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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 393.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 393 / Section 393.004
§ 393.004. ELIGIBILITY OF FACILITIES FOR GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the requirements of this chapter, the commission shall establish additional eligibility and prioritization criteria as needed to implement the program.

(b) The prioritization criteria established under Subsection (a) must provide that, for each grant round, the commission may not award a grant to an entity that does not agree to make the alternative fueling facility accessible and available to the public at times designated by the grant contract until each eligible entity that does agree to those terms has been awarded a grant.

(c) The commission may not award more than one grant for each facility.

(d) The commission may give preference to or otherwise limit grant selections to:

(1) fueling facilities providing specific types of alternative fuels;

(2) fueling facilities in a specified area or location; and

(3) fueling facilities meeting other specified prioritization criteria established by the commission.

(e) For fueling facilities to provide natural gas, the commission shall give preference to:

(1) facilities providing both liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas at a single location;

(2) facilities located not more than one mile from an interstate highway system;

(3) facilities located in the area in and between the Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth areas; and

(4) facilities located in the area in and between the Corpus Christi, Laredo, and San Antonio areas.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.160 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 254 / Section 254.160
§ 254.160. PROHIBITED PRICING PRACTICES DURING DECLARED STATE OF DISASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "unconscionable price" means a price that is more than 200 percent of the average price for the same or a substantially similar product or service provided to other individuals by health care facilities located in the same county or nearest county to the county in which the freestanding emergency medical care facility is located, as applicable, according to data collected by the department under Chapter 108.

(b) During a state of disaster declared by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, a facility may not:

(1) charge an individual an unconscionable price for a product or service provided at the facility; or

(2) knowingly or intentionally charge a third-party payor, including a health benefit plan insurer, a price higher than the price charged to an individual for the same product or service based on the payor's liability for payment or partial payment of the product or service.

(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not prohibit a facility from:

(1) offering an uninsured individual a cash discount for a particular product or service; or

(2) accepting directly from an individual full payment for a health care product or service in lieu of submitting a claim to the individual's health benefit plan.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 23.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 23 / Section 23.01
§ 23.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a local distributor's permit may:

(1) purchase alcoholic beverages, including malt beverages, from wholesalers and distributors authorized to sell them for resale, but may purchase only those brands available for general distribution to all local distributor's permittees;

(2) sell and distribute the alcoholic beverages, including malt beverages, to mixed beverage and private club registration permittees;

(3) sell and distribute distilled spirits to the holder of a nonprofit entity temporary event permit;

(4) rent or sell to mixed beverage and private club registration permittees any equipment, fixtures, or supplies used in the selling or dispensing of distilled spirits; and

(5) purchase and sell vintage distilled spirits as provided by Section 23.07.

(b) A local distributor's permittee may purchase liquor only from a wholesaler's or general class B wholesaler's permittee and may purchase only the types of liquor the particular wholesaler is authorized by the wholesaler's permit to sell.
Tex. Election Code § 212.134 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 212 / Section 212.134
§ 212.134. EARLY VOTING VOTES TREATED AS PRECINCT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), for the purpose of specifying which election precincts are to be included in a recount, all the early voting votes canvassed by a local canvassing authority shall be treated as constituting one election precinct.

(b) Each early voting polling place in which voting machines were used shall be treated as constituting one election precinct.
Tex. Water Code § 30.064 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 30 / Section 30.064
§ 30.064. FUNDS SET ASIDE FROM BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The district may set aside out of the proceeds from the sale of bonds:

(1) interest to accrue on the bonds and administrative expenses to the estimated date when the disposal system will become revenue producing; and

(2) reserve funds created by the resolution authorizing the bonds.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.105
§ 651.105. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide to its members and employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their:

(1) qualifications for office or employment under this chapter; and

(2) responsibilities under applicable laws relating to the standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.305 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.305
§ 885.305. ORGANIZATION AS BENEFICIARY.
Status: in_force

A fraternal benefit society may provide in the fraternal benefit society's laws for the issuance to its members of benefit certificates under which an association, society, or corporation that is organized and operated for religious, eleemosynary, or educational purposes is named as beneficiary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8257.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8257 / Section 8257.0403
§ 8257.0403. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters voting at the election held under Section 8257.0402 approve the proposition or propositions, the board shall declare the results and, by order, shall establish the defined area or designated property and describe it by metes and bounds or designate the specific area or property.

(b) A court may not review the board's order except on the ground of fraud, palpable error, or arbitrary and confiscatory abuse of discretion.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.002
§ 4051.002. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN AGENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

An agent's contract entered into on or after August 27, 1973, by an insurer engaged in the business of property and casualty insurance in this state is subject to Chapter 444.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8445.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8445 / Section 8445.105
§ 8445.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.253
§ 36.253. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The department is not required to disclose under this subchapter:

(1) information that is:

(A) an attorney-client communication; or

(B) an attorney work product; or

(2) other information protected by a recognized privilege, a statute, an administrative rule, the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Texas Rules of Evidence.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.155 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.155
§ 225.155.
Status: in_force

Sec. 225.155. D. R. "TOM" UHER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 35 in Matagorda County is designated as the D. R. "Tom" Uher Memorial Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the D. R. "Tom" Uher 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. Education Code § 61.9837 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9837
§ 61.9837. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHER INVESTMENT FUND.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "fund" means the mathematics and science teacher investment fund.

