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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.064
§ 1017.064. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Property Code § 64.052 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.052
§ 64.052. RECORDATION AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN RENTS; PRIORITY OF INTERESTS IN RENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A security instrument creating an assignment of rents may be recorded in the county in which any part of the real property is located in accordance with this code.

(b) On recordation of a security instrument creating an assignment of rents, the security interest in the rents is perfected. This subsection prevails over a conflicting provision in the security instrument creating the assignment of rents or a law of this state other than this chapter that prohibits or defers enforcement of the security interest until the occurrence of a subsequent event, including a subsequent default of the assignor, the assignee's obtaining possession of the real property, or the appointment of a receiver.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a perfected security interest in rents has priority over the rights of a person who, after the security interest is perfected, acquires:

(1) a lien on or other security interest in the rents or the real property from which the rents arise; or

(2) an interest in the rents or the real property from which the rents arise.

(d) An assignee with a perfected security interest in rents has the same priority over the rights of a person described by Subsection (c) with respect to future advances as the assignee has with respect to the assignee's security interest in the real property from which the rents arise.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.202
§ 1070.202. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, notice of the hearing shall be published one time in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively have general circulation in the district.

(c) Any property taxpayer of the district is entitled to be present and participate at the hearing in accordance with the rules of decorum and procedures prescribed by the board.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall adopt a budget by acting on the budget proposed by the district administrator. The board may make any changes in the proposed budget that the board judges to be in the interests of the taxpayers and that the law warrants.
Tex. Government Code § 82.039 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 82 / Section 82.039
§ 82.039. LICENSING GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

(a) To assist the Board of Law Examiners in making consistent and fair determinations related to the licensing of attorneys in this state, the board shall develop specific guidelines for:

(1) determining the moral character and fitness of license applicants;

(2) overseeing probationary license holders; and

(3) granting waiver requests.

(b) The Board of Law Examiners shall develop the guidelines required under Subsection (a) based on the board's past decisions and on any other criteria the board considers necessary. The board is not required to take any specific action provided in the guidelines.
Tex. Insurance Code § 826.110 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 826 / Section 826.110
§ 826.110. LIMITATION ON ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

An action challenging the validity of or arising out of acts taken or proposed to be taken regarding a conversion plan under this chapter must be commenced not later than the 30th day after the effective date of the conversion plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8878.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8878 / Section 8878.051
§ 8878.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or three directors' terms expiring May 15 of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.064
§ 1015.064. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Government Code § 2003.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.025
§ 2003.025. REQUIRED INFORMATION REGARDING ANTICIPATED HOURLY USAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a state agency that has entered into a contract with the office for the conduct of hearings and alternative dispute resolution procedures for the agency, including a contract under Section 2003.024 or 2003.049, during any of the three most recent state fiscal years.

(b) On a date determined by the office before the beginning of each state fiscal biennium, a state agency to which this section applies shall submit to the office and the Legislative Budget Board information regarding the agency's anticipated hourly usage of the office's services for each fiscal year of that biennium.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8198.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8198 / Section 8198.101
§ 8198.101. TAX TO REPAY BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued under Section 8198.151.
Tex. Family Code § 54.0409 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.0409
§ 54.0409. DNA SAMPLE REQUIRED ON CERTAIN FELONY ADJUDICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to conduct constituting the commission of a felony:

(1) that is listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(2) for which it is shown that a deadly weapon, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, was used or exhibited during the commission of the conduct or during immediate flight from the commission of the conduct.

(b) If a court or jury makes a disposition under Section 54.04 in which a child is adjudicated as having engaged in conduct constituting the commission of a felony to which this section applies and the child is placed on probation, the court shall require as a condition of probation that the child provide a DNA sample under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the purpose of creating a DNA record of the child, unless the child has already submitted the required sample under other state law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.302
§ 1551.302. ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may equitably allocate to each health benefit plan the employer contributions that would be required to fund basic health coverage for participants in the plans to the extent funds are available.

(b) In allocating the employer contributions among plans, the board of trustees shall consider the relevant risk characteristics of each plan's enrollment, including:

(1) demographic variations in the use and cost of health care; and

(2) prevailing cost patterns in the area in which the plan operates.

(c) The allocation must be reasonable and set in a manner that ensures participants a fair choice among health benefit plans providing a basic plan.

