt from the state's position classification plan or is compensated at or above the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary group A17, of the position classification salary schedule.

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

(d) A person may not serve as a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board or the authority if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8503.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8503 / Section 8503.0105
§ 8503.0105. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POLICY.
Status: in_force

The board shall develop and implement a policy that provides a structure for public engagement in regard to water supply projects. The policy must include a clear and detailed description of how the authority will seek to actively engage stakeholders, including the possible use of:

(1) advisory committees;

(2) community panels;

(3) town hall meetings; and

(4) other strategies on a recurring basis.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 57.102 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 57 / Section 57.102
§ 57.102. APPROVAL OF SALE OR TRANSFER OF BUSINESS AT DEALER'S REQUEST.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a dealer agreement that is not a single-line dealer agreement.

(b) If a supplier has contractual authority to approve or deny a request for the sale or transfer of a dealer's business or an equity ownership interest in the dealer's business, a dealer may request that the supplier approve or deny a request for the sale or transfer of a dealer's business or an equity ownership interest in the dealer's business to a proposed buyer or transferee. The dealer's request must be in writing and must include character references and reasonable financial, personal background, and work history information with respect to the proposed buyer or transferee.

(c) Not later than the 60th day after receipt of a request under Subsection (b), the supplier shall either approve the sale or transfer or send a written response to the dealer stating the supplier's denial of the request and the specific reasons for the denial. The request is considered approved if the supplier does not approve or deny the request by the deadline.

(d) A supplier may deny a request made under this section only if the proposed buyer or transferee fails to meet the reasonable requirements consistently imposed by the supplier for purposes of determining whether to approve a new dealer or a request for approval of a sale or transfer of a dealer's business or equity ownership in the dealer's business.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.050 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.050
§ 225.050. RALPH L.
Status: in_force

LOWE PARKWAY. (a) Farm-to-Market Road 528 in the city of Friendswood is designated as the Ralph L. Lowe Parkway.

(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the designation as the Ralph L. Lowe Parkway and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.809 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.809
§ 9.809. PRIORITY.
Status: in_force

The 2013 amendments determine the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before July 1, 2013, this chapter as it existed before amendment determines priority.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.518 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.518
§ 451.518.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.518. BOARD MEETINGS: NOTICE. In addition to notice required by Chapter 551, Government Code, a board shall post a board meeting notice in the authority's administrative offices and at the courthouse of the most populous county in which the principal municipality of the authority is located, each on a bulletin board at a place convenient to the public.
Tex. Election Code § 13.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 13 / Section 13.008
§ 13.008. PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION FOR REGISTERING VOTERS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) compensates another person based on the number of voter registrations that the other person successfully facilitates;

(2) presents another person with a quota of voter registrations to facilitate as a condition of payment or employment;

(3) engages in another practice that causes another person's compensation from or employment status with the person to be dependent on the number of voter registrations that the other person facilitates; or

(4) accepts compensation for an activity described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) An officer, director, or other agent of an entity that commits an offense under this section is punishable for the offense.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.0461 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.0461
§ 302.0461. CHILD CARE PROVIDER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS.
Status: reserved

(a) A local workforce development board may contract with child care providers operating in the board's area to provide subsidized child care services. The local workforce development board shall determine the number of places that the board reserves in the contract with a child care provider participating in the commission's subsidized child care program.

(b) To be eligible for a contract under Subsection (a), a child care provider must:

(1) be a Texas Rising Star Program provider with a three-star rating or higher; and

(2) meet one of the following priorities of the commission:

(A) be located in:

(i) an area where the number of children younger than six years of age who have working parents is at least three times greater than the capacity of licensed child care providers in the area; or

(ii) an area determined by the commission to be underserved with respect to child care providers;

(B) have a partnership with a school district to provide a prekindergarten program;

(C) have a partnership with the Early Head Start or Head Start Program;

(D) increase the number of places reserved for infants and toddlers by high-quality child care providers; or

(E) satisfy a requirement in the local workforce development board's strategic plan.

