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Tex. Insurance Code § 1305.502 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.502
§ 1305.502. CONSUMER REPORT CARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the group shall develop and issue an informational report card that identifies and compares, on an objective basis, the quality, costs, health care provider availability, and other analogous factors of workers' compensation health care networks operating under the workers' compensation system of this state with each other and with medical care provided outside of networks.

(b) The group may procure services as necessary to produce the report card. The report card must include a risk-adjusted evaluation of:

(1) employee access to care;

(2) return-to-work outcomes;

(3) health-related outcomes;

(4) employee satisfaction with care; and

(5) health care costs and utilization of health care.

(c) The report cards may be based on information or data from any person, agency, organization, or governmental entity that the group considers reliable. The group may not endorse or recommend a specific workers' compensation health care network or plan, or subjectively rate or rank networks or plans, other than through comparison and evaluation of objective criteria.

(d) The commissioner shall ensure that consumer report cards issued by the group under this section are accessible to the public on the department's Internet website and available to any person on request. The commissioner by rule may set a reasonable fee for obtaining a paper copy of report cards.
Tex. Transportation Code § 683.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 683 / Section 683.001
§ 683.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

(2) "Garagekeeper" means an owner or operator of a storage facility.

(3) "Law enforcement agency" means:

(A) the Department of Public Safety;

(B) the police department of a municipality;

(C) the police department of an institution of higher education; or

(D) a sheriff or a constable.

(4) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is subject to registration under Chapter 501.

(5) "Motor vehicle demolisher" means a person in the business of:

(A) converting motor vehicles into processed scrap or scrap metal; or

(B) wrecking or dismantling motor vehicles.

(6) "Outboard motor" means an outboard motor subject to registration under Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code.

(7) "Storage facility" includes a garage, parking lot, or establishment for the servicing, repairing, or parking of motor vehicles.

(8) "Watercraft" means a vessel subject to registration under Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code.

(9) "Abandoned nuisance vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is at least 10 years old and is of a condition only to be junked, crushed, or dismantled.

(10) "Vehicle storage facility" means a vehicle storage facility, as defined by Section 2303.002, Occupations Code, that is operated by a person who holds a license issued under Chapter 2303 of that code to operate that vehicle storage facility.

(11) "Aircraft" has the meaning assigned by Section 24.001.
Tex. Water Code § 17.884 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.884
§ 17.884. APPROVAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The proceedings relating to the bonds issued under this subchapter are subject to review and approval by the attorney general in the same manner and with the same effects as provided by Chapter 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1507.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.059
§ 1507.059. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 37.018 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.018
§ 37.018. INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS.
Status: in_force

Each school district shall provide each teacher and administrator with a copy of this subchapter and with a copy of the local policy relating to this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.610 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.610
§ 33.610. REMOVAL OF SUBMERGED LAND FROM APPRAISAL AND TAX ROLLS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioner determines that land has become submerged by erosion or subsidence and as a result is dedicated to the permanent school fund, the commissioner may notify in writing the appraisal district that appraises the land for ad valorem tax purposes and each taxing unit that imposes taxes on the land. The notice must include a legal description of the land.

(b) On receipt of notice under Subsection (a):

(1) the appraisal district shall remove the land from the appraisal roll; and

(2) each taxing unit shall remove the land from its tax roll.
Tex. Estates Code § 112.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 112 / Section 112.051
§ 112.051. AGREEMENT FOR RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP IN COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

At any time, spouses may agree between themselves that all or part of their community property, then existing or to be acquired, becomes the property of the surviving spouse on the death of a spouse.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3817.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3817 / Section 3817.157
§ 3817.157. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the elections required under Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district must hold an election in the manner provided by that subchapter to obtain voter approval before the district may:

(1) impose a maintenance tax; or

(2) issue a bond payable from ad valorem taxes or assessments.

(b) The board may include more than one purpose in a single proposition at an election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.306
§ 1067.306. SALE OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person.

