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Tex. Government Code § 526.0156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0156
§ 526.0156. REIMBURSEMENTS FOR UNCOMPENSATED HEALTH CARE COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by the terms of a waiver authorized by Section 526.0152 and subject to Subsections (b) and (c), money in the fund may be allocated to hospitals in this state and political subdivisions of this state to defray the costs of providing uncompensated health care.

(b) To be eligible for money allocated from the fund under this section, a hospital or political subdivision must use a portion of the money to implement strategies that will reduce the need for uncompensated inpatient and outpatient care, including care provided in a hospital emergency room. The strategies may include:

(1) fostering improved access for patients to primary care systems or other programs that offer those patients medical homes, including the following programs:

(A) regional or local health care programs;

(B) programs to provide premium subsidies for health benefits coverage; and

(C) other programs to increase access to health benefits coverage; and

(2) creating health care systems efficiencies, such as using electronic medical records systems.

(c) The allocation methodology the executive commissioner develops under Section 526.0155(b) must specify the percentage of the money from the fund allocated to a hospital or political subdivision that the hospital or political subdivision must use for strategies described by Subsection (b) of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8448.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8448 / Section 8448.103
§ 8448.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0507 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0507
§ 8510.0507. BONDS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "net revenue" means the authority's gross revenue less the amount necessary to pay the cost of maintaining and operating the authority and the authority's property.

(b) Authority bonds may be secured by a pledge of:

(1) all or part of the authority's net revenue;

(2) the net revenue of a contract entered into at any time; or

(3) other revenue specified by board resolution.

(c) The pledge may reserve the right to issue additional bonds on a parity with or subordinate to the bonds being issued, subject to conditions specified by the pledge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8215.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8215 / Section 8215.004
§ 8215.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 675, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bonds for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.056
§ 3906.056. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.058 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.058
§ 162.058. PERFECTING DEFECTIVELY ORGANIZED CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A telephone cooperative that files defective articles of incorporation or fails to take an action necessary to perfect its corporate organization may:

(1) file corrected articles of incorporation or amend the original articles; and

(2) take any action necessary to correct the defect.

(b) An action taken under this section is valid and binding on any person concerned.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 128.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 128 / Section 128.001
§ 128.001. LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO BRING SUIT OR RECOVER DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Governmental unit" means:

(A) a political subdivision of the state, including a municipality or county; and

(B) any other agency of government whose authority is derived from the laws or constitution of this state.

(2) "Sport shooting range" has the meaning assigned by Section 250.001, Local Government Code.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (f), a governmental unit may not bring suit against:

(1) a firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or seller for recovery of damages resulting from, or injunctive relief or abatement of a nuisance relating to, the lawful design, manufacture, marketing, or sale of firearms or ammunition to the public; or

(2) a sport shooting range, the owners or operators of a sport shooting range, or the owners of real property on which a sport shooting range is operated, for the lawful discharge of firearms on the sport shooting range.

(c) A governmental unit on behalf of the state or any other governmental unit may bring a suit described by Subsection (b) if the suit is approved in advance by the legislature in a concurrent resolution or by enactment of a law. This subsection does not create a cause of action.

(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a governmental unit from bringing an action against a firearms manufacturer, trade association, or seller for recovery of damages for:

(1) breach of contract or warranty as to firearms or ammunition purchased by a governmental unit;

(2) damage or harm to property owned or leased by the governmental unit caused by a defective firearm or ammunition;

(3) personal injury or death, if such action arises from a governmental unit's claim for subrogation;

(4) injunctive relief to enforce a valid ordinance, statute, or regulation; or

(5) contribution under Chapter 33, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the attorney general from bringing a suit described by Subsection (b) on behalf of the state or any other governmental unit. This subsection does not create a cause of action.

(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a governmental unit from bringing an action against a sport shooting range, the owners or operators of a sport shooting range, or the owners of real property on which a sport shooting range is operating if the sport shooting range began operation after September 1, 2011, and operates exclusively within the governmental unit's geographical limits, exclusive of the governmental unit's extraterritorial jurisdiction:

(1) for injunctive relief to enforce a valid ordinance, statute, or regulation; or

(2) to require the sport shooting range to comply with generally accepted standards followed in the sport shooting range industry in this state at the time of the sport shooting range's construction.
Tex. Government Code § 401.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.044
§ 401.044. COOPERATION WITH LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor and the Legislative Budget Board may cooperate, exchange information, and hold joint public hearings on the biennial appropriation budget.

(b) At a joint hearing under this section, the governor shall preside or, if the governor is unable to preside:

(1) the lieutenant governor shall preside; or

(2) a person appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor shall preside.
Tex. Occupations Code § 154.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 154 / Section 154.057
§ 154.057. CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATION; USE OF INVESTIGATORS AS PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each investigation of a complaint filed under this subtitle shall be conducted by the board or by a person authorized by the board to conduct the investigation.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the board shall complete a preliminary investigation of the complaint not later than the 45th day after the date of receiving the complaint. The board shall first determine whether the physician constitutes a continuing threat to the public welfare. On completion of the preliminary investigation, the board shall determine whether to officially proceed on the complaint. If the board fails to complete the preliminary investigation in the time required by this subsection, the board's official investigation of the complaint is considered to commence on that date.

