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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 88.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 88 / Section 88.004
§ 88.004. PERSONS REQUIRED TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person required to report childhood blood lead levels shall report to the department in the manner specified by department rule. Except as provided by this section, a person required by this section to report must make the report immediately after the person gains knowledge of a child with a reportable blood lead level.

(b) A physician shall report a case or suspected case of childhood lead poisoning or of a child with a reportable blood lead level after the physician's first examination of a child for whom reporting is required by this chapter or department rule.

(c) A person in charge of an independent clinical laboratory, a hospital or clinic laboratory, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of a specimen derived from the human body yields evidence of a child with a reportable blood lead level shall report the findings to the department as required by department rule.

(d) If a report is not made as required by Subsection (b) or (c), the following persons shall report a child's reportable blood lead level and all information known concerning the child:

(1) the administrator of a hospital licensed under Chapter 241;

(2) a registered nurse;

(3) an administrator or director of a public or private child care facility;

(4) an administrator of a home and community support services agency;

(5) an administrator or health official of a public or private institution of higher education;

(6) a superintendent, manager, or health official of a public or private camp, home, or institution;

(7) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian; and

(8) a health professional.
Tex. Water Code § 68.301 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.301
§ 68.301. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE ASSESSMENT; HEARING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose one or more assessments against one or more facilities for any district purpose, including for general district purposes or for a specific security project or security service.

(b) The board may not impose the assessment until the board holds the hearing required by this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0713 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0713
§ 540.0713. VALUE-ADDED SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall actively encourage Medicaid managed care organizations to offer benefits, including health care services or benefits or other types of services, that:

(1) are in addition to the services ordinarily covered by the Medicaid managed care plan the organization offers; and

(2) have the potential to improve the health status of recipients enrolled in the plan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 692A.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.022
§ 692A.022. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this chapter among states that enact a law substantially similar to this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.107 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.107
§ 1451.107. SELECTION OF AUDIOLOGIST.
Status: in_force

An insured may select an audiologist to measure hearing to determine the presence or extent of the insured's hearing loss or provide aural rehabilitation services to the insured if the insured has a hearing loss and the services or procedures are scheduled in the health insurance policy.
Tex. Insurance Code § 911.066 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 911 / Section 911.066
§ 911.066. AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT WAIVER OF BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

A farm mutual insurance company may provide in its bylaws that a company adjuster, representative appointed by the company, or local chapter or officer or agent elected by the local chapter may not waive a provision in the company's constitution or bylaws or in a policy issued by the company.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.271 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.271
§ 2306.271. COST CONTROLS.
Status: in_force

(a) The housing finance division by rule shall specify the categories of costs allowable in the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, improvement, or rehabilitation of a housing development.

(b) The housing finance division shall require a housing sponsor to certify the actual housing development costs on completion of the housing development, subject to audit and determination by the department.

(c) The department may accept, instead of certification of housing development costs under Subsection (b), other assurances of the costs, in any form, that will enable the housing finance division to determine with reasonable accuracy the amount of the costs.

(d) In this section, "housing development costs" means the total of all costs incurred in financing, creating, or purchasing a housing development, including a single-family dwelling, approved by the department as reasonable and necessary. The costs may include:

(1) the value of land and buildings on the land owned by the sponsor or the cost of acquiring land and buildings on the land, including payments for options, deposits, or contracts to purchase properties on the proposed housing site;

(2) costs of site preparation, demolition, and development;

(3) expenses relating to the issuance of bonds;

(4) fees paid or payable in connection with the planning, execution, and financing of the housing development, including fees to:

(A) architects;

(B) engineers;

(C) attorneys;

(D) accountants; or

(E) the housing finance division on the department's behalf;

(5) costs of necessary studies, surveys, plans, permits, insurance, interest, financing, tax and assessment costs, and other operating and carrying costs during construction;

(6) costs of construction, rehabilitation, reconstruction, fixtures, furnishings, equipment, machinery, and apparatus related to the real property;

(7) costs of land improvements, including landscaping and off-site improvements, whether or not the costs have been paid in cash or in a form other than cash;

(8) necessary expenses for the initial occupancy of the housing development;

(9) a reasonable profit and risk fee in addition to job overhead to the general contractor or limited profit housing sponsor;

(10) an allowance established by the department for working capital and contingency reserves and reserves for anticipated operating deficits during the first two years of occupancy; and

(11) the cost of other items, including tenant relocation if tenant relocation costs are not otherwise provided for, that the department determines are reasonable and necessary for the development of the housing development, less net rents and other net revenues received from the operation of the real and personal property on the development site during construction.
Tex. Education Code § 39.083 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.083
§ 39.083. REPORTING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop, as part of the system, a reporting procedure under which:

(1) each school district is required to prepare and distribute an annual financial management report; and

(2) the public is provided an opportunity to comment on the report at a hearing.

(b) The annual financial management report must include:

(1) a description of the district's financial management performance based on a comparison, provided by the agency, of the district's performance on the indicators adopted under Section 39.082(b) to:

(A) state-established standards; and

(B) the district's previous performance on the indicators; and

(2) any descriptive information required by the commissioner.