(b) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the district's assets or liabilities may not contravene a trust indenture or bond resolution relating to the district's outstanding bonds. The dissolution and sale or transfer does not diminish or impair the rights of a holder of an outstanding bond, warrant, or other obligation of the district.

(c) The sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities must satisfy the debt and bond obligations of the district in a manner that protects the interests of district residents, including the residents' collective property rights in the district's assets.

(d) The district may not transfer or dispose of the district's assets except for due compensation unless:

(1) the transfer is made to another governmental entity that serves the district; and

(2) the transferred assets are to be used for the benefit of the district's residents.

(e) A grant from federal funds is an obligation to be repaid in satisfaction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11007.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11007 / Section 11007.204
§ 11007.204. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE; ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) District bonds may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the district's revenue, or by all or part of the payments or rentals under one or more contracts or leases specified by board resolution or a trust indenture securing the bonds.

(b) A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds secured by a pledge of revenue of all or part of the district's facilities may provide that the district shall first pay the expenses of operating and maintaining all or part of the facilities as the board considers appropriate before paying the principal of and interest on the bonds.

(c) In a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds secured by revenue, contract payments, or lease rentals, the district may reserve the right, under conditions specified by the resolution, to issue additional bonds that will be on a parity with, superior to, or subordinate to the bonds then being issued.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.028 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.028
§ 101.028. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

A governmental unit that has workers' compensation insurance or that accepts the workers' compensation laws of this state is entitled to the privileges and immunities granted by the workers' compensation laws of this state to private individuals and corporations.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 11.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 11 / Section 11.002
§ 11.002. HEADQUARTERS.
Status: in_force

The department headquarters are in Austin.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0425 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0425
§ 42.0425. ASSESSMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall regulate assessment services provided by child-care facilities or child-placing agencies. A child-care facility or child-placing agency may not provide assessment services unless specifically authorized by department rule.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for assessment services. The standards must provide that consideration is given to the individual needs of a child, the appropriate place for provision of services, and the factors listed in Section 42.042(e).

(c) In this section, "assessment services" means the determination of the placement needs of a child who requires substitute care.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.151 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.151
§ 334.151. TAX AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order may impose a tax on each ticket sold as admission to an event held at an approved venue project in the municipality or county for which the municipality or county has issued bonds to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, or renovate the approved venue project.

(b) The municipality or county may not impose the tax under this subchapter for admission to an event at a venue that is not an approved venue project or for which the municipality or county has not issued bonds to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, or renovate the approved venue project.

(c) A municipality or county may impose a tax under this subchapter only if:

(1) an approved venue project is or will be located in the municipality or county; and

(2) the tax is approved at an election held under Section 334.024.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.353
§ 2308.353. REMOVAL UNDER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S AUTHORITY OF UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE PARKED IN RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental entity that has jurisdiction over a public roadway and that has posted one or more signs in the right-of-way stating that parking is prohibited in the right-of-way may:

(1) remove or contract with a towing company to remove an unauthorized vehicle parked in the right-of-way of the public roadway; or

(2) grant written permission to an abutting parking facility owner to:

(A) post one or more "No parking in R.O.W." signs along a common property line of the facility and the roadway; and

(B) remove vehicles from the right-of-way of the public roadway under this chapter.

(b) A sign under Subsection (a)(2) must:

(1) state that a vehicle parked in the right-of-way may be towed at the expense of the owner or operator of the vehicle;

(2) be placed facing the public roadway:

(A) on the parking facility owner's property not more than two feet from the common boundary line; and

(B) at intervals so that no point in the boundary line is less than 25 feet from a sign posted under this subsection; and

(3) in all other respects comply with Subchapter G.

(c) After signs have been posted under Subsection (b), the parking facility owner or a towing company may remove an unauthorized vehicle from the right-of-way subject to the governmental entity's written permission given under Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Government Code § 783.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 783 / Section 783.008
§ 783.008. AUDIT COORDINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government receiving state-administered financial assistance may request by action of its governing body a single audit or coordinated audits by all state agencies from which it receives funds.

