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Tex. Insurance Code § 223A.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 223A / Section 223A.007
§ 223A.007. CREDIT FOR FEES PAID.
Status: in_force

(a) A captive insurance company is entitled to a credit on the amount of tax due under this chapter for all examination and evaluation fees paid to this state during the calendar year for which the tax is due. The limitations provided by Sections 803.007(1) and (2)(B) for a domestic insurance company apply to a captive insurance company.

(b) The credit provided by this section is in addition to any other credit authorized by statute.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.517 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.517
§ 9.517. EFFECT OF INDEXING ERRORS.
Status: in_force

The failure of the filing office to index a record or to correctly index information contained in a record does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8124.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8124 / Section 8124.051
§ 8124.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.256 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.256
§ 52.256. PLAN AND REPORT OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND OTHER BUSINESS PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "small business" and "historically underutilized business" have the meanings assigned by former Section 481.191, Government Code, as that section existed on January 1, 2015.

(b) Before January 1, 2000, each telecommunications utility shall develop and submit to the commission a comprehensive five-year plan to enhance diversity of its workforce in all occupational categories and for increasing opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses. The plan must consist of:

(1) the telecommunications utility's performance with regard to workforce diversity and contracting with small and historically underutilized businesses;

(2) initiatives that the telecommunications utility will pursue in these areas over the period of the plan;

(3) a listing of programs and activities the telecommunications utility will undertake to achieve each of these initiatives; and

(4) a listing of the business partnership initiatives the telecommunications utility will undertake to facilitate small and historically underutilized business entry into the telecommunications market, taking into account opportunities for contracting and joint ventures.

(c) Each telecommunications utility shall submit an annual report to the commission and the legislature relating to its efforts to improve workforce diversity and contracting opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses. The report must include:

(1) the diversity of the telecommunications utility's workforce as of the time of the report;

(2) the telecommunications utility's level of contracting with small and historically underutilized businesses;

(3) the specific progress made under the plan under Subsection (b);

(4) the specific initiatives, programs, and activities undertaken under the plan during the preceding year;

(5) an assessment of the success of each of those initiatives, programs, and activities;

(6) the extent to which the telecommunications utility has carried out its initiatives to facilitate opportunities for contracts or joint ventures with small and historically underutilized businesses; and

(7) the initiatives, programs, and activities the telecommunications utility will pursue during the next year to increase the diversity of its workforce and contracting opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses.
Tex. Finance Code § 121.0011 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 121 / Section 121.0011
§ 121.0011. POLICY.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this subtitle are to safeguard the public interest, to promote public confidence in credit unions doing business in this state, to provide for the protection of the interests, shares, and deposits of credit unions, to delegate to the department rulemaking and discretionary authority that may be necessary to assure that credit unions operating under this subtitle may be sufficiently flexible and readily responsive to changes in economic conditions and practices, to maintain sound credit union growth and financial integrity, fiscal responsibility, and independent judgment in the management of the business affairs of credit unions, to permit credit unions to effectively provide a full array of financial and financially related services, to provide effective supervision and regulation of credit unions and their fields of membership, and to clarify and modernize the law governing the credit unions doing business in this state. This subtitle is the public policy of this state and necessary to the public welfare.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1805.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1805 / Section 1805.151
§ 1805.151. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

If, after a hearing, the commissioner determines that an activity or practice of a group, association, or other organization of insurers engaging in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance is unfair, unreasonable, or otherwise inconsistent with this chapter or other applicable law, the commissioner may issue a written order:

(1) specifying the manner in which the activity or practice is unfair, unreasonable, or inconsistent with the applicable law; and

(2) requiring the group, association, or organization to discontinue the activity or practice.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.262 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.262
§ 2054.262. RULES.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules regarding operation of the project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8078.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8078 / Section 8078.0305
§ 8078.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.021 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.021
§ 171.021. PROCEEDING TO COMPEL ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court shall order the parties to arbitrate on application of a party showing:

(1) an agreement to arbitrate; and

(2) the opposing party's refusal to arbitrate.

(b) If a party opposing an application made under Subsection (a) denies the existence of the agreement, the court shall summarily determine that issue. The court shall order the arbitration if it finds for the party that made the application. If the court does not find for that party, the court shall deny the application.

(c) An order compelling arbitration must include a stay of any proceeding subject to Section 171.025.
Tex. Family Code § 93.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 93 / Section 93.003
§ 93.003. PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A victim has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent another from disclosing a confidential communication described by Section 93.002.

