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Tex. Education Code § 56.3042 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.3042
§ 56.3042. INITIAL QUALIFICATION OF PERSON ON TRACK TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If at the time an eligible institution awards TEXAS grants to initial recipients for an academic year an applicant has not completed high school or the applicant's final high school transcript is not yet available to the institution, the student is considered to have satisfied the eligibility requirements of Section 56.304(a)(2)(A) or 56.3041(2)(A) if the student's available high school transcript indicates that at the time the transcript was prepared the student was on schedule to graduate from high school and to meet the eligibility requirements, as applicable to the student, in time to be eligible for a TEXAS grant for the academic year.

(a-1) If at the time an eligible institution awards TEXAS grants to initial recipients for an academic year an applicant who is an associate degree candidate has not completed that degree or the applicant's final college transcript is not yet available to the institution, the student is considered to have satisfied the associate degree requirement of Section 56.304(a)(2)(B) or 56.3041(2)(B) if the student's available college transcript indicates that at the time the transcript was prepared the student was on schedule to complete the associate degree in time to be eligible for a TEXAS grant for the academic year.

(b) The coordinating board or the eligible institution may require the student to forgo or repay the amount of an initial TEXAS grant awarded to the student as described by Subsection (a) or (a-1) if the student fails to meet the eligibility requirements described by Subsection (a) or (a-1), as applicable to the student, after the issuance of the available high school or college transcript.

(c) A person who is required to forgo or repay the amount of an initial TEXAS grant under Subsection (b) may subsequently become eligible to receive an initial TEXAS grant under Section 56.304 or 56.3041 by satisfying the associate degree requirement prescribed by Section 56.304(a)(2)(B) or 56.3041(2)(B) and the other requirements of those sections applicable to the person at the time the person reapplies for the grant.

(d) A person who receives an initial TEXAS grant under Subsection (a) or (a-1) but does not satisfy the applicable eligibility requirement that the person was considered to have satisfied under the applicable subsection and who is not required to forgo or repay the amount of the grant under Subsection (b) may become eligible to receive a subsequent TEXAS grant under Section 56.305 only by satisfying the associate degree requirement prescribed by Section 56.304(a)(2)(B) or 56.3041(2)(B), as applicable to the person, in addition to the requirements of Section 56.305 at the time the person applies for the subsequent grant.
Tex. Government Code § 801.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 801 / Section 801.107
§ 801.107. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The State Pension Review Board is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2029.
Tex. Government Code § 501.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.064
§ 501.064. AVAILABILITY OF CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TO INMATES.
Status: in_force

The department shall ensure that the following information is available to any inmate confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department:

(1) a description of the level, type, and variety of health care services available to inmates;

(2) the formulary used by correctional health care personnel in prescribing medication to inmates;

(3) correctional managed care policies and procedures; and

(4) the process for the filing of inmate grievances concerning health care services provided to inmates.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.303 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.303
§ 457.303. ELECTION TO CHANGE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) At an election ordered under Section 457.301(b)(2), the ballots shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase (decrease) of the local sales and use tax rate of (name of authority) to (percentage)."

(b) The increase or decrease in the tax rate becomes effective only if it is approved by a majority of the votes cast.

(c) A notice of the election and a certified copy of the order canvassing the election results shall be:

(1) sent to the department and the comptroller; and

(2) filed in the deed records of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.001
§ 1062.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Mitchell County Hospital District.
Tex. Estates Code § 308.055 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 308 / Section 308.055
§ 308.055. ONE NOTICE SUFFICIENT.
Status: in_force

A personal representative is not required to give a notice required by Section 308.051 or 308.053 if another person also appointed as personal representative of the estate or a former personal representative of the estate has given that notice.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.527 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.527
§ 9.527. DUTY TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall report before January 1 of each odd-numbered year to the Legislature on the operation of the filing office. The report must contain a statement of the extent to which:

(1) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter and the reasons for these variations; and

(2) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the most recent version of the Model Administrative Rules promulgated by the International Association of Commercial Administrators, or any successor organization, and the reasons for these variations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3904.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3904 / Section 3904.051
§ 3904.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting directors on the board if the board determines that the change is in the best interest of the district. The board may not consist of fewer than 5 or more than 15 voting directors.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.107 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.107
§ 161.107. EXEMPTION FROM GUARDIANSHIP BONDS, CERTAIN COSTS, FEES, AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department or a political subdivision of this state or state agency with which the department contracts under Section 161.103 is not required to post a bond or pay any cost or fee associated with a bond otherwise required by the Estates Code in guardianship matters.