(c) Not later than six months after a local workforce development board enters into a contract under Subsection (a), the board shall submit a report to the commission evaluating the contract to determine its effect on:

(1) the financial stability of the child care provider participating in the contract;

(2) the availability of high-quality child care options for participants in the commission's subsidized child care program in the workforce development area;

(3) the number of high-quality child care providers in any part of the workforce development area with a high concentration of families with a need for child care; and

(4) the percentage of children participating in the commission's subsidized child care program at each Texas Rising Star Program provider in the local workforce development area.

(d) The commission shall determine the information that must be included in the report required by Subsection (c). A local workforce development board shall update the report required by Subsection (c) every 12 months from the date the board submits its initial report to the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 391.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 391 / Section 391.003
§ 391.003. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt grant guidelines and criteria consistent with the requirements of this chapter.

(b) The guidelines must include:

(1) protocols to compute projected emissions reductions and project cost-effectiveness; and

(2) safeguards to ensure that the projects funded result in emissions reductions not otherwise required by state or federal law.

(c) The commission may propose revisions to the guidelines and criteria adopted under this section as necessary to improve the ability of the program to achieve the program goals.

(d) The commission may adopt emergency rules under Section 2001.034, Government Code, with abbreviated notice, to carry out any rulemaking necessary to implement this chapter.

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the rulemaking requirements of Chapter 2001, Government Code, do not apply to the adoption or revision of guidelines and criteria under this section.
Tex. Property Code § 240.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 240 / Section 240.004
§ 240.004. CHAPTER SUPPLEMENTED BY OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless displaced by a provision of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter.

(b) This chapter does not limit any right of a person to waive, release, disclaim, or renounce an interest in or power over property under a statute other than this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 1.103 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 1 / Section 1.103
§ 1.103. ENTITIES NOT FORMED BY FILING INSTRUMENT.
Status: in_force

If the formation of an entity does not occur when a certificate of formation or similar instrument filed with the secretary of state or with a foreign governmental authority takes effect, the law governing the entity's formation and internal affairs is the law of the entity's jurisdiction of formation.
Tex. Labor Code § 214.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 214 / Section 214.004
§ 214.004. FRAUDULENTLY AVOIDING CONTRIBUTION OR PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person makes a false representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to:

(1) prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to an individual entitled to the benefits;

(2) avoid becoming or remaining subject to this subtitle; or

(3) avoid or reduce any contribution or other payment required from an employing unit under this subtitle.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.055
§ 1046.055. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is:

(1) a district resident; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A director elected or appointed to represent a commissioners precinct must be a resident of that commissioners precinct. Failure of the director to maintain residence in the commissioners precinct is a ground for removal from office in the manner provided by law for removal of county officers.

(c) A person is not eligible to serve as a director if the person is:

(1) an administrator for the district or a district hospital;

(2) the attorney for the district; or

(3) a district employee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.082 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 283 / Section 283.082
§ 283.082. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the administrator shall make a report to the commissioners court, executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, and comptroller.

(b) The report must:

(1) contain a sworn statement of all money and choses in action received by the administrator and the disposition of the money and actions; and

(2) detail the operations of the district for the fiscal year.
Tex. Government Code § 24.581 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.581
§ 24.581.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.581. 437TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (a) The 437th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

(b) The 437th District Court shall give preference to criminal matters.
Tex. Education Code § 130.180 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.180
§ 130.180. GRAYSON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Grayson County Junior College District includes the territory within:

(1) Grayson County; and

(2) the Bonham, Dodd City, Wolfe City, Ector, Leonard, Savoy, Trenton, Whitewright, and Sam Rayburn independent school districts located in Fannin County.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1272.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1272 / Section 1272.057
§ 1272.057. EXAMINATION BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

A delegation agreement required by Section 1272.052 must require the delegated entity to permit the commissioner to examine at any time any information the commissioner reasonably believes is relevant to:

(1) the financial solvency of the entity; or

(2) the ability of the entity to meet the entity's responsibilities in connection with any function delegated to the entity by the health maintenance organization.