(c) The report may include:

(1) information concerning the district's:

(A) financial allocations;

(B) tax collections;

(C) financial strength;

(D) operating cost management;

(E) personnel management;

(F) debt management;

(G) facility acquisition and construction management;

(H) cash management;

(I) budgetary planning;

(J) overall business management;

(K) compliance with rules; and

(L) data quality; and

(2) any other information the board of trustees determines to be necessary or useful.

(d) The board of trustees of each school district shall hold a public hearing on the report. The board shall give notice of the hearing to owners of real property in the district and to parents of district students. In addition to other notice required by law, notice of the hearing must be provided:

(1) to a newspaper of general circulation in the district; and

(2) through electronic mail to media serving the district.

(e) After the hearing, the report shall be disseminated in the district in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 271.011 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 271 / Section 271.011
§ 271.011. MAINTENANCE FEE DUE DATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The insurer shall pay the maintenance fee on an annual, semiannual, or other periodic basis, as determined by the comptroller.

(b) The comptroller may require semiannual or other periodic payment only from an insurer whose maintenance fee liability under this chapter for the preceding year was at least $2,000.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.403
§ 301.403. DUTY OF PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a nursing peer review committee operating under Chapter 303 that determines that a nurse has engaged in conduct subject to reporting shall file with the board a written, signed report that includes:

(1) the identity of the nurse;

(2) a description of any corrective action taken against the nurse;

(3) a recommendation whether the board should take formal disciplinary action against the nurse and the basis for the recommendation;

(4) a description of the conduct subject to reporting;

(5) the extent to which any deficiency in care provided by the reported nurse was the result of a factor beyond the nurse's control; and

(6) any additional information the board requires.

(b) A report under Subsection (a) is not required if:

(1) the nursing peer review committee determines that the reported conduct was a minor incident that is not required to be reported under board rule; or

(2) the nurse has been reported to the board for the conduct under Section 301.405.
Tex. Transportation Code § 172.302 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 172 / Section 172.302
§ 172.302. SECURITY FOR PAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) To secure payment of district bonds, the district may:

(1) encumber and pledge all or part of the revenue of its rail facilities; and

(2) encumber all or part of the property of the rail facilities and everything pertaining to them acquired or to be acquired.

(b) Unless prohibited by the resolution or indenture relating to outstanding bonds, a district may encumber separately any item of property.
Tex. Estates Code § 255.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 255 / Section 255.101
§ 255.101. CERTAIN LIFETIME GIFTS CONSIDERED SATISFACTION OF DEVISE.
Status: in_force

Property that a testator gives to a person during the testator's lifetime is considered a satisfaction, either wholly or partly, of a devise to the person if:

(1) the testator's will provides for deduction of the lifetime gift from the devise;

(2) the testator declares in a contemporaneous writing that the lifetime gift is to be deducted from, or is in satisfaction of, the devise; or

(3) the devisee acknowledges in writing that the lifetime gift is in satisfaction of the devise.
Tex. Government Code § 325.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 325 / Section 325.010
§ 325.010. COMMISSION REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) At each regular legislative session, the commission shall present to the legislature and the governor a report on the agencies and advisory committees reviewed.

(b) In the report the commission shall include:

(1) its findings regarding the criteria prescribed by Section 325.011, except Section 325.011(14);

(2) its recommendations based on the matters prescribed by Section 325.012, except recommendations relating to criteria prescribed by Section 325.011(14);

(3) if the agency being reviewed is a regulatory agency, an analysis of the regulatory agency's performance during the preceding 10 years or since the last review of the agency under this chapter, whichever is longer, based on the agency's performance measures and related targets, including those listed in the General Appropriations Act;

(4) an evaluation of the agency's performance measures and related targets, including whether the targets are:

(A) aligned with the mission, goals, and objectives of the agency; and

(B) appropriate for assessing the agency's achievement of the goals listed; and

(5) other information the commission considers necessary for a complete review of the agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3803.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3803 / Section 3803.001
§ 3803.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the Greater Greenspoint Management District of Harris County.
Tex. Tax Code § 183.042 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 183 / Section 183.042
§ 183.042. DISCLOSURE OF TAX.
Status: in_force

A permittee may provide that a sales invoice, billing, service check, ticket, or other receipt to a customer for the purchase of an item subject to taxation under this subchapter include:

(1) a statement that mixed beverage sales tax is included in the sales price;

(2) a separate statement of the amount of tax imposed under this subchapter on that item;

(3) a statement of the mixed beverage taxes, consisting of the combined amount of the tax to be paid by the permittee under Subchapter B in relation to that item and the amount of tax imposed under this subchapter on that item; or

(4) a statement of the combined amount of taxes imposed under this subchapter and Chapter 151 on all items listed on the invoice, billing, service check, ticket, or other receipt.
Tex. Water Code § 17.961 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.961
§ 17.961. TRANSFERS TO REVOLVING FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to implement and administer a revolving loan program established under Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.), the board may direct the comptroller to transfer amounts from the financial assistance account to the state water pollution control revolving fund created by Section 15.601 to provide financial assistance pursuant to this subchapter.