(b) The fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund and consists of:

(1) gifts, grants, and other donations received for the fund;

(2) any amounts appropriated by the legislature for the fund; and

(3) interest and other earnings from the investment of the fund.

(c) The fund may be used only to provide repayment assistance for the repayment of loans eligible under Section 61.9835, including related administrative costs.

(d) The fund is exempt from the application of Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code.

(e) The board may accept grants, gifts, or donations from any public or private entity for the purposes of this subchapter. All money received under this subchapter shall be deposited in the fund.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 242 , Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.
Tex. Property Code § 58.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.001
§ 58.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Employer" means a person with whom a worker contracts, directly or through an agent, receiver, or trustee of the person, for the performance of labor or a service by the worker. The contract may be oral or in writing.

(2) "Worker" means a clerk, accountant, bookkeeper, waiter, waitress, cook, maid, porter, servant, employee, artisan, craftsman, factory operator, mill operator, mechanic, quarry worker, common laborer, or farmhand.
Tex. Estates Code § 1101.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.003
§ 1101.003. AFFIDAVIT CONTAINING CONTACT INFORMATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Within the time prescribed by the court, a person who files an application under Section 1101.001 shall file an affidavit with the court that states the name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other contact information if known by the applicant for each person entitled to notice under Section 1051.104(a).

(b) An affidavit filed under this section is privileged and confidential. The affidavit may not be released or otherwise disclosed to the public.

(c) On qualification of a guardian, the court shall provide a copy of the affidavit filed under this section to the guardian if the guardian is not the person who filed the affidavit.
Tex. Government Code § 1431.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1431 / Section 1431.007
§ 1431.007. GENERAL SOURCES OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a governing body may:

(1) provide that anticipation notes be paid from and secured by revenue, taxes, a combination of revenue and taxes, or the proceeds of bonds to be issued by the issuer; and

(2) pledge to the payment of anticipation notes revenue, taxes, a combination of revenue and taxes, or the proceeds of bonds to be issued by the issuer.

(b) The governing body of a flood control district operating as a conservation and reclamation district that issues anticipation notes for one or more purposes described in Section 1431.004(a)(1) may:

(1) provide that the anticipation notes be paid from and secured by revenue or the proceeds of bonds to be issued by the issuer; and

(2) pledge to the payment of the anticipation notes revenues or the proceeds of bonds to be issued by the issuer.

(c) A governing body issuing an anticipation note or other obligation under Section 1431.015 may:

(1) provide that the anticipation note or other obligation be paid from and secured by any revenue, including sales taxes, other taxes, a combination of nontax and tax revenue, the proceeds of bonds to be issued by the issuer, and reimbursements or other funds to be received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any other state or federal agency reimbursing or providing funds to the issuer for costs incurred as a result of the emergency; and

(2) pledge to the payment of the anticipation note or other obligation any revenue, including sales taxes, other taxes, a combination of nontax and tax revenue, the proceeds of bonds to be issued by the issuer, and reimbursements or other funds to be received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any other state or federal agency reimbursing or providing funds to the issuer for costs incurred as a result of the emergency.
Tex. Family Code § 266.012 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 266 / Section 266.012
§ 266.012. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date a child enters the conservatorship of the department, the child shall receive:

(1) a developmentally appropriate comprehensive assessment that includes:

(A) a screening for trauma; and

(B) interviews with individuals who have knowledge of the child's needs; and

(2) a screening for risk of commercial sexual exploitation using a validated, evidenced-informed tool selected by the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section 772.0062, Government Code, if:

(A) validation guidelines based on the child's age indicate the screening is appropriate; or

(B) concerns of commercial sexual exploitation exist.

(b) The department shall develop guidelines regarding the contents of an assessment report.

(c) A single source continuum contractor under Subchapter B-1, Chapter 264, providing therapeutic foster care services to a child shall ensure that the child receives a comprehensive assessment under this section at least once every 90 days.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8086.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8086 / Section 8086.0401
§ 8086.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8086.0403.

