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Tex. Education Code § 28.0257 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.0257
§ 28.0257. DIRECT ADMISSIONS DATA SHARING OPT-IN ELECTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), before graduating from high school, each student must elect whether to opt in to allowing the coordinating board to share the student's data and education records, as necessary, with institutions of higher education to allow the student to participate in the direct admissions program established by the coordinating board pursuant to Section 61.0511(b)(2).

(c) A student is not required to comply with Subsection (b) if:

(1) the student's parent or other person standing in parental relation submits a signed form indicating that the parent or other person authorizes the student to decline to complete and submit information necessary to participate in a program offered under Subsection (b);

(2) the student signs and submits the form described by Subdivision (1) on the student's own behalf if the student is 18 years of age or older or the student's disabilities of minority have been removed for general purposes under Chapter 31, Family Code; or

(3) a school counselor authorizes in writing the student to decline to complete and submit the information necessary to participate in a program offered under Subsection (b).

(d) Each school district or open-enrollment charter school shall use a form adopted by the coordinating board, in consultation with the Texas Education Agency, to allow a student to opt out pursuant to Subsection (c). The form shall:

(1) provide the student or the student's parent or other person standing in parental relation, as applicable, the opportunity to elect whether to share the student's data or education records, as necessary, with institutions of higher education to facilitate the student's participation in a program offered under Subsection (b); and

(2) be made available in English, Spanish, and any other language spoken by a majority of the students enrolled in a bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29, in the district or school.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3845.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3845 / Section 3845.004
§ 3845.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.203 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.203
§ 102.203. AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person awarded money from the cancer prevention and research fund or from bond proceeds under this subchapter may use the money for research consistent with the purpose of this chapter and in accordance with a contract between the person and the institute.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this section, money awarded under this subchapter may be used for authorized expenses, including honoraria, salaries and benefits, travel, conference fees and expenses, consumable supplies, other operating expenses, contracted research and development, capital equipment, construction or renovation of state or private facilities, and reimbursement for costs of participation incurred by cancer clinical trial participants, including transportation, lodging, and any costs reimbursed under the cancer clinical trial participation program established under Chapter 51.

(c) A person receiving money under this subchapter for cancer research may not spend more than five percent of the money for indirect costs. For purposes of this subsection, "indirect costs" means the expenses of doing business that are not readily identified with a particular grant, contract, project, function, or activity, but are necessary for the general operation of the organization or the performance of the organization's activities.

(d) Not more than five percent of the money awarded under this subchapter may be used for facility purchase, construction, remodel, or renovation purposes during any year. Expenditures of money awarded under this subchapter for facility purchase, construction, remodel, or renovation projects must benefit cancer prevention and research.

(e) Not more than 10 percent of the money appropriated by the legislature for grants in a state fiscal year may be used for cancer prevention and control programs during that year.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 23.032 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 23 / Section 23.032
§ 23.032. PARK RESIDENTS MAY VOTE.
Status: in_force

A person residing in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park may vote in all elections in the county of his residence, subject to the same conditions as other residents of the county, as though cession had not occurred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.202
§ 3880.202. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.218 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.218
§ 66.218. PENALTIES.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a proclamation adopted under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(b) If it is shown at the trial for a violation of Section 66.2011, 66.2012, 66.2014, or 66.208 of this code or a proclamation adopted under those sections that the defendant has been convicted within five years before the trial date of a violation of the section for which the defendant is being prosecuted, on conviction the defendant shall be punished for a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 101 (S.B. 1839), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 101 (S.B. 1839), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Tex. Government Code § 24.450 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.450
§ 24.450.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.450. 273RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE, AND SHELBY COUNTIES). (a) The 273rd Judicial District is composed of Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties.

(b) The jurisdiction of the 273rd District Court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the other district courts in Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6913.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6913 / Section 6913.253
§ 6913.253. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance.
Tex. Penal Code § 35.025 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 35 / Section 35.025
§ 35.025. VALUE OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and subject to Subsection (c), for the purposes of Section 35.02(c), if the value of a claim is not readily ascertainable, the value of the claim is:

(1) the fair market value, at the time and place of the offense, of the goods or services that are the subject of the claim; or

(2) the cost of replacing the goods or services that are the subject of the claim within a reasonable time after the claim.

(b) If goods or services that are the subject of a claim cannot be reasonably ascertained under Subsection (a), the goods or services are considered to have a value of $750 or more but less than $2,500.

