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Tex. Water Code § 26.3443 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.3443
§ 26.3443. CERTAIN COMMISSION EXEMPTIONS AND RULES; AMENDMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in implementing the Performance Standards for Safety at Storage Vessels Program under Section 26.3442, may approve exemption of specific storage vessels otherwise subject to Section 26.3442 from regulation under the program if the legal owner or operator submits a request to the commission demonstrating that the vessel presents a sufficiently low risk of floods, storm surges, hurricanes, accidents, fires, explosions, or other hazards such that it does not warrant regulation under the program.

(b) The commission shall establish through rulemaking the effective date of a federal law or regulation that the commission is implementing under Section 26.3442(d), or a national consensus standard that the commission is implementing under Section 26.3442(e). The commission shall amend through rulemaking changes if a federal law or regulation or national consensus standard is amended in a way that materially conflicts with the commission's current implementation of the Performance Standards for Safety at Storage Vessels Program except to the extent that the commission determines, after a cost-benefit analysis and if not prohibited under federal law, that the program as currently implemented by the commission is sufficiently effective for protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state.

(c) Notwithstanding the requirement of Section 26.3442(e) that the commission include only critical safety elements from specified national consensus standards, the commission may initiate a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether, for certain vessels in certain situations, an alternative national consensus standard would be at least as effective for public health and safety but more cost effective for the persons affected to implement. The commission may by rule apply the alternative national consensus standard in circumstances under which it has determined the alternative standard is as effective for public health and safety but more cost effective.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.253
§ 1367.253. COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan must provide coverage for the cost of a medically necessary hearing aid or cochlear implant and related services and supplies for a covered individual who is 18 years of age or younger.

(b) Coverage required under this section:

(1) must include:

(A) fitting and dispensing services and the provision of ear molds as necessary to maintain optimal fit of hearing aids;

(B) any treatment related to hearing aids and cochlear implants, including coverage for habilitation and rehabilitation as necessary for educational gain; and

(C) for a cochlear implant, an external speech processor and controller with necessary components replacement every three years; and

(2) is limited to:

(A) one hearing aid in each ear every three years; and

(B) one cochlear implant in each ear with internal replacement as medically or audiologically necessary.

(c) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), coverage required under this section:

(1) may not be less favorable than coverage for physical illness generally under the plan; and

(2) must be subject to durational limits and coinsurance factors no less favorable than coverage provided for physical illness generally under the plan.

(d) Coverage required under this section is subject to any provision that applies generally to coverage provided for durable medical equipment benefits under the plan, including a provision relating to deductibles, coinsurance, or prior authorization.

(e) This section does not apply to a qualified health plan defined by 45 C.F.R. Section 155.20 if a determination is made under 45 C.F.R. Section 155.170 that:

(1) this subchapter requires the plan to offer benefits in addition to the essential health benefits required under 42 U.S.C. Section 18022(b); and

(2) this state must make payments to defray the cost of the additional benefits mandated by this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.127 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.127
§ 2306.127. PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
Status: in_force

In a manner consistent with the regional allocation formula described under Section 2306.111(d), the department shall give priority through its housing program scoring criteria to communities that are located wholly or partly in:

(1) a federally designated urban enterprise community;

(2) an urban enhanced enterprise community; or

(3) an economically distressed area or colonia.
Tex. Local Government Code § 507.104 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 507 / Section 507.104
§ 507.104. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a spaceport development corporation may enter into:

(1) an agreement with any person; or

(2) an interlocal contract under Chapter 791, Government Code.

(b) A spaceport development corporation may not enter into a contract to operate a spaceport unless the agreement provides that the person contracting with the corporation assumes the corporation's liability for a cause of action arising from environmental damage.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.102
§ 1305.102. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules for the licensing of electricians, sign electricians, electrical sign contractors, electrical contractors, journeyman industrial electricians, journeyman linemen, residential appliance installers, and residential appliance installation contractors as prescribed by this chapter.

(b) The executive director by rule shall prescribe descriptions of the types of activities that may be performed by each class of license holder under this chapter.

(c) The executive director by rule shall adopt standards of conduct requirements for license holders under this chapter.

(d) The commission may adopt rules regarding the registration of apprenticeship training programs and to require registered programs to report the names of persons enrolled in the programs.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 27.19 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 27 / Section 27.19
§ 27.19. PLEA BY CERTAIN DEFENDANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a court shall accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere from a defendant who is confined in a penal institution if the plea is made:

(1) in accordance with the procedure established by Article 27.18; or

(2) in writing, including a writing delivered by United States mail or secure electronic or facsimile transmission, before the appropriate court having jurisdiction in the county in which the penal institution is located, provided that:

(A) the defendant is notified by the court of original jurisdiction of the right to counsel and the procedures for requesting appointment of counsel, and is provided a reasonable opportunity to request a court-appointed lawyer;

(B) if the defendant elects to proceed without counsel, the defendant must waive the right to counsel in accordance with Article 1.051;

(C) the defendant must waive the right to be present at the taking of the plea or to have counsel present, if the defendant has counsel; and

(D) if the defendant is charged with a felony, judgment and sentence are rendered in accordance with the conditions and the procedure established by Article 42.14(b).

