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Tex. Insurance Code § 1379.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1379 / Section 1379.004
§ 1379.004. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(B) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(C) for credit insurance;

(D) for a specified disease or diseases;

(E) only for dental or vision care;

(F) only for hospital expenses; or

(G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(5) a long-term care policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1379.002.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 430.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 430 / Section 430.001
§ 430.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Tex. Government Code § 2176.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2176 / Section 2176.203
§ 2176.203. NOTIFICATION OF SERVICE OPTIONS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall, as part of the guidelines developed under Section 2176.105, provide information to state agencies about special mail services offered by the United States Postal Service. The comptroller shall assist a state agency in determining which service to use, considering the state agency's needs for accountability, timeliness, security, and quality of service.
Tex. Water Code § 66.012 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.012
§ 66.012. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A district may be created to control stormwater and floodwater and to control and abate harmful excesses of water for the purpose of preventing area and downstream flooding in all or part of a watershed.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.012 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.012
§ 52.012. RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A marketing association shall be operated for the mutual benefit of its members, as producers, and shall conform to one or both of the following requirements:

(1) a member of the association may not have more than one vote based on the member's ownership of stock or membership capital in the association; or

(2) the association may not pay dividends on stock or membership capital in excess of eight percent a year.

(b) A marketing association may deal in the products and supplies of nonmembers. However, except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, an association is restricted to an amount of nonmember products and supplies that is not greater than the value of the products that it handles for its members.

(c) A marketing association that is organized primarily for the production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves or for the processing and marketing of citrus products and for which the principal offices are located in a county in which not less than 500 acres of land are planted in producing citrus groves may deal in the products and supplies of nonmembers to an amount that is greater than the value of the products that it handles for its members for the 10-year period immediately following a natural disaster, such as a severe freeze, during which the citrus crops of the association's membership are substantially reduced as a direct result of the disaster.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.070 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.070
§ 66.070. PILOTAGE RATE LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A consignee who declines the services of a pilot offered outside the bar and enters the port without the aid of a pilot is liable for the payment of pilotage to the first pilot whose services were declined.

(b) A consignee is liable for the payment of pilotage to the pilot who brings a vessel in if the vessel goes out without employing a pilot.

(c) A consignee is liable for the payment of pilotage for a vessel that goes out without the aid of a pilot and that came in without the aid of a pilot to the pilot who first offered services before the vessel came in.

(d) A consignee is not liable for the payment of pilotage for a vessel going out without a pilot if the vessel came in without the aid of a pilot or came in without the offer of a pilot outside.

(e) Subsections (a)-(d) do not apply to a consignee exempt under this chapter from payment of pilotage rates.

(f) A pilot who charges a rate for pilot services different from the pilotage rates established under this chapter for the port in which the pilot serves is liable to each person who was charged the different rate for double the amount of pilotage.

(g) A court may include in a judgment in favor of a person who files suit to collect an amount owed under this chapter an award to cover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 2.112 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 2 / Section 2.112
§ 2.112. STATED POWERS IN SUBCHAPTER SUFFICIENT.
Status: in_force

A domestic entity is not required to state any of the powers provided to the entity by this subchapter in its governing documents.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.023
§ 174.023. RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY.
Status: in_force

On adoption of this chapter or the law codified by this chapter by a political subdivision to which this chapter applies, fire fighters, police officers, or both are entitled to organize and bargain collectively with their public employer regarding compensation, hours, and other conditions of employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.351 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.351
§ 1073.351. DISSOLUTION; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election on the question of the dissolution of the district, creation of the Runnels County Hospital District, transfer of the district's assets and obligations to the Runnels County Hospital District, and assumption of the district's outstanding debts by the Runnels County Hospital District.

(b) The board shall order the election if:

(1) the board receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 50 of the district's registered voters; or

(2) the board receives notice that the board of directors of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District intends to order an election to dissolve the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District and create the Runnels County Hospital District under Subchapter D-1, Chapter 1004.

(c) If the board intends to hold an election under this subchapter, the board shall notify the board of directors of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District and the Runnels County Commissioners Court of that intention.

(d) The election held under this subchapter shall be held on the same date as the election to dissolve the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District and create the Runnels County Hospital District under Subchapter D-1, Chapter 1004, and the election in the portion of the county not included in a hospital district to create the Runnels County Hospital District. The board shall coordinate with the board of directors of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District and the Commissioners Court of Runnels County in setting the election date under this section.

(e) The order calling the election must state:

(1) the nature of the election, including the proposition that is to appear on the ballot;

(2) the date of the election;

(3) the hours during which the polls will be open; and

(4) the location of the polling places.

(f) Section 41.001, Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8871.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8871 / Section 8871.152
§ 8871.152. PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION FEE.
Status: in_force

The district may charge and collect a permit renewal application fee not to exceed $400.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.204 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.204
§ 153.204. ENFORCEABILITY OF OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding a compromise or release under Section 153.203, a creditor of a limited partnership who extends credit or otherwise acts in reasonable reliance on an obligation described by Section 153.203 may enforce the original obligation if:

(1) the obligation is reflected in a document signed by the partner; and

(2) the document is not amended or canceled to reflect the compromise or release.