(b-1) The board, for good cause, may extend a preliminary investigation under Subsection (b) for not more than 15 days after the date required for completion under that subsection.

(c) The board may commission investigators as peace officers to enforce this subtitle. An investigator commissioned as a peace officer under this subsection may not carry a firearm or exercise the powers of arrest.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.305 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.305
§ 1251.305. AMOUNT OF PREMIUM.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 1551.064, the premium for continuation of a spouse or dependent on the group health insurance policy or contract may not be more than the premium charged under the group policy or contract for the individual had the family relationship not been severed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.503 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.503
§ 823.503. BEGINNING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

If it appears to the commissioner that an insurer or a director, officer, employee, or agent of an insurer has wilfully violated this chapter, the commissioner may cause criminal proceedings to be instituted against that person by the district attorney for the county in which the principal office of the insurer is located or, if the insurer does not have a principal office in this state, the district attorney of Travis County.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 67.002 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 67 / Section 67.002
§ 67.002. MANAGEMENT OF NONGAME SPECIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop and administer management programs to insure the continued ability of nongame species of fish and wildlife to perpetuate themselves successfully.

(b) In managing nongame species of fish and wildlife, the department may:

(1) disseminate information pertaining to nongame species conservation, management, and values;

(2) conduct scientific investigation and survey of nongame species for better protection and conservation;

(3) propagate, distribute, protect, and restore nongame species;

(4) research and manage nongame species;

(5) develop habitats for nongame species; and

(6) acquire habitats for nongame species.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533 / Section 533.008
§ 533.008. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each department facility and community center shall annually assess the feasibility of converting entry level support positions into employment opportunities for individuals with mental illness or an intellectual disability in the facility's or center's service area.

(b) In making the assessment, the department facility or community center shall consider the feasibility of using an array of job opportunities that may lead to competitive employment, including sheltered employment and supported employment.

(c) Each department facility and community center shall annually submit to the department a report showing that the facility or center has complied with Subsection (a).

(d) The department shall compile information from the reports and shall make the information available to each designated provider in a service area.

(e) Each department facility and community center shall ensure that designated staff are trained to:

(1) assist clients through the Social Security Administration disability determination process;

(2) provide clients and their families information related to the Social Security Administration Work Incentive Provisions; and

(3) assist clients in accessing and utilizing the Social Security Administration Work Incentive Provisions to finance training, services, and supports needed to obtain career goals.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.0925 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.0925
§ 2054.0925. TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN STATE STRATEGIC PLAN.
Status: repealed

(a) The plan under Section 2054.092 must address matters relating to a state telecommunications network that will effectively and efficiently meet the long-term requirements of state government for voice, video, and computer communications, with the goal of achieving a single centralized telecommunications network for state government.

(b) The telecommunications elements of the plan under Section 2054.092 must recognize that all state agencies, including institutions of higher education, are a single entity for purposes of purchasing and the determination of tariffs.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1074 (H.B. 1500), Sec. 28(6), eff. September 1, 2025.
Tex. Government Code § 824.204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 824 / Section 824.204
§ 824.204. OPTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Instead of the standard service retirement annuity payable under Section 824.203 or an annuity reduced because of age under Section 824.202, a retiring member may elect to receive an optional service retirement annuity, reduced for early retirement if applicable, under this section. An election to receive an optional service retirement annuity must be filed with the board of trustees not later than the effective date of retirement.

(b) An optional service retirement annuity is an annuity payable throughout the life of the retiree and is actuarially reduced from the annuity otherwise payable under this subtitle to its actuarial equivalent under the option selected under Subsection (c).

(c) An eligible member may select one of the following options, which provide that:

(1) after the retiree's death, the reduced annuity is payable to and throughout the life of the person nominated by the retiree's written designation filed prior to retirement;

(2) after the retiree's death, one-half of the reduced annuity is payable to and throughout the life of the person nominated by the retiree's written designation filed prior to retirement;

(3) if the retiree dies before 60 monthly annuity payments have been made, the remainder of the 60 payments are payable to the designated beneficiary;

(4) if the retiree dies before 120 monthly annuity payments have been made, the remainder of the 120 payments are payable to the designated beneficiary; or

(5) after the retiree's death, three-fourths of the reduced annuity is payable to and throughout the life of the person nominated by the retiree's written designation filed prior to retirement.

