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Tex. Occupations Code § 2151.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2151 / Section 2151.102
§ 2151.102. INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The inspection required by Section 2151.101(a) must test for stress-related and wear-related damage of the critical parts of a ride that the manufacturer of the amusement ride determines:

(1) are reasonably subject to failure as the result of stress and wear; and

(2) could cause injury to a member of the public as a result of a failure.

(b) If at any time the inspection reveals that an amusement ride does not meet the insurer's underwriting standards, the insurer shall notify the owner or operator.

(c) If repair or replacement of equipment is required, it is the responsibility of the owner or operator to make the repair or install the replacement equipment before the amusement ride is offered for public use.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.101
§ 542.101. REQUEST BY NAMED INSURED UNDER LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "liability insurance" means:

(1) general liability insurance;

(2) professional liability insurance, including medical professional liability insurance;

(3) commercial automobile liability insurance; and

(4) the liability portion of commercial multiperil insurance.

(b) On written request of a named insured under a liability insurance policy, the insurer that wrote the policy shall provide to the insured information relating to the disposition of a claim filed under the policy. The information must include:

(1) the name of each claimant;

(2) details relating to:

(A) the amount paid on the claim;

(B) settlement of the claim; or

(C) judgment on the claim;

(3) details as to how the claim, settlement, or judgment is to be paid; and

(4) any other information required by rule of the commissioner that the commissioner considers necessary to adequately inform an insured with regard to any claim under a liability insurance policy.

(c) A request for information under this section must be transmitted to the insurer not later than six months after the date of disposition of the claim.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7918.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7918 / Section 7918.152
§ 7918.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7918.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Water Code § 53.188 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.188
§ 53.188. LEVY OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

After the district has issued bonds, the board shall levy taxes on all property in the district, whether real, personal, or mixed. The board shall levy the taxes based on the full value of each piece of property. The board shall levy the taxes in an amount which is enough to pay the interest on the bonds and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem and discharge the bonds when they mature. The board shall levy taxes annually for this purpose as long as the bonds are outstanding.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.013
§ 81.013. CONSIDERATION OF FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall review the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-87) or any successor law and any regulations adopted under the law and determine whether adopting by rule any part of the federal law or regulations is in the best interest of the state to further achieve the purposes of this chapter. If the executive commissioner determines that adopting the federal law or regulations is in the best interest of the state to further achieve the purposes of this chapter, the executive commissioner may by rule adopt all or a part of the federal law or regulations.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2028.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2028 / Section 2028.105
§ 2028.105. ALLOCATION OF BREAKAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A horse racetrack association shall allocate two percent of the breakage from a pari-mutuel pool for purposes of Subchapter F, Chapter 88, Education Code. The remaining 98 percent of the breakage constitutes "total breakage" and must be allocated as provided by Subsections (b), (c), and (d).

(b) A horse racetrack association shall pay to the commission for use by the appropriate state horse breed registry, subject to commission rules, 10 percent of the total breakage from a live pari-mutuel pool or a simulcast pari-mutuel pool. The appropriate state horse breed registries are as follows:

(1) the Texas Thoroughbred Breeders Association for Thoroughbred horses;

(2) the Texas Quarter Horse Association for quarter horses;

(3) the Texas Appaloosa Horse Club for Appaloosa horses;

(4) the Texas Arabian Breeders Association for Arabian horses; and

(5) the Texas Paint Horse Breeders Association for paint horses.

(c) A horse racetrack association shall retain 10 percent of the total breakage from a live pari-mutuel pool or a simulcast pari-mutuel pool to be used in stakes races restricted to accredited Texas-bred horses.

(d) The horse racetrack association shall pay to the commission for deposit into the Texas-bred incentive fund established under Section 2028.301 and distribution to the appropriate state horse breed registry the remaining 80 percent of the total breakage to be allocated as follows:

(1) 40 percent to the owners of the accredited Texas-bred horses that finish first, second, or third;

(2) 40 percent to the breeders of accredited Texas-bred horses that finish first, second, or third; and

(3) 20 percent to the owner of the stallion standing in this state at the time of conception whose Texas-bred get finish first, second, or third.

(d-1) The commission shall deposit the portions of total breakage paid to the commission under Subsections (b) and (d) into the Texas-bred incentive fund established under Section 2028.301. The commission shall distribute the money collected under this section and deposited into the fund to the appropriate state horse breed registries in accordance with this section and with rules adopted by the commission under Section 2028.103.

