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Tex. Government Code § 815.4035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.4035
§ 815.4035. COLLECTION OF STATE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 813.201, the board of trustees shall assess each employer whose employees are members of the retirement system a state retirement contribution in an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the employer's total payroll, as determined by the General Appropriations Act.

(b) The board of trustees shall deposit the state retirement contribution to the credit of the trust fund established by Section 815.310 to be used for the purposes specified by Section 815.103.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0541 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0541
§ 161.0541. ELK DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule may establish a disease surveillance program for elk.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must:

(1) require each person who moves elk in this state to have elk tested for chronic wasting disease or other diseases as determined by the commission;

(2) be designed to protect the health of the elk population in this state; and

(3) include provisions for testing, identification, transportation, and inspection under the disease surveillance program.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates a rule adopted by the commission under this section.

(d) An offense under Subsection (c) is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under that subsection, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Property Code § 52.023 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.023
§ 52.023. NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of the application for the order and copies of the papers on which application is made must be served on the judgment creditor or his attorney of record in the action in which the judgment was rendered.

(b) If the residence or place of business of the judgment creditor or his attorney is known, notice must be served in the manner prescribed for service of notice in an action.

(c) As an alternative to service under Subsection (b), the court may order that notice of the application be published in a newspaper designated in the order once a week for not more than three consecutive weeks if the applicant proves by affidavit that:

(1) the address of neither the judgment creditor nor his attorney is known and the address of neither can be ascertained by due diligence; or

(2) the judgment creditor is not a resident of this state and his attorney is dead, removed from the state, or unknown.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8439.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8439 / Section 8439.052
§ 8439.052. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.104
§ 1087.104. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property, real, personal, or mixed, located in district territory if the interest is necessary or convenient for the district to exercise a right, power, privilege, or function conferred on the district by this chapter.

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

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

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(2) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or petition for review.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11010.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11010 / Section 11010.151
§ 11010.151. AD VALOREM TAXES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The authority may not impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Family Code § 261.3071 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.3071
§ 261.3071. INFORMATIONAL MANUALS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Designated caregiver" and "relative caregiver" have the meanings assigned those terms by Section 264.751.

(2) "Voluntary caregiver" means a person who voluntarily agrees to provide temporary care for a child:

(A) who is the subject of an investigation by the department or whose parent, managing conservator, possessory conservator, guardian, caretaker, or custodian is receiving family-based safety services from the department;

(B) who is not in the conservatorship of the department; and

(C) who is placed in the care of the person by the parent or other person having legal custody of the child.

(b) The department shall develop and publish informational manuals that provide information for:

(1) a parent or other person having custody of a child who is the subject of an investigation under this chapter;

(2) a person who is selected by the department to be the child's relative or designated caregiver; and

(3) a voluntary caregiver.

(c) Information provided in the manuals must be in both English and Spanish and must include, as appropriate:

(1) useful indexes of information such as telephone numbers;

(2) the information required to be provided under Section 261.307(a)(1);

(3) information describing the rights and duties of a relative or designated caregiver;

(4) information regarding:

(A) the relative and other designated caregiver program under Subchapter I, Chapter 264, and the option for the relative or other designated caregiver to become verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home, if applicable; and

(B) the permanency care assistance program under Subchapter K, Chapter 264; and

(5) information regarding the role of a voluntary caregiver, including information on how to obtain any documentation necessary to provide for a child's needs.
Tex. Property Code § 181.057 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 181 / Section 181.057
§ 181.057. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO DELIVER OR FILE.
Status: in_force

Failure to deliver or file an instrument releasing a power under Sections 181.052 and 181.055 does not affect the validity of the release as to the donee, the person in whose favor the power may be exercised, or any other person except those expressly protected by Sections 181.052 and 181.055.
Tex. Transportation Code § 543.203 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 543 / Section 543.203
§ 543.203. SUBMITTING RECORD TO DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

Not later than the seventh day after the date of conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person on a charge of violating a law regulating the operation of a vehicle on a highway or conviction of a person of negligent homicide or a felony in the commission of which a vehicle was used, the magistrate, judge, or clerk of the court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited shall immediately submit to the department a written record of the case containing the information required by Section 543.202.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8498.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8498 / Section 8498.051
§ 8498.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8498.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8478.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8478 / Section 8478.252
§ 8478.252. 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 ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding.
Tex. Property Code § 81.202 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.202
§ 81.202. BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

The bylaws of a condominium regime govern the administration of the buildings that comprise the regime.
Tex. Utilities Code § 64.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 64 / Section 64.002
§ 64.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Billing agent" means any entity that submits charges to the billing utility on behalf of itself or any provider of a product or service.