(b) The department is not required to pay any cost or fee otherwise imposed for court proceedings or other services, including:

(1) a filing fee or fee for issuance of service of process imposed by Section 51.319, Government Code;

(2) a judge's fee imposed by Section 25.0008 or 25.0029, Government Code;

(3) a cost or security fee imposed by Section 53.051, 53.052, 1053.051, or 1053.052, Estates Code; or

(4) a fee imposed by a county officer under Section 118.011 or 118.052, Local Government Code.

(c) The department may not be required to pay fees associated with the appointment of a guardian ad litem or attorney ad litem.

(d) A political subdivision of this state or state agency with which the department contracts under Section 161.103 is not required to pay any cost or fee otherwise required by the Estates Code.

(e) If the department is appointed guardian, the department is not liable for funding services provided to the department's ward, including long-term care or burial expenses.
Tex. Education Code § 61.054 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.054
§ 61.054. EXPENDITURES FOR PROGRAMS DISAPPROVED BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

No funds appropriated to any institution of higher education may be expended for any program which has been disapproved by the board, unless the program is subsequently specifically approved by the legislature.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.353 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.353
§ 1158.353. EXCHANGE FOR BONDS.
Status: reserved

(a) If a court orders the reconveyance of foreclosed real estate under Section 1158.352, vendor's lien notes shall be reserved for the total amount of the indebtedness due or for the total amount of bonds that the corporation or agency to which the application to redeem the real estate was submitted as described by Section 1158.352(1) is allowed to advance under the corporation's or agency's rules or regulations.

(b) On obtaining the order for reconveyance, it shall be proper for the guardian to endorse and assign the reserved vendor's lien notes over to any one of the corporations or agencies described by Section 1158.352(1) in exchange for bonds of that corporation or agency.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.045 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.045
§ 201.045. SERVICE ON VESSEL OR AIRCRAFT.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "employment" includes service performed on or in connection with an American vessel or aircraft if:

(1) the service is employment under Section 3306(c), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 3306(c)); and

(2) the operating office from which the vessel or aircraft is ordinarily and regularly directed and controlled is in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 609.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.101
§ 609.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Deferred compensation plan" means a plan established under this subchapter.

(2) "Deferred compensation trust fund" means the fund in which deferred amounts and investment income of participating employees are temporarily held.

(3) "Investment product" includes a life insurance policy, fixed or variable rate annuity, mutual fund, certificate of deposit, money market account, passbook savings account, stock, bond, obligation, and any other investment product not prohibited under Section 457 or 401(k), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1101.158 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.158
§ 1101.158.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1101.158. EXCEPTION TO IMMUNITY: VIOLATIONS THAT CONSTITUTE PATTERN OF DISREGARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS. (a) The immunity established by this subchapter does not apply if a court or administrative law judge finds that the person claiming the immunity has, after May 23, 1995, repeatedly or continuously committed significant violations and not attempted to bring the facility or operation into compliance, so as to constitute a pattern of disregard of environmental or health and safety laws.

(b) For violations committed by a person to be considered a "pattern" under Subsection (a), the person must have committed a series of violations that were due to separate and distinct events occurring within a three-year period at the same facility or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4019.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4019 / Section 4019.0302
§ 4019.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, using any money available to the district for the purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).

(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 154.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 154 / Section 154.001
§ 154.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "council" means the Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8337.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8337 / Section 8337.102
§ 8337.102. 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. Transportation Code § 63.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 63 / Section 63.001
§ 63.001. GOVERNOR TO APPOINT BOARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor, with the consent of the senate, shall appoint a board of commissioners of pilots consisting of five persons of respectable standing for each port having a population and circumstances that warrant a pilot board.

(b) Each member of the board serves a term of two years.

(c) When the legislature is not in legislative session, the governor may:

(1) suspend any commissioner until the next legislative session; and

(2) fill any vacancy on the board until the next legislative session.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.201 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.201
§ 393.201. FORM AND TERMS OF CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each contract for the purchase of the services of a credit services organization by a consumer must be in writing, dated, and signed by the consumer.

(b) In addition to the notice required by Section 393.202, the contract must:

(1) contain the payment terms, including the total payments to be made by the consumer, whether to the organization or to another person;

(2) fully describe the services the organization is to perform for the consumer, including each guarantee and each promise of a full or partial refund and the estimated period for performing the services, not to exceed 180 days;

(3) contain the address of the organization's principal place of business; and

(4) contain the name and address of the organization's agent in this state authorized to receive service of process.