(b) The privilege may be claimed by:

(1) a victim or a victim's attorney on a victim's behalf;

(2) a parent, guardian, or conservator of a victim under 18 years of age; or

(3) an advocate or a family violence center on a victim's behalf.
Tex. Government Code § 822.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 822 / Section 822.005
§ 822.005. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is absent from service except by death or retirement may withdraw all of the accumulated contributions credited to the person in the member savings account.

(b) An application to withdraw contributions under this section must be in writing and on a form prescribed by the board of trustees.

(c) A person is not entitled to withdraw contributions if the person is employed, has applied for employment, or has received a promise of employment with an employer covered by the retirement system.

(d) The retirement system shall adopt procedures to track and compile information of all applications filed under this section from the time an application is made until any warrant for the refund is issued by the retirement system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.059
§ 1055.059. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Finance Code § 156.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 156 / Section 156.202
§ 156.202. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "depository institution," "dwelling," and "federal banking agency" have the meanings assigned by Section 180.002.

(a-1) The following entities are exempt from this chapter:

(1) a nonprofit organization:

(A) providing self-help housing that originates zero interest residential mortgage loans for borrowers who have provided part of the labor to construct the dwelling securing the loan; or

(B) that has designation as a Section 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service and originates residential mortgage loans for borrowers who, through a self-help program, have provided at least 200 labor hours or 65 percent of the labor to construct the dwelling securing the loan;

(2) a mortgage banker registered under Chapter 157;

(3) subject to Subsection (b), any owner of residential real estate who in any 12-consecutive-month period makes no more than three residential mortgage loans to purchasers of the property for all or part of the purchase price of the residential real estate against which the mortgage is secured; and

(4) an entity that is:

(A) a depository institution;

(B) a subsidiary of a depository institution that is:

(i) owned and controlled by the depository institution; and

(ii) regulated by a federal banking agency; or

(C) an institution regulated by the Farm Credit Administration.

(a-2) A person is not required to obtain a license or registration under this chapter to originate a loan subject to Chapter 342 or a loan governed by Section 50(a)(6), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, if the person:

(1) is enrolled in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry;

(2) is licensed under Chapter 342; and

(3) makes consumer loans subject to:

(A) Subchapter G, Chapter 342; and

(B) Subchapter E or F, Chapter 342.

(b) In determining eligibility for an exemption under Subsection (a-1)(3), two or more owners of residential real estate are considered a single owner for the purpose of computing the number of mortgage loans made within the period specified by that subdivision if any of the owners are an entity or an affiliate of an entity, including a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, as defined by Section 1.002, Business Organizations Code.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 160, Sec. 87(5), eff. September 1, 2013.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.308 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.308
§ 55.308. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, rules adopted by the commission under this subchapter shall be consistent with applicable federal laws and rules.
Tex. Government Code § 54A.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.006
§ 54A.006. PROCEEDINGS THAT MAY BE REFERRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A judge may refer to an associate judge any matter arising out of a criminal case involving:

(1) a negotiated plea of guilty or no contest before the court;

(2) a bond forfeiture;

(3) a pretrial motion;

(4) a writ of habeas corpus;

(5) an examining trial;

(6) an occupational driver's license;

(7) an appeal of an administrative driver's license revocation hearing;

(8) a civil commitment matter under Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code;

(9) setting, adjusting, or revoking bond;

(10) the issuance of search warrants, including a search warrant under Article 18.02(a)(10), Code of Criminal Procedure, notwithstanding Article 18.01(c), Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(11) any other matter the judge considers necessary and proper.

(b) An associate judge may accept an agreed plea of guilty or no contest from a defendant charged with misdemeanor, felony, or both misdemeanor and felony offenses and may assess punishment if a plea agreement is announced on the record between the defendant and the state.

(c) An associate judge has all of the powers of a magistrate under the laws of this state and may administer an oath for any purpose.

(d) An associate judge may select a jury. Except as provided in Subsection (b), an associate judge may not preside over a trial on the merits, whether or not the trial is before a jury.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.106
§ 1251.106. DISTINCTION BASED ON MARITAL STATUS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A group accident and health insurance policy must include a provision that prohibits a distinction on the basis of the marital status or lack of marital status between an insured and the other parent in the determination of the dependents or the beneficiaries of the insured, or both.
Tex. Transportation Code § 364.047 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 364 / Section 364.047
§ 364.047. ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county that has outstanding bonds payable from the revenue of a toll bridge or bridges may issue additional bonds to the extent and under the conditions prescribed by the provisions of the outstanding bonds and the proceedings related to those bonds, including any trust indenture securing those bonds. The additional bonds may be secured by a pledge of and a lien on the net revenues of the bridge or bridges on a parity with the outstanding bonds under the conditions set out in the proceedings or trust indenture securing and authorizing the outstanding bonds.