(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. Local Government Code § 505.206 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.206
§ 505.206. EFFECT OF SUBCHAPTER ON ELECTION AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not affect an authorizing municipality's authority to call an election under this chapter to impose a sales and use tax for any purpose authorized by this chapter after the sales and use tax described by this subchapter is, in accordance with Section 505.258, no longer collected.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7970.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7970 / Section 7970.051
§ 7970.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7970.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 602.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 602 / Section 602.007
§ 602.007. FILING OF OATH MADE BY CERTAIN JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND JUDICIAL APPOINTEES.
Status: in_force

The oath made and signed statement executed as required by Section 1, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, by any of the following judicial officers and judicial appointees shall be filed with the secretary of state:

(1) an officer appointed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or the State Bar of Texas;

(2) an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B or C, Chapter 201, Family Code; and

(3) a retired or former judge on the list maintained by the presiding judge of an administrative judicial region under Section 74.055.
Tex. Government Code § 33.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 33 / Section 33.007
§ 33.007. DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS TO JUDGES AND THE PUBLIC.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and distribute plain-language materials as described by this section to judges and the public.

(b) The materials must include a description of:

(1) the commission's responsibilities;

(2) the types of conduct that constitute judicial misconduct;

(3) the types of sanctions issued by the commission, including orders of additional education; and

(4) the commission's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The materials shall be provided in English and Spanish.

(d) The commission shall provide to each person filing a complaint with the commission the materials described by this section.

(e) The commission shall adopt a policy to effectively distribute materials as required by this section.
Tex. Labor Code § 204.006 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 204 / Section 204.006
§ 204.006. INITIAL CONTRIBUTION RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person's contribution rate for the calendar year in which the person becomes an employer is the greater of:

(1) the rate established for that year for the major group to which the employer is assigned under Section 204.004, less one-tenth of one percent; or

(2) two and six-tenths percent.

(b) A rate established under Subsection (a) applies to the employer until the date the experience rate computed under Section 204.041 takes effect for the employer.
Tex. Estates Code § 121.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 121 / Section 121.052
§ 121.052. REQUIRED PERIOD OF SURVIVAL FOR INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND CERTAIN OTHER PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

A person who does not survive a decedent by 120 hours is considered to have predeceased the decedent for purposes of the homestead allowance, exempt property, and intestate succession, and the decedent's heirs are determined accordingly, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8488.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8488 / Section 8488.153
§ 8488.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.057 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.057
§ 14.057. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; MERIT PAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or a person designated by the commissioner shall develop a system of annual employee performance evaluations based on measurable job tasks.

(b) Merit pay for employees of the office must be based on the system established under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.302
§ 1053.302. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.304 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.304
§ 321.304. DISCOUNTS FOR PREPAYMENT AND TAX COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

All discounts allowed a retailer under Chapter 151 for the collection and prepayment of the taxes under that chapter are allowed and applicable to the taxes collected under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 52.0007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 52 / Section 52.0007
§ 52.0007. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the task force shall prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature an annual written report that summarizes the task force's work and includes any recommended actions or policy changes endorsed by the task force.

(b) The task force shall, in collaboration with the commission, include in the task force's annual report recommendations for improving sickle cell disease education for health care providers.
Tex. Estates Code § 151.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 151 / Section 151.003
§ 151.003. EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENT OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WITHOUT COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who possesses or controls a document delivered by a decedent for safekeeping or who leases a safe deposit box to a decedent may permit examination of the document or the contents of the safe deposit box by:

(1) the decedent's spouse;

(2) a parent of the decedent;

(3) a descendant of the decedent who is at least 18 years of age; or

(4) a person named as executor of the decedent's estate in a copy of a document that the person has and that appears to be a will of the decedent.

(b) An examination under Subsection (a) shall be conducted in the presence of the person who possesses or controls the document or who leases the safe deposit box or, if the person is a corporation, an officer of the corporation.
Tex. Government Code § 802.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 802 / Section 802.202
§ 802.202. INVESTMENT OF SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a public retirement system is responsible for the management and administration of the funds of the system.

(b) When, in the opinion of the governing body, a surplus of funds exists in accounts of a public retirement system over the amount needed to make payments as they become due within the next year, the governing body shall deposit all or as much of the surplus as the governing body considers prudent in a reserve fund for investment.

(c) The governing body shall determine the procedure it finds most efficient and beneficial for the management of the reserve fund of the system. The governing body may directly manage the investments of the system or may choose and contract for professional investment management services.

(d) The governing body of a public retirement system shall:

(1) develop and adopt a written investment policy;

(2) maintain for public review at its main office a copy of the policy;

(3) file a copy of the policy with the State Pension Review Board not later than the 90th day after the date the policy is adopted; and

(4) file a copy of each change to the policy with the State Pension Review Board not later than the 90th day after the change is adopted.
Tex. Water Code § 26.038 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.038
§ 26.038. FISCAL CONTROL ON WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING.
Status: in_force

In administering the program for making grants and loans to and contracting with local governments, regional planning commissions, and planning agencies as authorized in Subsection (c) of Section 26.036 of this code, the commission shall adopt rules and procedures for the necessary engineering review and supervision, fiscal control, and fund accounting. The fiscal control and fund accounting procedures are supplemental to other procedures prescribed by law.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 34.065 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 34 / Section 34.065
§ 34.065. RULES.
Status: in_force

A board may adopt rules and collect fees necessary for the implementation of this chapter.