(d) The contribution set for each participant must be within the total amount appropriated in the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.032 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.032
§ 11.032. GAME, FISH, AND WATER SAFETY ACCOUNT; SOURCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The game, fish, and water safety account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the game, fish, and water safety account all revenue, less allowable costs, from the following sources:

(1) all types of fishing licenses and stamps and shrimping licenses;

(2) all types of hunting licenses and stamps;

(3) trapping licenses and other licenses relating to the taking, propagation, and sale of fur-bearing animals or their pelts;

(4) sale of marl, sand, gravel, shell, and mudshell;

(5) oyster bed rentals and permits;

(6) federal funds received for fish and wildlife research, management, development and conservation, resource protection, and law enforcement, unless the funds are received for the specific purposes of Subchapter F, Chapter 77;

(7) sale of property, less advertising costs, purchased from this account or a special fund or account that is now part of this account;

(8) fines and penalties collected for violations of a law pertaining to the protection and conservation of wild birds, wild fowl, wild animals, fish, shrimp, oysters, game birds and animals, fur-bearing animals, alligators, and any other wildlife resources of this state;

(9) sale of rough fish by the department;

(10) fees for importation permits;

(11) fees from supplying fish for or placing fish in water located on private property;

(12) sale of seized pelts;

(13) sale or lease of grazing rights to and the products from game preserves, sanctuaries, and management areas;

(14) contracts for the removal of fur-bearing animals and reptiles from wildlife management areas;

(15) vessel registration fees;

(16) vessel manufacturer or dealer licensing fees;

(17) fines or penalties imposed by a court for violation of water safety laws contained in Chapter 31 of this code;

(18) alligator hunter's or alligator buyer's licenses;

(19) sale of alligators or any part of an alligator by the department;

(20) fees and revenue collected under Section 11.027(b) or (c) of this code that are associated with the conservation of fish and wildlife;

(21) fees related to cultivated oyster mariculture;

(22) vessel and outboard motor titling fees;

(23) participation fees collected under Section 43.976;

(24) money received by the department from:

(A) boater education program courses and examinations administered under Section 31.108; and

(B) boater education deferrals issued under the program established under Section 31.110(c);

(25) money received by the department from carbon sequestration or similar ecosystem services projects described by Section 11.302(b)(1);

(26) field trial permit fees collected under Subchapter J, Chapter 43; and

(27) any other source provided by law.

(c) Not later than the 10th day of each month the department may transfer an amount not to exceed 15 percent of all amounts collected during the previous month from sources described by Subsection (b)(15), (16), or (22) to the state parks account.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.307 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.307
§ 1251.307. NOTICE OF CONTINUATION OPTION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 1551.064, at the time a health insurance policy or contract is issued, the group policyholder or contract holder shall give written notice to each group member and each dependent of a group member covered by the policy or contract of the continuation option under this subchapter.
Tex. Election Code § 174.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 174 / Section 174.001
§ 174.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a political party holding a primary election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3001.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3001 / Section 3001.056
§ 3001.056. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from its directors a president, vice president, and secretary.

(b) The board by rule may provide for the election of other officers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8111.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8111 / Section 8111.002
§ 8111.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Williamson County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.003
§ 1579.003. DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "employee" means a participating member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who is employed by a participating entity and who is not receiving coverage from a program under Chapter 1551, 1575, or 1601. The term does not include an individual performing personal services as an independent contractor.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.270 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.270
§ 1701.270. REQUIRED POLICIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 180th day after the date the commission provides the model policies described by Section 1701.269(b), each law enforcement agency in this state shall adopt a policy on the topics described by that subsection. A law enforcement agency may adopt the model policies developed by the commission under that subsection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8431.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8431 / Section 8431.101
§ 8431.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Transportation Code § 222.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 222 / Section 222.103
§ 222.103. COST PARTICIPATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The department may participate, by spending money from any available source, in the cost of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of a toll facility of a public or private entity on terms and conditions established by the commission. The commission shall require the repayment of any money spent.

(b) Money repaid as required by the commission shall be deposited to the credit of the fund from which the expenditure was made. Money deposited as required by this section is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.

(c) A bond or other debt obligation issued by a public or private entity to finance the cost of a toll facility in which the department participates is an obligation of the issuing entity and is not an obligation of this state.

(d) On the request of a member of the legislature, the department shall provide the member a status report on all highway construction projects, by legislative district, that are under contract or awaiting funding. The report shall include projects that would be funded in any manner by state, federal, or toll funds.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312, Sec. 99(31), eff. September 1, 2013.

(f) This section applies to any participation by the department in the cost of a project under Chapter 284, 361, or 366.

(g) The commission shall adopt rules to implement Subsection (a).

(h) Money granted by the department each fiscal year under this section may not exceed an amount that, together with the money granted for the preceding four fiscal years, results in an average annual expenditure of $2 billion. This limitation does not apply to money required to be repaid.

(i), (j) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 77; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 15.74.
Tex. Government Code § 854.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 854 / Section 854.107
§ 854.107. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER STRAIGHT LIFE OR GUARANTEED TERM ANNUITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a retiree who marries after the date of the person's retirement and who at the time of retirement selected either:

(1) a service or disability retirement annuity that would be payable throughout the retiree's life and would not be paid after the retiree's death, except as provided by Section 854.502; or

(2) a service or disability retirement annuity that would be payable throughout the retiree's life and, if the retiree dies before 60, 120, or 180 monthly annuity payments, as appropriate, have been made, would be payable for the remainder of those months.

(b) A retiree described under Subsection (a) may replace the annuity by selecting an optional retirement annuity under Section 854.104(c)(1), (2), or (5) and by designating the person's spouse as beneficiary in the same manner as an annuity selection and designation of beneficiary may be made before retirement.