(b) On receipt of a request for a single audit or audit coordination, the comptroller in consultation with the state auditor shall not later than the 30th day after the date of the request designate a single state agency to coordinate state audits of the local government.

(c) The designated agency shall, to the extent practicable, assure single or coordinated state audits of the local government for as long as the designation remains in effect or until the local government by action of its governing body withdraws its request for audit coordination.

(d) This section does not apply to an audit performed by the comptroller or state auditor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2251.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2251 / Section 2251.106
§ 2251.106. ROLE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

(a) On request to the commissioner, the public insurance counsel may review all rate filings and additional information provided by an insurer under this chapter. Confidential information reviewed under this subsection remains confidential.

(b) The public insurance counsel, not later than the 30th day after the date of a rate filing under this chapter, may file with the commissioner a written objection to:

(1) an insurer's rate filing; or

(2) the criteria on which the insurer relied to determine the rate.

(c) A written objection filed under Subsection (b) must contain the reasons for the objection.
Tex. Government Code § 813.513 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 813 / Section 813.513
§ 813.513. CREDIT PURCHASE OPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An eligible member may establish not more than 36 months of equivalent membership service credit, including law enforcement or custodial officer service, in either the elected class or the employee class.

(b) A member is eligible to establish service credit under this section if the member has at least 120 months of actual membership service of the type of service that the member seeks to establish.

(c) A member may establish service credit under this section by depositing with the retirement system, for each month of service credit, the actuarial present value, at the time of deposit, of the additional standard retirement annuity benefits that would be attributable to the purchase of the service credit under this section, based on rates and tables recommended by the retirement system's actuary and adopted by the board of trustees.

(d) After a member makes the deposits required by this section, the retirement system shall grant the member one month of equivalent membership service credit for each month of credit approved.

(e) The retirement system shall deposit the amount of the actuarial present value of the service credit purchased in the member's individual account in the employees saving account.

(f) The board of trustees may adopt rules to administer this section, including rules that impose restrictions on the application of this section as necessary to cost-effectively administer this section.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.761 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.761
§ 61.761. ALTERNATIVES TO SUSPENSION, CANCELLATION.
Status: in_force

Section 11.64 of this code relates to alternatives to the suspension or cancellation of a license.
Tex. Government Code § 4005.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.009
§ 4005.009. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, AND ASSET SALES.
Status: in_force

(a) The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 applies to the issuance or sale of securities by one corporation to another corporation or to the security holders of the corporation pursuant to a vote by one or more classes of those security holders, as required by the certificate of formation, certificate of incorporation, or applicable corporation statute, in connection with:

(1) a merger;

(2) a consolidation; or

(3) a sale of corporate assets.

(b) The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 applies to an issuance or sale described by Subsection (a) only if the security holders do not pay, give, or promise any consideration, and are not obligated to pay or give any consideration, for the securities issued or sold other than the corporation's securities held by the security holders at the time of the issuance or sale.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.146 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.146
§ 841.146. CIVIL COMMITMENT PROCEEDING; PROCEDURE AND COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On request, a person subject to a civil commitment proceeding under this chapter and the attorney representing the state are entitled to a jury trial or a hearing before a jury for that proceeding, except for a proceeding set by the judge under Section 841.102(c)(1). The jury shall consist of 12 qualified jurors. The judge may direct that not more than four jurors in addition to the regular jury be called and impaneled to sit as alternate jurors. Each party is entitled to 10 peremptory challenges to the 12 qualified jurors and one peremptory challenge to the qualified alternate jurors.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a civil commitment proceeding is subject to the rules of procedure and appeal for civil cases. To the extent of any conflict between this chapter and the rules of procedure and appeal for civil cases, this chapter controls.