(b) Notwithstanding the compromise or release, a general partner remains liable to persons other than the partnership and the other partners, as provided by Sections 153.152(a)(2) and (b).
Tex. Estates Code § 358.201 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.201
§ 358.201. AUTHORIZATION FOR EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

As to any mineral lease or pooling or unitization agreement, executed on behalf of an estate or by a former owner of land, minerals, or royalty affected by the lease or agreement, the personal representative of the estate being administered may, without further court order and without consideration, execute:

(1) division orders;

(2) transfer orders;

(3) instruments of correction;

(4) instruments designating depository banks for the receipt of delay rentals or shut-in gas well royalty to accrue or become payable under the terms of the lease; and

(5) similar instruments relating to the lease or agreement and the property covered by the lease or agreement.
Tex. Education Code § 33.9011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.9011
§ 33.9011. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADDITIVES IN FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "National school breakfast program" means the national school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773).

(2) "National school lunch program" means the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.

(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that provides free or reduced-price meals to eligible students under Section 33.901, the national school breakfast program, or the national school lunch program may not provide as part of a free or reduced-price meal any food that contains the following substances:

(1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO);

(2) potassium bromate;

(3) propylparaben;

(4) azodicarbonamide;

(5) butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);

(6) red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0);

(7) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6);

(8) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0);

(9) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0);

(10) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9);

(11) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0);

(12) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9);

(13) citrus red 3 (CAS 6358-53-8);

(14) orange B (CAS 15139-76-1);

(15) INS No. 150c/ammonia caramel (Class III);

(16) INS No. 150d/sulfite ammonia caramel (Class IV);

(17) titanium dioxide; or

(18) any additive that is substantially similar to an additive specified in Subdivisions (1) through (17).

(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that receives a waiver under Section 7.056 is not in violation of this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.035 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.035
§ 91.035. USE OF FACILITIES BELONGING TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, and operating freight or passenger rail facilities and systems in this state, may:

(1) use a street, alley, road, highway, or other public way of a municipality, county, or other political subdivision with the consent of that political subdivision; and

(2) at the expense of the department, relocate, raise, reroute, or change the grade of the construction of a street, alley, highway, road, railroad, electric line and facility, telegraph and telephone property and facility, pipeline and facility, conduit and facility, and other properties, whether publicly or privately owned, as necessary or useful in the construction, maintenance, and operation of a rail facility or system.

(b) The department shall provide reasonable notice to the owner of the applicable facility of the need for the alteration under Subsection (a)(2) and allow that owner the opportunity to complete the alteration.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.107 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.107
§ 351.107. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE; CERTAIN LARGE COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that borders on the Gulf of Mexico and has a population of more than 250,000.

(b) A municipality to which this section applies shall separately account for all revenue derived from the application of the tax imposed by this chapter at a rate of more than seven percent of the cost of a room.

(c) Subject to Subsection (e), revenue described by Subsection (b) may be used only for:

(1) acquiring land for a municipally owned convention center;

(2) constructing, improving, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operating, and maintaining a municipally owned convention center; and

(3) paying bonds used to finance activities described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

(d) For the purpose of the allocation of revenue under Section 351.103, revenue described by Subsection (b) is not counted.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality to which this section applies may use all or any portion of the revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy tax from hotels in an area previously subject to a county hotel occupancy tax and located on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico to clean and maintain public beaches in the municipality.

(f) In this section:

(1) "Clean and maintain" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.063, Natural Resources Code.

(2) "Public beach" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.001, Natural Resources Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 162.011 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 162 / Section 162.011
§ 162.011. PENALTY FOR VETERINARIAN'S FAILURE TO FILE CERTIFICATE OR TO IDENTIFY ANIMALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if, as a veterinarian, the person:

(1) fails to file a certificate under Section 162.004 or a report under Section 162.005; or

(2) fails to properly identify an animal under Section 162.005.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Penal Code § 50.02 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 50 / Section 50.02
§ 50.02. UNLAWFUL USE OF FIREWORKS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person explodes or ignites fireworks with the intent to:

(1) interfere with the lawful performance of an official duty by a law enforcement officer; or

(2) flee from a person the actor knows is a law enforcement officer attempting to lawfully arrest or detain the actor.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an offense under this section is a state jail felony.

(c) An offense under this section that involves any firework that is not a consumer firework is a second degree felony.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if the offense causes serious bodily injury to a person the actor knows is a law enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer is lawfully discharging an official duty or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or performance of an official duty as a law enforcement officer.