(c) The selection under Subsection (b) must be filed with the retirement system before the first anniversary of the date of the marriage unless the postretirement marriage occurred before January 1, 2002, in which case the selection must be filed with the retirement system before January 1, 2003.

(d) A person may make a postretirement designation of a beneficiary under this section only once.

(e) The retirement system shall adjust the monthly payments of the annuity under the option selected to an actuarial equivalent amount of the annuity being paid immediately before the change in benefit option and beneficiary selection.

(f) The selection of an optional annuity and designation of a beneficiary under this section is not effective if the retiree or beneficiary dies before the date the change is to take effect.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8205.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8205 / Section 8205.003
§ 8205.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8205.024 before September 1, 2011:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2011, except that the district shall:

(A) pay any debts incurred;

(B) transfer to Waller County any assets that remain after the payment of debts; and

(C) maintain the organization of the district until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8175.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8175 / Section 8175.004
§ 8175.004. 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:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes;

(3) the validity of the district's bonds, notes, or indebtedness; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 115.014 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.014
§ 115.014. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) A person whose tender application is rejected may appeal that action by filing a petition against the commission in a district court of Travis County for review of the agent's decision.

(b) The clerk of the court shall issue to the commission a notice setting forth briefly the cause of action stated in the petition. The court may not enter an order on the petition until the court conducts a hearing. The court must conduct the hearing not later than the fifth day after the date of issuance of the notice.

(c) The court may sustain, modify, or overrule the agent's decision and may issue a restraining order or injunction as warranted by the facts.

(d) A person dissatisfied with the decision of the district court may appeal to the court of appeals.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.209 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.209
§ 1601.209. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of group life coverages and group accidental death and dismemberment coverages in force for a participant on the date the participant dies shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to a person surviving the death in the following order of precedence:

(1) to the beneficiary designated by the participant in a signed and witnessed writing received before death by the appropriate office of the applicable system; or

(2) if a beneficiary is not designated under Subdivision (1), in accordance with the death benefit provisions of Subtitle C, Title 8, Government Code.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a designation, change, or cancellation of a beneficiary in a document, including a will, that is not executed and filed in the manner described by that subsection is not valid.
Tex. Occupations Code § 111.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 111 / Section 111.004
§ 111.004. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Medical Board, in consultation with the commissioner of insurance, as appropriate, may adopt rules necessary to:

(1) ensure that patients using telemedicine medical services receive appropriate, quality care;

(2) prevent abuse and fraud in the use of telemedicine medical services, including rules relating to the filing of claims and records required to be maintained in connection with telemedicine medical services;

(3) ensure adequate supervision of health professionals who are not physicians and who provide telemedicine medical services; and

(4) establish the maximum number of health professionals who are not physicians that a physician may supervise through a telemedicine medical service.

(b) The State Board of Dental Examiners, in consultation with the commissioner of insurance, as appropriate, may adopt rules necessary to:

(1) ensure that patients using teledentistry dental services receive appropriate, quality care;

(2) prevent abuse and fraud in the use of teledentistry dental services, including rules relating to the filing of claims and records required to be maintained in connection with teledentistry dental services;

(3) ensure adequate supervision of health professionals who are not dentists and who provide teledentistry dental services under the delegation and supervision of a dentist; and

(4) authorize a dentist to simultaneously delegate to and supervise through a teledentistry dental service not more than five health professionals who are not dentists.

(c) Each agency with regulatory authority over a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service shall adopt rules necessary to standardize formats for and retention of records related to a patient's consent to:

(1) treatment;

(2) data collection; and

(3) data sharing.

(d) Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must:

(1) as applicable, address the specific consent documentation required for:

(A) telemedicine medical services;

(B) teledentistry dental services; or

(C) telehealth services; and

(2) include provisions, based on the appropriate standard of care, for consent documentation in an audio-only format.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2501.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2501 / Section 2501.103
§ 2501.103. CHARGING OF FEE IN EXCESS OF CERTAIN AMOUNT PROHIBITED IF EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED.
Status: in_force

An owner, operator, counselor, agent, or employee of a personnel service may not charge an applicant a fee that exceeds 20 percent of the applicant's gross wages if:

(1) the employment accepted by the applicant as a result of a referral by the personnel service lasts less than 30 days; and

(2) the applicant terminates the employment for good cause.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.055
§ 885.055. ASSEMBLY AS SUPREME GOVERNING BODY.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme governing body of a fraternal benefit society is an assembly if the body is composed of:

(1) delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions by the members or their representatives; and

(2) other delegates as prescribed by the fraternal benefit society's laws.

(b) The elected delegates to an assembly must:

(1) constitute a majority of the assembly in number; and

(2) be entitled to cast the greater of:

(A) two-thirds of the votes in the assembly; or

(B) the number of votes required to amend the fraternal benefit society's laws.

(c) A fraternal benefit society may provide for election of delegates by mail.