(2) "Billing utility" means any telecommunications provider, as defined by Section 51.002, that issues a bill directly to a customer for any telecommunications product or service.

(3) "Certificated telecommunications utility" means a telecommunications utility that has been granted either a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority.

(4) "Customer" means any person in whose name telephone service is billed, including individuals, governmental units at all levels of government, corporate entities, and any other entity with legal capacity to be billed for telephone service.

(5) "Service provider" means any entity that offers a product or service to a customer and that directly or indirectly charges to or collects from a customer's bill an amount for the product or service on a customer's bill received from a billing utility.

(6) "Telecommunications utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002.
Tex. Government Code § 24.641 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.641
§ 24.641.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.641. 507TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). The 507th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.134 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.134
§ 12.134. DISPUTES RELATING TO INFORMATION COLLECTED.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the approval of the advisory committee, the executive commissioner shall adopt rules under which a political subdivision or agency of this state may dispute information submitted by a political subdivision under Section 12.133.

(b) The rules may provide for:

(1) an audit of the political subdivision that submitted the disputed information;

(2) payment of the costs of the audit by the party to the dispute who does not prevail in the dispute;

(3) a deadline for filing a dispute for a particular year; and

(4) a reasonable monetary penalty to be applied to a subsequent annual distribution made to a political subdivision that is found to have overstated unreimbursed health care expenditures in the information submitted under Section 12.133.

(c) The monetary penalty applied under Subsection (b)(4) may not exceed 10 percent of the amount of the overstatement of unreimbursed health care costs.

(d) A dispute under this section is a contested case for purposes of Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 245.103 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 245 / Section 245.103
§ 245.103. STATISTICS AND REPORTS CONCERNING EXTENSION ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain statistics of the number of extensions granted by a panel under Section 245.102. The statistics must include aggregated information concerning:

(1) the race, age, sex, specialized treatment needs, and county of origin for each child for whom an extension order is requested;

(2) the facility in which the child is confined; and

(3) if applicable, any allegations concerning the abuse, mistreatment, or neglect of the child, aggregated by the type of misconduct to which the child was subjected.

(b) To the extent authorized under law, the statistics maintained under Subsection (a) are public information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and the department shall post the statistics on the department's Internet website.

(c) The department shall prepare and deliver to the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over matters concerning correctional facilities a report concerning the statistics maintained under Subsection (a).

(d) The department shall provide a report to the parent, guardian, or designated advocate of a child whose length of stay is extended under Section 245.102 explaining the panel's reason for the extension.
Tex. Property Code § 44.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.002
§ 44.002. PROPERTY EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

All property in this state is exempt from attachment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of a judgment or claim in favor of another state or political subdivision of another state for failure to pay that state's or that political subdivision's income tax on benefits received from a pension or other retirement plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7895.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7895 / Section 7895.0104
§ 7895.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7895.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.403 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.403
§ 885.403. VALUATION OF BENEFIT CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) A fraternal benefit society shall include in its report under Section 885.401 a valuation of the society's benefit certificates in force on the preceding December 31. The report of valuation shall show:

(1) as contingent liabilities, the present midyear value of the promised benefits provided by the fraternal benefit society's laws under the benefit certificates subject to valuation; and

(2) as contingent assets, the present midyear value of the future net premiums provided by the fraternal benefit society's laws as the premiums are in practice actually collected.

(b) At the option of a fraternal benefit society, instead of the valuation determined under Subsections (a)(1) and (2), the valuation may show the net value of benefit certificates subject to valuation under Subsection (a). The net value, when computed in case of monthly premiums, may be the mean of the terminal values for the end of the preceding and of the current insurance years.

(c) The valuation, including the valuation of benefit certificates, must be certified by an actuary or, at the request and expense of the fraternal benefit society, verified by the actuary of the insurance department of the society's home state.

(d) The legal minimum standard of valuation for all benefit certificates, other than benefit certificates for accident and health benefits, is computed using a mortality table and interest rate specified by Section 885.404.