(b) In this article, "penal institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(c) Before accepting a plea submitted under Subsection (a)(2), the court shall verify that the person submitting the plea is:

(1) the defendant named in the information or indictment; or

(2) a person with legal authority to act for the defendant named in the information or indictment.
Tex. Finance Code § 184.201 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 184 / Section 184.201
§ 184.201. LENDING LIMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state trust company's total outstanding loans and extensions of credit to a person other than an insider may not exceed an amount equal to 15 percent of the state trust company's restricted capital.

(b) The aggregate loans and extensions of credit outstanding at any time to insiders of the state trust company may not exceed an amount equal to 15 percent of the state trust company's restricted capital. All covered transactions between an insider and a state trust company must be engaged in only on terms and under circumstances, including credit standards, that are substantially the same as those for comparable transactions with a person other than an insider.

(c) The finance commission may adopt rules to administer this section, including rules to:

(1) establish limits, requirements, or exemptions other than those specified by this section for particular classes or categories of loans or extensions of credit; and

(2) establish collective lending and investment limits.

(d) The banking commissioner may determine whether a loan or extension of credit putatively made to a person will be attributed to another person for purposes of this section.

(e) A state trust company may not lend trust deposits, except that a trustee may make a loan to a beneficiary of the trust if the loan is expressly authorized or directed by the instrument or transaction establishing the trust.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3959.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3959 / Section 3959.0202
§ 3959.0202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election under Section 3959.0201, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9008.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9008 / Section 9008.103
§ 9008.103. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 51.714, Water Code, and subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is partly or wholly located.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.063 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.063
§ 78.063. DISSOLUTION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the procedure for conducting a dissolution election shall be in compliance with the election laws of this state.

(b) The board shall:

(1) designate polling places in the district, taking into consideration the convenience of the voters; and

(2) appoint judges and the other necessary election officers.

(c) Each eligible voter is entitled to vote at the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.8075 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.8075
§ 201.8075. STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN DASHBOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "dashboard" means a web-based data visualization tool that provides an analysis and visual representation of key performance measures relevant to a particular objective.

(b) The department shall develop and prominently display on the department's Internet website a dashboard that clearly communicates to the public:

(1) the transportation system strategies, goals and measurable targets, and other related performance measures established under Section 201.601(a-1)(1); and

(2) the department's progress, including trends over time, in meeting the strategies, goals and targets, and other related performance measures described by Subdivision (1).

(c) The dashboard must be in a format that is easy to navigate.

(d) The department shall:

(1) regularly update the information displayed on the dashboard; and

(2) publish on the department's Internet website the methodology and data used to determine the department's progress under Subsection (b)(2).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.132 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.132
§ 361.132. HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE FEES; WASTE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The waste management account is an account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The account consists of money:

(1) collected by the commission under this subchapter as:

(A) fees imposed on generators of industrial solid waste or hazardous waste under Section 361.134;

(B) fees imposed on owners or operators of permitted industrial solid waste or hazardous waste facilities, or owners or operators of industrial solid waste or hazardous waste facilities subject to the requirement of permit authorization, under Section 361.135;

(C) fees imposed on the owner or operator of an industrial solid waste or hazardous waste facility for noncommercial and commercial management or disposal of hazardous waste or commercial disposal of industrial solid waste under Section 361.136;

(D) fees imposed on applicants for industrial solid waste and hazardous waste permits under Section 361.137; and

(E) interest and penalties imposed under Section 361.140 for late payment of industrial solid waste and hazardous waste fees authorized under this subchapter; or

(2) deposited to the account as otherwise provided by law.

(c) Except as provided by Section 361.136(l)(1), the commission may use the money collected under this subchapter only for regulation of industrial solid and hazardous waste under this chapter, including payment to other state agencies for services provided under contract concerning enforcement of this chapter.

(d) Any unobligated balance in the account at the end of the state fiscal year may, at the discretion of the commission, be transferred to the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8206.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8206 / Section 8206.151
§ 8206.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from a source other than ad valorem taxation.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.080 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.080
§ 42.080. DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The commission may not issue a citation to or take any other disciplinary action against a general residential operation or a child-placing agency for failing to employ a licensed child-care administrator or licensed child-placing administrator, as appropriate, if the operation or agency has:

(1) been without an administrator for less than 60 days; and

(2) made substantial efforts to hire a qualified administrator.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8090.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8090 / Section 8090.0106
§ 8090.0106. INITIAL 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 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. Property Code § 59.010 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 59 / Section 59.010
§ 59.010. RIGHTS OF CERTAIN MILITARY MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "servicemember" has the meaning assigned by Section 101, Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. Section 511).