(b) In order to implement and administer a revolving loan program established by any other federal legislation, including, without limitation, Title XIV of the federal Public Health Service Act, or any federal agency program under which an additional state revolving fund, as defined in Section 15.602, has been established, the board may direct the comptroller to transfer amounts from the financial assistance account to such additional state revolving fund to provide financial assistance pursuant to this subchapter.

(c) The board shall use the state water pollution control revolving fund in accordance with Section 15.604(a)(4) and Section 603(d)(4), Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1383), as a source of revenue to be deposited in accordance with this subchapter for the payment of principal and interest on water financial assistance bonds issued by the board, the proceeds of which are deposited into the state water pollution control revolving fund, and to make payments under a bond enhancement agreement with respect to principal or interest on the water financial assistance bonds.

(d) In the event amounts are transferred to any additional state revolving fund, as defined in Section 15.602, pursuant to Subsection (b), the board shall, to the extent permitted by the federal legislation or federal agency program under which such additional state revolving fund was established, use the additional state revolving fund as a source of revenue to be deposited in accordance with this subchapter for the payment of principal and interest on water financial assistance bonds issued by the board, the proceeds of which are deposited into the additional state revolving fund, and to make payments under a bond enhancement agreement with respect to principal or interest on the water financial assistance bonds.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.098 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.098
§ 623.098. CAUTION LIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A manufactured house that is wider than 12 feet must have one rotating amber beacon of not less than eight inches mounted at the rear of the manufactured house on the roof or one flashing amber light mounted at each rear corner of the manufactured house approximately six feet above ground level. In addition, the towing vehicle must have one rotating amber beacon of not less than eight inches mounted on top of the cab.

(b) Each beacon shall be operated during a move under a permit and while on a highway, road, or street in this state.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.155 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 19A / Section 19A.155
§ 19A.155. ADDITIONAL PROSPECTIVE GRAND JURORS SUMMONED FOLLOWING CHALLENGE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court sustains a challenge to the array, the court shall order another grand jury to be summoned.

(b) If, because of a challenge to any particular grand juror, fewer than 12 grand jurors remain, the court shall order the panel to be completed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.359 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.359
§ 351.359. PRESCRIPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An ophthalmic lens prescription must include:

(1) the signature of the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist; and

(2) the information and parameters the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist considers relevant or necessary.

(b) The prescription may not contain a restriction that limits the parameters to a private label not available to the optical industry as a whole.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.109
§ 1061.109. 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 located in district territory if the interest is necessary or convenient for the district to exercise a power, right, or privilege conferred 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 or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or petition for review.
Tex. Transportation Code § 730.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 730 / Section 730.002
§ 730.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to implement 18 U.S.C. Chapter 123 and to protect the interest of an individual in the individual's personal privacy by prohibiting the disclosure and use of personal information contained in motor vehicle records, except as authorized by the individual or by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3900.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3900 / Section 3900.005
§ 3900.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake 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 contract;

(3) authority to borrow money or issue bonds or other obligations described by Section 3900.201 or to pay the principal and interest of the bonds or other obligations;

(4) right to impose or collect a tax or an assessment, or collect other revenue; or

(5) legality or operation.
Tex. Water Code § 49.214 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.214
§ 49.214. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Chapter 171, Local Government Code, shall apply to the award of district contracts.
Tex. Insurance Code § 225.014 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 225 / Section 225.014
§ 225.014. LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

In adopting rules under this chapter, the comptroller may not adopt a rule that exceeds the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.501 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.501
§ 202.501. DISCIPLINARY POWERS; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission or executive director shall revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder for violating the law regulating the practice of podiatry or a rule adopted by the commission under this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 282 (H.B. 3078), Sec. 62(28), eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) Proceedings for the suspension or revocation of a license under this section are subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) A person whose license to practice podiatry has been revoked or suspended by order of the commission or executive director may appeal the action to a district court in Travis County. The decision of the commission or the executive director may not be enjoined or stayed except on application to the district court after notice to the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7996A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996A / Section 7996A.0101
§ 7996A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 9.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7905.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7905 / Section 7905.0302
§ 7905.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 486.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 486 / Section 486.014
§ 486.014. PREREQUISITES TO AND RESTRICTIONS ON SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) Before completing an over-the-counter sale of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine, a business establishment that engages in those sales shall:

(1) require the person making the purchase to:

(A) display a driver's license or other form of government-issued identification containing the person's photograph and indicating that the person is 16 years of age or older; and

(B) sign for the purchase;

(2) make a record of the sale, including the name and date of birth of the person making the purchase, the address of the purchaser, the date and time of the purchase, the type of identification displayed by the person and the identification number, and the item and number of grams purchased; and

(3) transmit the record of sale as required by Section 486.0141.

(b) A business establishment may not sell to a person who makes over-the-counter purchases of one or more products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine:

(1) within any calendar day, more than 3.6 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or a combination of those substances; and

(2) within any 30-day period, more than nine grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or a combination of those substances.