(c) If the actor proves by a preponderance of the evidence that a portion of the claim for payment under an insurance policy resulted from a valid loss, injury, expense, or service covered by the policy, the value of the claim is equal to the difference between the total claim amount and the amount of the valid portion of the claim.
Tex. Local Government Code § 293.024 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 293 / Section 293.024
§ 293.024. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ:

(1) a manager or executive director of properties;

(2) legal counsel; and

(3) other employees, experts, and agents that the board considers necessary.

(b) The board may delegate to the manager the power to employ and discharge employees.
Tex. Local Government Code § 133.059 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 133 / Section 133.059
§ 133.059. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may audit the records of a county or municipality relating to fees collected under this chapter.

(b) Money spent from fees collected under this chapter is subject to audit by the state auditor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.243 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.243
§ 375.243. PETITION REQUIRED FOR BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The board may not call a bond election unless a written petition has been filed with the board requesting an election signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of the property subject to assessment or taxation by the district as determined from the most recent certified county property tax rolls.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 61.016 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 61 / Section 61.016
§ 61.016. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 61.001, 61.003-61.005, and 61.008 of this code do not apply to:

(1) seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes;

(2) seed in storage for cleaning or conditioning, if the label or other records pertaining to the seed bear the phrase "seed for conditioning"; or

(3) seed being transported or consigned to a seed cleaning or conditioning establishment for cleaning or conditioning, if the invoice or labeling accompanying the seed bears the phrase "seed for conditioning."

(b) The exceptions provided by Subsection (a) of this section do not affect the criminal liability of a person for false or misleading labeling or advertising of unclean seed under Section 61.018 of this code.

(c) This chapter does not prevent one farmer from selling to another farmer seed grown on his or her own farm without having the seed tested or labeled as required by this chapter if the seed:

(1) is not advertised in the public communications media outside the vendor's home county;

(2) is not sold or offered or exposed for sale by an individual or organization for the farmer; and

(3) is not shipped by a common carrier.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3807.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3807 / Section 3807.051
§ 3807.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of 15 directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with seven directors' terms expiring June 1 of an odd-numbered year and eight directors' terms expiring June 1 of the following odd-numbered year.

(b) The board by resolution may increase or decrease the number of directors on the board, but only if it is in the best interest of the district to do so. The board may not:

(1) increase the number of directors to more than 30; or

(2) decrease the number of directors to fewer than nine.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.510 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.510
§ 2A.510.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A.510. INSTALLMENT LEASE CONTRACTS: REJECTION AND DEFAULT. (a) Under an installment lease contract a lessee may reject any delivery that is nonconforming if the nonconformity substantially impairs the value of that delivery and cannot be cured or the nonconformity is a defect in the required documents; but if the nonconformity does not fall within Subsection (b) and the lessor or the supplier gives adequate assurance of its cure, the lessee must accept the delivery.

(b) Whenever nonconformity or default with respect to one or more deliveries substantially impairs the value of the installment lease contract as a whole there is a default with respect to the whole. But the aggrieved party reinstates the installment lease contract as a whole if the aggrieved party accepts a nonconforming delivery without seasonably notifying of cancellation or brings an action with respect only to past deliveries or demands performance as to future deliveries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8805.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8805 / Section 8805.107
§ 8805.107. SALE AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Subject to this chapter and Chapter 36, Water Code, the district may sell or otherwise dispose of land and other property of the district that the board determines is not necessary to carry out the purposes or powers of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7906A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7906A / Section 7906A.0304
§ 7906A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Family Code § 65.006 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.006
§ 65.006. VENUE.
Status: in_force

Venue for a proceeding under this chapter is the county in which the school in which the child is enrolled is located or the county in which the child resides.
Tex. Labor Code § 503.024 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 503 / Section 503.024
§ 503.024. WAIVER OF RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

An agreement by an employee to waive the employee's rights under this chapter is valid if made in writing by the employee before becoming an employee.
Tex. Estates Code § 452.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 452 / Section 452.151
§ 452.151. ACCOUNTING.
Status: in_force

At the expiration of a temporary appointment, the temporary administrator shall file with the court clerk:

(1) a sworn list of all estate property that has come into the temporary administrator's possession;

(2) a return of all sales made by the temporary administrator; and

(3) a full exhibit and account of all the temporary administrator's acts as temporary administrator.
Tex. Transportation Code § 644.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 644 / Section 644.152
§ 644.152. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who does not permit an inspection authorized by Section 644.104 is liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000.

(b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty in:

(1) the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred; or

(2) Travis County.

(c) The penalty provided by this section is in addition to the penalty provided by Section 644.151.

(d) Each day a person refuses to permit an inspection described by Subsection (a) is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.058
§ 651.058. OFFICE LOCATION.
Status: in_force

The commission's offices are located in Austin, Texas.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.005
§ 1271.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapters 1368 and 1652 apply to a health maintenance organization other than a health maintenance organization that offers only a single health care service plan.