(e) Each valuation report must set out clearly and fully the mortality and interest rates and the method of valuation.

(f) The report required by Section 885.401 must also include a valuation of benefit certificates in accordance with Section 885.408.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.304 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.304
§ 1104.304. TERM OF REGISTRATION; RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The term of an initial registration begins on the date the requirements under Section 1104.303 are met and extends through December 31 of the year in which the application is made. After the term of the initial registration, the term of registration begins on January 1 and extends through December 31 of each year.

(b) An application to renew a registration must be completed during December of the year preceding the year for which the renewal is requested.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8280.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8280 / Section 8280.003
§ 8280.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1560.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1560 / Section 1560.003
§ 1560.003. MULTIPLE-MONTH SUPPLY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "multiple-month supply" means a supply for 60 or more days.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an issuer of a health benefit plan that provides pharmacy benefits to enrollees must allow an enrollee to obtain from a community retail pharmacy a multiple-month supply of any prescription drug under the same terms and conditions applicable when the prescription drug is obtained from a mail order pharmacy, if the community retail pharmacy agrees to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy.

(c) This section does not require:

(1) the issuer of a health benefit plan to contract with:

(A) a retail pharmacy that does not agree to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy; or

(B) more than one mail order pharmacy; or

(2) a community retail pharmacy to:

(A) provide a multiple-month supply of a prescription drug under the same terms and conditions applicable when the prescription drug is obtained from a mail order pharmacy; or

(B) agree to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy.
Tex. Government Code § 306.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 306 / Section 306.001
§ 306.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "communication" includes conversation, correspondence, and electronic communication.
Tex. Finance Code § 64.042 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 64 / Section 64.042
§ 64.042. APPLICATION OF PREPAYMENTS TO LOAN INSTALLMENTS.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, an association shall apply:

(1) a prepayment of principal to the final installment of the obligation until the final installment is fully paid; and

(2) additional prepayments on installments in the inverse order of their maturity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.251
§ 1075.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose a tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b) The tax may be used to meet the requirements of district bonds and for the district's maintenance and operating expenses.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.052
§ 201.052. MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not eligible to serve as a member of the board if the person:

(1) is a member of the faculty or board of trustees of a chiropractic school or a doctor of chiropractic degree program;

(2) is a stockholder in a chiropractic school or college; or

(3) has a financial interest in a chiropractic school or college.

(b) A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the board if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is registered, certified, or licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the field of health care;

(2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving funds from the board;

(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving funds from the board; or

(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or funds from the board, other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for board membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7969A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7969A / Section 7969A.0502
§ 7969A.0502. 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 ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while 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. Government Code § 753.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 753 / Section 753.102
§ 753.102. ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A sheriff is eligible to apply for a grant under this subchapter if the sheriff has entered into an immigration law enforcement agreement under Section 753.051.

(b) The comptroller by rule may require an applicant to submit information or documentation with respect to a grant application submitted under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7959.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7959 / Section 7959.001
§ 7959.001. 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 Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 33.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4012.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4012 / Section 4012.0301
§ 4012.0301. 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. Tax Code § 151.468 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.468
§ 151.468. CIVIL PENALTY; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person fails to file a report required by this subchapter or fails to file a complete report, the comptroller may impose a civil or criminal penalty, or both, under Section 151.703(d) or 151.709.

(b) In addition to the penalties imposed under Subsection (a), a brewer, brewpub, wholesaler, distributor, or package store local distributor shall pay the state a civil penalty of not less than $25 or more than $2,000 for each day a violation continues if the brewer, brewpub, wholesaler, distributor, or package store local distributor:

(1) violates this subchapter; or

(2) violates a rule adopted to administer or enforce this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.251
§ 8501.251. POWER TO BORROW MONEY; EVIDENCE OF OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The authority may:

(1) borrow money from any source, including an agency of the United States; and

(2) issue a note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness, or other form of obligation of the authority as evidence of the borrowed money.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2201.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2201 / Section 2201.056
§ 2201.056. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A risk retention group may provide:

(1) liability insurance for assuming and spreading all or any portion of the liability of the group's members; and

(2) reinsurance with respect to the liability of another risk retention group, or a member of that group, engaged in businesses or activities that meet the requirements of Section 2201.055(a) for membership in the group providing reinsurance.

(b) A risk retention group may not engage in activities that include providing insurance other than the insurance described by Subsection (a).