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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7201.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7201 / Section 7201.101
§ 7201.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code, applicable to districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.022
§ 436.022. INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department or a health authority may, on presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge:

(1) enter at reasonable times, including when processing is conducted, an establishment or location in which molluscan shellfish or crabmeat is processed, packed, pasteurized, or held for introduction into commerce or held after introduction into commerce;

(2) enter a vehicle being used to transport or hold the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat in commerce; or

(3) inspect the establishment, location, or vehicle, including equipment, records, files, papers, materials, containers, labels, or other items, and obtain samples necessary for enforcement of this chapter.

(b) The inspection of an establishment or location is to determine whether the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat:

(1) is adulterated or misbranded;

(2) may not be processed, introduced into commerce, sold, or offered for sale under this chapter or department rules; or

(3) is otherwise in violation of this chapter.

(c) The department or a health authority may not inspect:

(1) financial data;

(2) sales data, other than shipment data;

(3) pricing data;

(4) personnel data, other than personnel data relating to the qualifications of technical and professional personnel; or

(5) research data.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3976.0701 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3976 / Section 3976.0701
§ 3976.0701. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to bonds payable wholly or partly from revenue derived from assessments on real property in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 56.307 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.307
§ 56.307. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

If any claimant is not satisfied with the judgment of the commissioners court, he may appeal the judgment in the manner that cases are appealed from the justice court.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.091 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.091
§ 166.091. DURATION OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER.
Status: in_force

An out-of-hospital DNR order is effective until it is revoked as prescribed by Section 166.092.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.1353 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.1353
§ 1301.1353. REMEDY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other penalty or remedy provided by law, an insurer that uses a preauthorization process for medical care or health care services that violates this subchapter with respect to a required publication, notice, or response regarding its preauthorization requirements, including by failing to comply with any applicable deadline for the publication, notice, or response, must provide an expedited appeal under Section 4201.357 for any medical care or health care service affected by the violation.

(b) The provisions of this section may not be waived, voided, or nullified by contract.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1272.064 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1272 / Section 1272.064
§ 1272.064. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 497.029 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.029
§ 497.029. NEW ARTICLES AND PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may request the office to produce additional articles or products under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8262.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8262 / Section 8262.102
§ 8262.102. ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may:

(1) make, purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire property, works, facilities, existing improvements, or improvements to be made, constructed, or acquired that are:

(A) inside or outside the district's boundaries; and

(B) necessary to carry out the powers granted by this chapter or general law; or

(2) enter into a contract with a person on terms the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous for:

(A) the purchase or sale of water;

(B) the transportation, treatment, and disposal of the domestic, industrial, or communal wastes of the district or others;

(C) the continuing and orderly development of land and property in the district through the purchase, construction, or installation of facilities, works, or improvements that the district is otherwise authorized to do or perform so that, to the greatest extent reasonably possible, considering sound engineering and economic practices, all of the land and property may ultimately receive the services of the facilities, works, or improvements; and

(D) the performance of any of the powers granted by this chapter or general law.

(b) A contract under Subsection (a)(2) may not have a duration of more than 40 years.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.252 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.252
§ 55A.252. FILING CERTAIN PETITIONS IN JUSTICE OR MUNICIPAL COURT.
Status: in_force

If the arrest for which expunction is sought is for an offense punishable by fine only, a person who is entitled to expunction of records and files under Article 55A.002, 55A.003, 55A.004, or 55A.005 or Subchapter B, or a person who is eligible for expunction of records and files under Article 55A.101(a) may file an ex parte petition for expunction in a justice court or a municipal court of record in the county in which:

(1) the petitioner was arrested; or

(2) the offense was alleged to have occurred.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.405 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.405
§ 1104.405. INFORMATION FOR EXCLUSIVE USE OF COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) Criminal history record information obtained or provided under Section 1104.402 or 1104.404 is privileged and confidential and is for the exclusive use of the court. The criminal history record information may not be released or otherwise disclosed to any person or agency except on court order. The court may use the criminal history record information only to determine whether to:

(1) appoint, remove, or continue the appointment of a private professional guardian, a guardianship program, or the Health and Human Services Commission; or

(2) appoint any person proposed to serve as a guardian under this title, including a proposed temporary guardian, a proposed successor guardian, or any person who will have care or custody of the proposed ward or the proposed ward's estate on behalf of the proposed guardian, other than an attorney or a certified guardian.