(d) If a person who is nominated by a retiree in the written designation under Section 824.101 predeceases the retiree, the reduced annuity of a retiree who has elected an optional service retirement annuity under Subsection (c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) shall be increased to the standard service retirement annuity that the retiree would otherwise be entitled to receive if the retiree had not selected that annuity option. The standard service retirement annuity shall be adjusted as appropriate for:

(1) early retirement as provided by Section 824.202; and

(2) postretirement increases in retirement benefits authorized by law after the date of retirement.

(e) The increase in the annuity under Subsection (d) begins with the payment due at the end of September, 1995, or the first monthly payment made to the retiree following the date of death of the person nominated, whichever is later, and is payable to the retiree for the remainder of the retiree's life.

(f) The board of trustees shall adopt separate tables to be used to reduce an optional service retirement annuity under Subsection (d) to the actuarial equivalent of the standard service retirement annuity.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.117 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.117
§ 2306.117. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES; INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The expenses incurred in carrying out the functions of the housing finance division may be paid only from revenues or funds provided under this chapter.

(b) This chapter does not authorize the housing finance division to incur debt or liability on behalf of or payable by the state, except as provided by this chapter or other law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.401
§ 601.401. INJUNCTION; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that a person has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the advisory board may bring an action to enjoin the continued or threatened violation.

(b) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each day of violation.

(c) At the request of the advisory board, the attorney general shall bring an action in the name of the state for the injunctive relief, to recover the civil penalty, or both.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.104
§ 1086.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing:

(1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and

(2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff and employees.
Tex. Occupations Code § 565.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 565 / Section 565.054
§ 565.054. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON NONRESIDENT PHARMACY.
Status: in_force

(a) Service of process on a nonresident pharmacy under Section 565.058 or 566.051 or for disciplinary action taken by the board under Section 565.061 shall be on the owner and pharmacist-in-charge of the pharmacy, as designated on the pharmacy's license application.

(b) The complaining party shall mail by certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, a copy of the process served to the license holder at the address of the license holder designated on the license application.
Tex. Family Code § 42.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 42 / Section 42.007
§ 42.007. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.
Status: in_force

The defendant may plead as an affirmative defense that the defendant acted in violation of the order with the express consent of the plaintiff.
Tex. Education Code § 61.0904 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0904
§ 61.0904. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL GROUPINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) At least once every 10 years, the board shall conduct a review of the institutional groupings under the board's higher education accountability system, including a review of the criteria for and definitions assigned to those groupings.

(b) The board shall include within the board's higher education accountability system any career schools and colleges in this state that offer degree programs. Regardless of whether the board is conducting a periodic review of institutional groupings as required by Subsection (a), the board shall determine whether to create one or more separate institutional groupings for entities to which this subsection applies. In implementing this subsection, the board shall:

(1) consult with affected career schools and colleges regarding the imposition of reporting requirements on those entities; and

(2) adopt rules that clearly define the types and amounts of information to be reported to the board.

(c) In advance of each regular session of the legislature, the board shall report to each standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over higher education regarding any entities to which Subsection (b) applies that do not participate in the board's higher education accountability system as provided by that subsection.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.313 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.313
§ 2.313. EXPRESS WARRANTIES BY AFFIRMATION, PROMISE, DESCRIPTION, SAMPLE.
Status: in_force

(a) Express warranties by the seller are created as follows:

(1) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goods and becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise.

(2) Any description of the goods which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the description.

(3) Any sample or model which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods shall conform to the sample or model.

(b) It is not necessary to the creation of an express warranty that the seller use formal words such as "warrant" or "guarantee" or that he have a specific intention to make a warranty, but an affirmation merely of the value of the goods or a statement purporting to be merely the seller's opinion or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4005.110 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.110
§ 4005.110. ENFORCEMENT OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

The attorney general, a district or county attorney, or the department acting through the commissioner may bring a proceeding for an injunction or bring any other proceeding to enforce this title and to enjoin any person, firm, corporation, or depository institution from engaging in or attempting to engage in the business of insurance in violation of this code or any other insurance law of this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.251
§ 885.251. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

A fraternal benefit society may:

(1) make a constitution and bylaws for the government of the society, the admission of its members, the management of its affairs, and the setting and readjusting of premiums;

(2) amend its constitution and bylaws; and

(3) exercise other powers necessary and incidental to achieving its purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1131 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1131
§ 25.1131. HOOD COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Hood County has one statutory county court, the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hood County.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 11.074 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.074
§ 11.074. HERDING AND LINE-RIDING.
Status: in_force

(a) No owner of stock, manager, agent, employee, or servant may fence, use, occupy, or appropriate by herding or line-riding any portion of the public land of the state or land which belongs to the public schools or asylums unless he obtains a lease for the land from the proper authority.

(b) Any owner of stock or his manager, agent, employee, or servant who fences, uses, occupies, or appropriates by herding or line-riding any portion of the land covered by Subsection (a) of this section without a lease for the land, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and confined in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than two years. Each day for which a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.

(c) Prosecution under this section may take place in the county in which a portion of the land is located or to which the county may be attached for judicial purposes or in Travis County.