(c) A contract with a credit access business, as defined by Section 393.601, for the performance of services described by Section 393.602(a) must, in addition to the requirements of Subsection (b) and Section 393.302:

(1) contain a statement that there is no prepayment penalty;

(2) contain a statement that a credit access business must comply with Chapter 392 and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692 et seq.) with respect to an extension of consumer credit described by Section 393.602(a);

(3) contain a statement that a person may not threaten or pursue criminal charges against a consumer related to a check or other debit authorization provided by the consumer as security for a transaction in the absence of forgery, fraud, theft, or other criminal conduct;

(4) contain a statement that a credit access business must comply, to the extent applicable, with 10 U.S.C. Section 987 and any regulations adopted under that law with respect to an extension of consumer credit described by Section 393.602(a);

(5) disclose to the consumer:

(A) the lender from whom the extension of consumer credit is obtained;

(B) the interest paid or to be paid to the lender; and

(C) the specific fees that will be paid to the credit access business for the business's services; and

(6) the name and address of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and the telephone number of the office's consumer helpline.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.016 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.016
§ 392.016. AREA OF OPERATION OF A REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The area of operation of a regional housing authority is the counties for which the authority is created excluding the parts of the counties that are within the territorial boundaries of a municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 501.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.026
§ 501.026. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN SEARCHES.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt a policy regarding a search of any room or other area that occurs while a female inmate who is not fully clothed is present in the room or area. The policy must:

(1) require that the search be conducted by a female correctional officer if one is available;

(2) include staffing procedures to ensure the availability of female officers; and

(3) provide that if it is necessary for a male correctional officer to conduct the search, the officer must submit a written report explaining the reasons for the search to the warden not later than 72 hours after the search.
Tex. Property Code § 52.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.001
§ 52.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIEN.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 52.0011 or 52.0012, a first or subsequent abstract of judgment, when it is recorded and indexed in accordance with this chapter, if the judgment is not then dormant, constitutes a lien on and attaches to any real property of the defendant, other than real property exempt from seizure or forced sale under Chapter 41, the Texas Constitution, or any other law, that is located in the county in which the abstract is recorded and indexed, including real property acquired after such recording and indexing.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.015 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.015
§ 111.015. TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION.
Status: in_force

Subject to the law and the rules prescribed by the commission, a common carrier shall receive and transport crude petroleum delivered to it for transportation and perform its other related duties without discrimination.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.211 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.211
§ 1509.211. LEASE OR RENTAL OF PROPERTY OR FACILITY TO UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

The municipality may lease or rent to the United States any property or facility acquired, constructed, improved, enlarged, or equipped in whole or in part with proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3856.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3856 / Section 3856.053
§ 3856.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons serve as nonvoting directors:

(1) the directors of the following departments of the City of Galveston or a person designated by that director:

(A) parks and recreation;

(B) planning and zoning; and

(C) public works; and

(2) the city manager of the City of Galveston or a person designated by the city manager.

(b) If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting director. If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished entity.

(c) Nonvoting directors are not counted for the purposes of establishing a quorum of the board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.134 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.134
§ 441.134. COMMISSION CONVEYANCE ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the commission by order shall authorize the conveyance of a road facility to a governmental entity not later than the 15th day after the date that it receives a board's order to convey.

(b) The commission by order shall delay the conveyance until the district complies with the plans and written commission approvals if:

(1) the commission considers the road facility not to be completed according to the plans and written commission approvals;

(2) the governmental entity to which the road facility is being conveyed files a written protest; or

(3) a municipality in which or extraterritorial jurisdiction of which the road facility is located, if the road facility is being transferred to a county, files a written protest.

(c) An order under Subsection (b) must be issued not later than the 15th day after the later of the date that the commission receives the board's conveyance order or the date a protest is filed.

(d) The commission is not required to hold a hearing before making an order under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8095.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8095 / Section 8095.0503
§ 8095.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8217.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8217 / Section 8217.104
§ 8217.104. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution, adopted by the governing body of a municipality under Section 54.016, Water Code, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292D.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292D / Section 292D.151
§ 292D.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING HOSPITAL NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), if the commissioners court of a county authorizes a program under this chapter, the commissioners court may require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the county. The commissioners court shall provide that the mandatory payment is to be assessed at least annually, but not more often than quarterly. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the most recent fiscal year for which that data was reported. If the institutional health care provider did not report any data under those sections, the provider's net patient revenue is the amount of that revenue as contained in the provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the previous fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. The commissioners court shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying hospital in the county. A mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the amount of the mandatory payment. The aggregate amount of the mandatory payment required of all paying hospitals may not exceed six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue from hospital services provided by all paying hospitals in the county.

(d) Subject to Subsection (c), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter and to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 292D.103(c)(1). The annual amount of revenue from mandatory payments that may be used to pay the administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter may not exceed $150,000, plus the cost of collateralization of deposits, regardless of actual expenses.

(e) A paying hospital may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.