(e) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.205
§ 801.205. GENERAL RULES REGARDING COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION AND DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules relating to the investigation and disposition of complaints filed with the board. The rules must:

(1) distinguish between categories of complaints;

(2) ensure that complaints are not dismissed without appropriate consideration; and

(3) require that the board be advised of a complaint that is dismissed.
Tex. Government Code § 820.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 820 / Section 820.022
§ 820.022. STATE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The state shall contribute for military service established under this subchapter an amount in the same ratio to the member's contribution for the service as the state's contribution bears to the contribution for current service required of a member of the employee class who is subject to this chapter at the time the service is established under this subchapter.

(b) The state's contribution under Subsection (a) shall be paid from the fund from which the member receives compensation at the time the service is established or, if the member does not hold a position at the time the service is established, from the fund from which the member received compensation when the member most recently held a position.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.308 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.308
§ 121.308.
Status: in_force

Sec. 121.308. POLLUTION OR PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY: REFUND OF PAYMENT OR RELEASE OF BOND. If through judicial review of a decision or order regarding an administrative penalty it is determined that a violation did not occur or that the amount of the penalty should be reduced or not assessed, the railroad commission shall, not later than the 30th day after the date of that determination:

(1) remit the appropriate amount to the gas utility with accrued interest if the utility paid the penalty to the railroad commission; or

(2) execute a release of the bond if the utility posted a supersedeas bond.
Tex. Government Code § 153.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 153 / Section 153.003
§ 153.003. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may issue a temporary cease and desist order for the duration of an investigation and disciplinary action by the commission if the director determines that the action is necessary to prevent a violation of:

(1) this subtitle;

(2) a law establishing a regulatory program administered by the commission; or

(3) a rule adopted under this subtitle or order issued by the commission or the director.

(b) A cease and desist order may require a person to cease and desist from committing a violation listed under Subsection (a) or from engaging in any practice regulated by the commission as necessary to prevent the violation.

(c) A person to whom a cease and desist order is issued may file a written request for a hearing before the commission. The person must file the hearing request not later than the 10th day after the date of receipt of the order. The commission must conduct the hearing not later than the 30th day after the date of the hearing request.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0257 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0257
§ 532.0257. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

A health care provider that provides to recipients personal care services, attendant care services, or other services the commission identifies shall:

(1) use the electronic visit verification system or a proprietary system the commission allows as provided by Section 532.0258 to document the provision of those services;

(2) comply with all documentation requirements the commission establishes;

(3) comply with federal and state laws regarding confidentiality of recipients' information;

(4) ensure that the commission or the Medicaid managed care organization with which a claim for reimbursement for a service is filed may review electronic visit verification system documentation related to the claim or obtain a copy of that documentation at no charge to the commission or the organization; and

(5) at any time, allow the commission or a Medicaid managed care organization with which a health care provider contracts to provide health care services to recipients enrolled in the organization's managed care plan to have direct, on-site access to the electronic visit verification system in use by the health care provider.
Tex. Education Code § 37.0014 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.0014
§ 37.0014. POLICY FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY PLACEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy for parental involvement in school disciplinary placements.

(b) A policy adopted under this section must provide for:

(1) the principal, campus behavior coordinator, or other appropriate administrator to notify the parent of or person standing in parental relation to a student who has been placed in a disciplinary alternative education program or expelled of the parent's or person's right to request a behavioral agreement that specifies the responsibilities of the parent or person and student to be developed; and

(2) if a behavioral agreement described by Subdivision (1) is developed and the student and the student's parent or person standing in parental relation comply with the terms of the agreement, subject to Subsection (c), a reduction in the period of the disciplinary placement imposed on the student.

(c) A reduction in the period of a disciplinary placement under Subsection (b)(2) does not entitle the student for whom the period of placement was reduced to a different disciplinary placement. The reduction in the period of a disciplinary placement is at the sole discretion of the principal, campus behavior coordinator, or other appropriate administrator and may be revoked or amended at any time if the student or the student's parent or person standing in parental relation does not comply with the terms of the behavioral agreement developed under Subsection (b)(1).

(d) A behavioral agreement developed under Subsection (b)(1) must include in writing the specific reduction in the period of the student's disciplinary placement with which the student will be credited if the student and the student's parent or person standing in parental relation comply with the terms of the behavioral agreement.

(e) The commissioner shall adopt a model behavioral agreement for use by school districts in developing a behavioral agreement under Subsection (b)(1).
Tex. Tax Code § 26.0501 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 26 / Section 26.0501
§ 26.0501. LIMITATION ON TAX RATE OF DEFUNDING MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "defunding municipality" means a municipality that is considered to be a defunding municipality for the current tax year under Chapter 109, Local Government Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other law, the governing body of a defunding municipality may not adopt a tax rate for the current tax year that exceeds the lesser of the defunding municipality's no-new-revenue tax rate or voter-approval tax rate for that tax year.

(c) For purposes of making the calculation required under Section 26.013, in a tax year in which a municipality is a defunding municipality, the difference between the municipality's actual tax rate and voter-approval tax rate is considered to be zero.