(b) The county clerk may destroy the criminal history record information after the information is used for the purposes authorized by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.058
§ 1005.058. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:

(1) reported in the district's records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Election Code § 81.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 81 / Section 81.003
§ 81.003. SUBSTITUTION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM BALLOTS FOR PAPER BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

In an election in which an electronic voting system is used in regular voting but not for all or part of the early voting, the electronic system ballots prepared for use in regular voting may be used for early voting, if practicable, at the discretion of the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared for the election.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.1042 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.1042
§ 111.1042.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.1042. TAX REFUND: INFORMAL REVIEW. (a) The comptroller may informally review a claim for refund filed in accordance with this title and may grant or deny it, in whole or in part.

(b) An informal review under this section is not a hearing or contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) This section does not impair the right to a hearing on a claim for refund provided in Section 111.105.

(d) If the right to a hearing is not exercised on a full or partial denial of a claim for refund, the period during which the comptroller informally reviewed the claim for refund does not toll the limitation period for any subsequent claim for refund on the same period and type of tax for which the claim for refund was fully or partially denied.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 151.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 151 / Section 151.001
§ 151.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter:

(1) "Bison" means:

(A) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bison bison, commonly known as the North American prairie bison; or

(B) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bison athabascae, commonly known as the Canadian woods bison.

(2) "Bison meat" means the meat or flesh of a bison.

(3) "Buffalo" means:

(A) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bubalus bubalis, commonly known as the Asian Indian buffalo, water buffalo, or caraboa;

(B) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae syncerus caffer, commonly known as the African buffalo or Cape buffalo;

(C) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae anoa depressicornis, commonly known as the Celebes buffalo; or

(D) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae anoa mindorenis, commonly known as the Philippine buffalo or Mindoro buffalo.

(4) "Buffalo meat" means the meat or flesh of a buffalo.

(5) "Restaurant" means a public eating place where food is sold.

(6) "Retail store" means a retail food store as defined under Section 437.001, Health and Safety Code, butcher shop, delicatessen, or other place where fresh or cooked meat is sold at retail for consumption off premises.

(b) For the purposes of:

(1) Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), the term "bison" does not include a hybrid of an animal listed in that subdivision; and

(2) Subdivision (3), Subsection (a), the term "buffalo" does not include a hybrid of an animal listed in that subdivision.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.457 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.457
§ 545.457. DUTIES FOLLOWING COLLISION INVOLVING AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

In the event of a collision involving an automated motor vehicle, the automated motor vehicle, a person on behalf of the automated motor vehicle, or any human driver of the automated motor vehicle shall comply with Chapter 550.
Tex. Education Code § 29.0113 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.0113
§ 29.0113. DRIVING WITH DISABILITY PROGRAM INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide information regarding the Texas Driving with Disability Program to:

(1) students who have a health condition or disability that may impede effective communication with a peace officer and:

(A) who receive special education services under Subchapter A; or

(B) who are covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); and

(2) the parents of students described by Subdivision (1).

(b) The information described under Subsection (a) shall be provided to each student who is 16 years of age or older and annually until the earlier of the student's:

(1) graduation from high school; or

(2) 21st birthday.

(c) The agency shall collaborate with the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities to develop the information materials to be provided under Subsection (a). The materials:

(1) must include information regarding a person's option to voluntarily list any health condition or disability that may impede the person's communication with a peace officer on a person's vehicle registration information in accordance with Section 502.061, Transportation Code, or application for an original license under Section 521.142, Transportation Code; and

(2) may be provided with any transition planning materials provided under this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 522.153 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 522 / Section 522.153
§ 522.153. STATEMENT OF GIFT; PROVISION OF REGISTRY INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who wishes to be an organ, tissue, or eye donor may execute a statement of gift.

(b) The statement of gift may be shown on a donor's commercial driver's license or by a card designed to be carried by the donor to evidence the donor's consent with respect to organ, tissue, and eye donation. A donor card signed by the donor shall be given effect as if executed under Section 692A.005, Health and Safety Code.

(c) The donor registry or organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, or eye banks, as those terms are defined by Section 692A.002, Health and Safety Code, shall provide donor registry information to the department and the Texas Department of Transportation. The department, with expert input and support from the nonprofit organization administering the registry, shall:

(1) provide to each applicant for the issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate commercial driver's license who applies in person, by mail, over the Internet, or by other electronic means:

(A) the opportunity to indicate on the person's commercial driver's license or personal identification certificate that the person is willing to make an anatomical gift, in the event of death, in accordance with Section 692A.005, Health and Safety Code; and

(B) an opportunity for the individual to consent to inclusion in the registry and release to procurement organizations in the manner provided by Subsection (d); and

(2) provide a means to distribute registry information to interested individuals in each office authorized to issue commercial driver's licenses.