(c) In an amount not to exceed $2,500, the State of Texas shall pay all costs associated with a civil commitment proceeding conducted under Subchapter D. The State of Texas shall pay the reasonable costs of state or appointed counsel or experts for any other civil commitment proceeding conducted under this chapter and shall pay the reasonable costs of the person's treatment and supervision.
Tex. Education Code § 151.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 151 / Section 151.004
§ 151.004. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The governing board of the institute is composed of the chief executive officer or president of each entity that is a member of the institute or that officer's or president's designee.

(b) The governing board of the institute is responsible for the operation of the institute. The board shall adopt rules relating to:

(1) the operation and deliberations of the governing board; and

(2) the operation of the institute.

(c) The governing board may employ an executive director of the institute and any other officer or employee necessary for the operation of the institute.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 811, Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6714 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6714
§ 2306.6714. AT-RISK DEVELOPMENT SET-ASIDE.
Status: reserved

(a) The department shall set aside for eligible at-risk developments not less than 15 percent of the housing tax credits available for allocation in the calendar year.

(a-1) An at-risk development described by Section 2306.6702(a)(5)(B) is eligible for housing tax credits set aside under Subsection (a) if:

(1) a portion of the public housing operating subsidy received from the department is retained for the development; and

(2) a portion of the units of the development are reserved for public housing as specified in the qualified housing plan.

(a-2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an at-risk development described by Section 2306.6702(a)(5)(B) that was previously allocated housing tax credits set aside under Subsection (a) does not lose eligibility for those credits if the portion of units reserved for public housing as a condition of eligibility for the credits under Subsection (a-1)(2) are later converted under the Rental Assistance Demonstration program administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as specified by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112-55) and its subsequent amendments.

(b) Any amount of housing tax credits set aside under this section that remains after the initial allocation of housing tax credits is available for allocation to any eligible applicant as provided by the qualified allocation plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4014.0312 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4014 / Section 4014.0312
§ 4014.0312. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.0561 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0561
§ 22.0561. CORPORATIONS FORMED BY PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Physicians licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and physician assistants licensed under Chapter 204, Occupations Code, may form a corporation to perform a professional service that falls within the scope of practice of those practitioners and consists of:

(1) carrying out research in the public interest in medical science, medical economics, public health, sociology, or a related field;

(2) supporting medical education in medical schools through grants or scholarships;

(3) developing the capabilities of individuals or institutions studying, teaching, or practicing medicine or acting as a physician assistant;

(4) delivering health care to the public; or

(5) instructing the public regarding medical science, public health, hygiene, or a related matter.

(b) A physician assistant may not be an officer of the corporation.

(c) A physician assistant may not contract with or employ a physician to be a supervising physician of the physician assistant or of any physician in the corporation.

(d) The authority of each practitioner is limited by the scope of practice of the respective practitioner. An organizer of the entity must be a physician and ensure that a physician or physicians control and manage the entity.

(e) Nothing in this section may be construed to allow the practice of medicine by someone not licensed as a physician under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, or to allow a person not licensed as a physician to direct the activities of a physician in the practice of medicine.

(f) A physician assistant or combination of physician assistants may have only a minority ownership interest in an entity created under this section. The ownership interest of an individual physician assistant may not equal or exceed the ownership interest of any individual physician owner. A physician assistant or combination of physician assistants may not interfere with the practice of medicine by a physician owner or the supervision of physician assistants by a physician owner.

(g) The Texas Medical Board and the Texas Physician Assistant Board continue to exercise regulatory authority over their respective license holders according to applicable law. To the extent of a conflict between Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and Chapter 204, Occupations Code, or any rules adopted under those statutes, Subtitle B, Title 3, or a rule adopted under that subtitle controls.
Tex. Education Code § 54.635 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.635
§ 54.635. COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the comptroller is the custodian of the assets of the fund.

(b) The comptroller shall pay money from the fund on a warrant drawn by the comptroller supported only on a voucher signed by the comptroller or the comptroller's authorized representative.

(c) The comptroller annually shall furnish to the board a sworn statement of the amount of the fund's assets in the comptroller's custody.

(d) The board may select one or more commercial banks, depository trust companies, or other entities to serve as custodian of all or part of the fund's assets.