(b) A member of the Texas State Guard or Texas National Guard who is in military service is entitled to the same protections and rights relating to the enforcement of storage liens under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. Section 501 et seq.) to which a servicemember is entitled.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1057.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1057 / Section 1057.053
§ 1057.053. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A manager serves without pay.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.105
§ 4002.105. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency posting of each nonentry level position at least 10 days before the date of any public posting.

(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations based on measurable job tasks. All merit pay for board employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.
Tex. Water Code § 58.458 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.458
§ 58.458. JUDGMENT IN VALIDATION SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) After the trial of the validation suit, if the judgment of the court is adverse to the district on any issue, the district may make an exception and point out the error, and the error may be corrected by the judge in the manner directed by the court.

(b) The judgment shall be rendered showing that the corrections have been made and that the bonds or the contract with the United States are binding obligations of the district.

(c) After the judgment is entered, it is res judicata in all cases which may arise in connection with:

(1) the collection of the bonds or their interests;

(2) any taxes levied to pay charges or any money required to pay a contract with the United States; and

(3) all matters relating to the organization and validity of the district or the validity of the bonds or contract.
Tex. Government Code § 1471.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1471 / Section 1471.011
§ 1471.011. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ROAD BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "bonds" includes tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes, and other obligations.

(b) A political subdivision may issue bonds in the manner provided by this chapter and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, to:

(1) construct, purchase, maintain, or operate a macadamized, graveled, or paved road or turnpike; or

(2) aid a purpose described by Subdivision (1).

(c) An issuer of bonds under Subsection (b) may impose ad valorem taxes to pay the interest on the bonds and provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds.

(d) The total amount of bonds issued under this chapter may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of real property of the political subdivision issuing the bonds.

(e) In determining the limitation imposed by Subsection (d), the assessed value of property of the political subdivision is the market value of the property as recorded by the chief appraiser of the appraisal district that appraises property for the political subdivision.
Tex. Property Code § 82.070 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 82 / Section 82.070
§ 82.070. MEETING AT WHICH AMENDMENTS MAY BE ADOPTED.
Status: in_force

(a) An association or a board may not meet to adopt an amendment or other change to the declaration, articles of incorporation, bylaws, or rules of the association unless the association or board has given to each unit owner a document showing the specific amendment or other change that would be made to the declaration, articles of incorporation, bylaws, or rules.

(b) The information described by Subsection (a) must be given to each unit owner after the 20th day but before the 10th day preceding the date of the meeting. The information is considered to have been given to a unit owner on the date the information is personally delivered to the unit owner, as shown by a receipt signed by the unit owner, or on the date shown by the postmark on the information after it is deposited in the United States mail with a proper address and postage paid.
Tex. Government Code § 814.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.207
§ 814.207. DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) An annuity payable for an occupational disability resulting from a risk to which law enforcement or custodial officers are exposed because of the nature of law enforcement or custodial duties is payable under the same terms and conditions that apply to other occupational disability retirement annuities under this subtitle, except that the source and amount of the annuity are as provided by this section.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an occupational disability retirement annuity under this section is an amount, but not more than 100 percent, computed on the basis of the officer's average monthly compensation, times a percentage derived by application of Section 814.107(b).

(c) A disability retirement annuity under this section is not reducible because of age and may not be less than 50 percent of the officer's average monthly compensation regardless of the amount of service credited to the officer in the employee class.

(d) The portions of the annuity under this section payable from the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental retirement fund are the amount remaining after deduction of any amount payable under Section 814.206, except the portion of an amount that exceeds the minimum payments provided by Section 814.206(b) and that is made for service other than as a law enforcement or custodial officer and any amount by which an annuity is increased under Subsection (e).

(e) If a retiring member or retiree under this section presents evidence satisfactory to the retirement system that the person's occupational disability makes the person incapable of substantial gainful activity solely because of the disability and is considered a total disability under federal social security law, the retirement system shall, notwithstanding Section 811.006, increase the person's occupational disability retirement annuity to a monthly amount computed based on the maximum salary authorized under the position classification salary schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act, as adjusted from time to time, applicable to the position from which the person retired.

(f) An annuity increase under Subsection (e) is not payable before the first month following the month in which the satisfactory evidence is received by the retirement system under Subsection (e).
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 28.151 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 28 / Section 28.151
§ 28.151. POSSESSION OF CERTAIN STAMPS.
Status: in_force

A mixed beverage permittee may not possess a stamp used to show payment of a tax unless the stamp is affixed to a bottle or container of liquor.