(d) The department shall:

(1) specifically ask each applicant only the question, "Would you like to register as an organ donor?"; and

(2) if the applicant responds affirmatively to the question asked under Subdivision (1), provide the individual's name, date of birth, commercial driver's license number, most recent address, and other information needed for identification purposes at the time of donation to the nonprofit organization contracted to maintain the registry for inclusion in the registry.

(e) An affirmative statement of gift on an individual's commercial driver's license executed after August 31, 2015, shall be conclusive evidence of a decedent's status as a donor and serve as consent for organ, tissue, and eye removal.

(f) The department shall distribute at all field offices Donate Life brochures that provide basic donation information in English and Spanish and include a contact phone number and e-mail address. The department shall include the question required under Subsection (d)(1) and information on the donor registry Internet website in renewal notices.
Tex. Government Code § 825.0041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.0041
§ 825.0041. BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board of trustees may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing retirement system operations;

(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the system;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the board of trustees;

(4) the results of the most recent formal audit of the system;

(5) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts-of-interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of a state policy-making body in performing their duties; and

(6) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the system or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the board of trustees is entitled to reimbursement under Section 825.007 for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The executive director of the retirement system shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each member of the board of trustees. Each member of the board of trustees shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
Tex. Government Code § 613.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 613 / Section 613.003
§ 613.003. REEMPLOYMENT TO ANOTHER POSITION FOLLOWING MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

A public employee who cannot perform the duties of a position to which the employee is otherwise entitled under Section 613.002 because of a disability the employee sustained during military service is entitled to be reemployed in the department, office, commission, or board of the state, a state institution, or a local governmental entity in a position that the employee can perform and that has:

(1) like seniority, status, and pay as the former position; or

(2) the nearest possible seniority, status, and pay to the former position.
Tex. Local Government Code § 114.024 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 114 / Section 114.024
§ 114.024. COUNTY AUDITOR'S REPORT TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AT REGULAR MEETING.
Status: in_force

At each regular meeting of the commissioners court, the county auditor shall present a tabulated report of:

(1) the county's receipts and disbursements of funds; and

(2) the accounts of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.102
§ 3809.102. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as, for the same term as, and on the conditions of the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8425.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8425 / Section 8425.105
§ 8425.105. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7977A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7977A / Section 7977A.0503
§ 7977A.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. Local Government Code § 379B.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379B / Section 379B.006
§ 379B.006. UTILITIES FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an authority created by a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more.

(b) An authority may accept an electric, gas, potable water, or sanitary sewage utility conveyed by the United States but may not operate it.

(c) An authority shall convey a utility received under Subsection (b) to the municipality that established the authority. The municipality shall pay the authority fair market value for the utility.

(d) If state or federal law prohibits the operation or ownership of the utility by the municipality, the municipality shall convey the utility to an entity that may operate it. The municipality may charge fair market value for the conveyance.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 221.010 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 221 / Section 221.010
§ 221.010. COMPLAINTS RELATING TO JUVENILE BOARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on a complaint filed with the department relating to a juvenile board funded by the department. The department shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and the disposition of the complaint.

(b) The department shall make information available describing the department's procedures for the investigation and resolution of a complaint filed with the department relating to a juvenile board funded by the department.

(c) The department shall investigate the allegations in the complaint and make a determination of whether there has been a violation of the department's rules relating to juvenile probation programs, services, or facilities.

(d) If a written complaint is filed with the department relating to a juvenile board funded by the department, the department shall periodically notify the complainant and the juvenile board of the status of the complaint until final disposition, unless notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
Tex. Government Code § 1475.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1475 / Section 1475.054
§ 1475.054. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS TO CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

Sections 261.002 and 261.003, Local Government Code, apply to a condemnation proceeding brought under this subchapter.
Tex. Property Code § 5.065 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.065
§ 5.065. RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary, a purchaser in default under an executory contract for the conveyance of real property may avoid the enforcement of a remedy described by Section 5.064 by complying with the terms of the contract on or before the 30th day after the date notice is given under that section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 829.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 829 / Section 829.153
§ 829.153. RIGHTS OF MEMBERS WHOSE POLICIES ARE ISSUED AFTER ADOPTION OF CONVERSION PLAN BUT BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On issuance of a policy after a conversion plan has been adopted by the board of directors but before the effective date of the conversion plan, the converting exchange shall send to each member to whom a policy is issued a written notice regarding the conversion plan.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each member insured under a property or casualty insurance policy is entitled to notice under Subsection (a) and shall be advised in a clear and conspicuous manner of the member's right to:

(1) cancel the policy; and

(2) receive a pro rata refund of unearned premiums.

(c) A member who has made or filed a claim under the insurance policy is not entitled to a refund under Subsection (b). A member who has exercised a right provided by Subsection (b) may not make or file a claim under the insurance policy.