(b) A county that has acquired a toll bridge or bridges under this chapter may, in the manner provided by this chapter for the issuance of original bonds, issue and deliver subsequent bonds to repair, improve, reconstruct, or replace a toll bridge. The issuance of bonds under this subsection is subject to the restrictions contained in the resolution or order of the commissioners court authorizing the original bonds and in the deed of indenture, if any, securing the issuance of the original issue of bonds.
Tex. Election Code § 68.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 68 / Section 68.005
§ 68.005. FINAL REPORTS OF TABULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) After completion of the tabulation, the secretary of state shall publish a final report covering the races being tabulated.

(b) The final report may include:

(1) the information described by Section 68.004(b);

(2) vote totals by county for all races being tabulated; and

(3) vote totals for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government in a minimum of eight regions designated by the secretary on the basis of the geographic scope of the electronic media markets.

(c) The secretary shall distribute a copy of the final report on publication to the participating news media, governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the elections advisory committee. A copy of the report shall also be furnished to other persons on payment of a reasonable fee prescribed by the secretary to defray the costs of preparing and furnishing the copy.
Tex. Water Code § 62.062 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.062
§ 62.062. APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the creation of the district, the commissioners court or board shall appoint three navigation and canal commissioners who shall compose the navigation and canal commission.

(b) After the initial commissioners on the navigation and canal commission complete their terms, subsequent commissioners shall be elected.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8152.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8152 / Section 8152.0104
§ 8152.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8152.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171A.106 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171A / Section 171A.106
§ 171A.106. JURISDICTION; APPLICABILITY OF STATE LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the courts of this state have personal jurisdiction over a defendant sued under Section 171A.101 to the maximum extent permitted by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the defendant may be served outside this state.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the law of this state applies to an action brought under Section 171A.101 to the maximum extent permitted by the Texas Constitution and federal law, including the United States Constitution.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, any contractual provision that requires or purports to require application of the laws of a different jurisdiction, or that requires or purports to require a qui tam action under Section 171A.101 to be litigated in a particular forum, is void based on this state's public policy and is not enforceable in any court.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, Chapter 27, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, does not apply to an action brought under Section 171A.101.
Tex. Labor Code § 209.024 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 209 / Section 209.024
§ 209.024. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD.
Status: in_force

The commission shall publicly announce, in accordance with commission rule, the beginning of each extended benefit period and the termination of each extended benefit period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9090.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9090 / Section 9090.0304
§ 9090.0304. 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. Government Code § 30.00085 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00085
§ 30.00085. CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The city manager of the city may appoint a clerk of the municipal court of record who may hire, direct, and remove the personnel authorized in the city's annual budget for the clerk's office. The clerk shall perform the duties in accordance with statutes, the city charter, and city ordinances.

(b) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 62.057 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 62 / Section 62.057
§ 62.057. PATIENTS AND CLIENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may be compensated for services rendered to the Department of State Health Services or a department facility at a percentage of the base wage adopted under this section if:

(1) the person is a patient or client of a department facility;

(2) the person's productive capacity is impaired;

(3) the person:

(A) assists in the operation of the facility as part of the person's therapy; or

(B) receives occupational training in a sheltered workshop or other program operated by the department; and

(4) the facility or department derives an economic benefit from the person's services.

(b) The percentage of the base wage paid to a person under Subsection (a) must correspond to the percentage of the person's productive capacity compared with the capacity of an employee who performs the same or similar tasks and who is not similarly impaired.

(c) The department shall adopt rules to determine the base wage and the percentage of productive capacity of the patients and clients and other rules necessary to implement this section.

(d) Services rendered and payment provided under this section may not be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship between the department and the patient or client engaged in occupational training or therapeutic or rehabilitative services.
Tex. Government Code § 405.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 405 / Section 405.017
§ 405.017. MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall:

(1) affix the state seal to all official documents issued from the secretary of state's office;

(2) unless provided otherwise by law, commission state officers;

(3) keep a register of all state officers;

(4) immediately on receipt, deliver to the person in charge of the state library all books, maps, charts, printed volumes of the laws of a nation, territory, or another state, or other political or miscellaneous publications received in the secretary of state's office;

(5) immediately on receipt, deliver to the supreme court librarian reports of courts of a nation, territory, or another state received in the secretary of state's office; and

(6) perform such other and further duties as may be directed by the governor.