(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 1355, applies to a health maintenance organization providing benefits for mental health treatment in a residential treatment center for children and adolescents or crisis stabilization unit to the extent that:

(1) Subchapter B, Chapter 1355, does not conflict with this chapter, Chapter 843, Subchapter A, Chapter 1452, or Subchapter B, Chapter 1507; and

(2) the residential treatment center for children and adolescents or crisis stabilization unit is located within the service area of the health maintenance organization and is subject to inspection and review as required by this chapter, Chapter 843, Subchapter A, Chapter 1452, or Subchapter B, Chapter 1507, or rules adopted under this chapter, Chapter 843, Subchapter A, Chapter 1452, or Subchapter B, Chapter 1507.

(c) A health maintenance organization shall comply with Subchapter B, Chapter 542, with respect to prompt payment to an enrollee.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, Subchapter C, Chapter 1355, applies to a group contract issued by a health maintenance organization.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, Section 1201.062 applies to an evidence of coverage issued by a health maintenance organization.
Tex. Government Code § 22.020 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.020
§ 22.020. PROMULGATION OF CERTAIN PROBATE FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Probate court" has the meaning assigned by Section 22.007, Estates Code.

(2) "Probate matter" has the meaning assigned by Section 22.029, Estates Code.

(3) "Transfer on death deed" has the meaning assigned by Section 114.002, Estates Code.

(b) The supreme court shall, as the court considers appropriate, promulgate:

(1) forms for use by individuals representing themselves in certain probate matters, including forms for use in:

(A) a small estate affidavit proceeding under Chapter 205, Estates Code; and

(B) the probate of a will as a muniment of title under Chapter 257, Estates Code;

(2) a simple will form for:

(A) a married individual with an adult child;

(B) a married individual with a minor child;

(C) a married individual with no children;

(D) an unmarried individual with an adult child;

(E) an unmarried individual with a minor child; and

(F) an unmarried individual with no children;

(2-a) a form for use to create a transfer on death deed and a form for use to create an instrument of revocation of a transfer on death deed under Chapter 114, Estates Code; and

(3) instructions for the proper use of each form or set of forms.

(c) The forms and instructions:

(1) must be written in plain language that is easy to understand by the general public;

(2) shall be made readily available to the general public in the manner prescribed by the supreme court; and

(3) must be translated into the Spanish language as provided by Subsection (d).

(d) The Spanish language translation of a form must:

(1) state:

(A) that the Spanish language translated form is to be used solely for the purpose of assisting in understanding the form and may not be submitted to the probate court; and

(B) that the English language version of the form must be submitted to the probate court; or

(2) be incorporated into the English language version of the form in a manner that is understandable to both the probate court and members of the general public.

(e) Each form and its instructions must clearly and conspicuously state that the form is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.

(f) The clerk of a probate court shall inform members of the general public of the availability of a form promulgated by the supreme court under this section as appropriate and make the form available free of charge.

(g) A probate court shall accept a form promulgated by the supreme court under this section unless the form has been completed in a manner that causes a substantive defect that cannot be cured.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.203
§ 1369.203. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for fixed indemnity benefits for a specified disease or diseases;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E) only for dental or vision care; or

(F) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under an automobile insurance policy;

(5) a credit insurance policy;

(6) a limited benefit policy that does not provide coverage for physical examinations or wellness exams;

(7) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846; or

(8) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1369.201.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to a qualified health plan offered through a health benefit exchange.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974 / Section 7974.005
§ 7974.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.155
§ 1070.155. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of the election shall be given by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively have general circulation in the county or district.

(b) The first publication must appear at least 30 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 69.033 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 69 / Section 69.033
§ 69.033. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for a license as a branch pilot for the ports within the jurisdiction of the board, a person must:

(1) be at least 25 years of age and younger than 68 years of age unless exempted under the provisions of Section 69.040(b);

(2) be a United States citizen;

(3) as of the date the license is issued, have resided continuously in this state for at least two years;

(4) have at least one year's service as a deputy branch pilot or equivalent service piloting vessels of at least 5,000 gross tons within the board's jurisdiction;

(5) have successfully completed the board-approved training program;

(6) have commanded or controlled the navigation of vessels such as the person would pilot;

(7) have extensive experience in the docking and undocking of vessels;

(8) be in good mental and physical health;

(9) have good moral character;

(10) possess the requisite skill as a navigator and pilot to perform competently and safely the duties of a branch pilot; and

(11) hold a license under federal law to act as a pilot on vessels that navigate water on which the applicant will furnish pilot services.