(e) If a share of the breakage cannot be distributed to the person entitled to the share, the appropriate state horse breed registry shall retain that share.

(f) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Breeder" means a person who, according to the rules of the appropriate state horse breed registry, is the breeder of the accredited Texas-bred horse.

(2) "Stallion owner" means a person who is owner of record, at the time of conception, of the stallion that sired the accredited Texas-bred horse.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0165 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0165
§ 11.0165. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the department. The department shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.

(b) The department shall make information available describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The department shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9016.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9016 / Section 9016.110
§ 9016.110. WATER SERVICE DEADLINE.
Status: in_force

The district must begin operation of a water system serving at least a part of the district not later than the sixth anniversary of the date that district voters approve the issuance of bonds to provide for the development of the water system.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.01016 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.01016
§ 81.01016. SEPARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the commissioners and the management responsibilities of the staff of the commission.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.367 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.367
§ 10.367. RIGHTS OF OWNERS FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF RIGHT OF DISSENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The rights of a dissenting owner terminate if:

(1) the owner withdraws the demand under Section 10.356;

(2) the owner's right of dissent is terminated under Section 10.356;

(3) a petition is not filed within the period required by Section 10.361; or

(4) after a hearing held under Section 10.361, the court adjudges that the owner is not entitled to elect to dissent from an action under this subchapter.

(b) On termination of the right of dissent under this section:

(1) the dissenting owner and all persons claiming a right under the owner are conclusively presumed to have approved and ratified the action to which the owner dissented and are bound by that action;

(2) the owner's right to be paid the fair value of the owner's ownership interests ceases;

(3) the owner's status as an owner of those ownership interests is restored, as if the owner's demand for payment of the fair value of the ownership interests had not been made under Section 10.356, if the owner's ownership interests were not canceled, converted, or exchanged as a result of the action or a subsequent action;

(4) the dissenting owner is entitled to receive the same cash, property, rights, and other consideration received by owners of the same class and series of ownership interests held by the owner, as if the owner's demand for payment of the fair value of the ownership interests had not been made under Section 10.356, if the owner's ownership interests were canceled, converted, or exchanged as a result of the action or a subsequent action;

(5) any action of the domestic entity taken after the date of the demand for payment by the owner under Section 10.356 will not be considered ineffective or invalid because of the restoration of the owner's ownership interests or the other rights or entitlements of the owner under this subsection; and

(6) the dissenting owner is entitled to receive dividends or other distributions made after the date of the owner's payment demand under Section 10.356, to owners of the same class and series of ownership interests held by the owner as if the demand had not been made, subject to any change in or adjustment to the ownership interests because of an action taken by the domestic entity after the date of the demand.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 290.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 290 / Section 290.054
§ 290.054. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs on the commission, the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy not later than the 30th day after the date the vacancy occurs.

(b) If the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located does not appoint a member to the commission to fill a vacancy by the 30th day after the date the vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the commission may, by vote of the commission, appoint a replacement.
Tex. Transportation Code § 363.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 363 / Section 363.003
§ 363.003. DUTY TO REPAIR; FORFEIT OF TOLLS.
Status: in_force

(a) The contractor shall maintain the bridge during the term of the contract.

(b) A contractor who fails to maintain the bridge forfeits all right to the tolls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.105
§ 3902.105. ROAD DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers provided by the general laws relating to road districts and road utility districts created under Section 52(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 365 and 441, Transportation Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551A.059 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551A / Section 551A.059
§ 551A.059. FLAG STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt standards and specifications that apply to the color, size, and mounting position of the flags required under Sections 551A.057 and 551A.058.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.201
§ 651.201. EXAMINATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may conduct an examination or investigation that is necessary to determine whether a license holder:

(1) is in compliance with this chapter; or

(2) has engaged in conduct that would warrant the revocation or suspension of the license holder's license.

(b) The department or an authorized representative of the department may:

(1) require the attendance of any person;

(2) examine the person under oath; and

(3) compel the production of any relevant book, record, account, or document.
Tex. Education Code § 61.058 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.058
§ 61.058. NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS.
Status: repealed

(a) This section does not apply to buildings and facilities that are to be used exclusively for auxiliary enterprises and will not require appropriations from the legislature for operation, maintenance, or repair.

(b) The board may review all construction, repair, or rehabilitation of buildings and facilities at institutions of higher education to determine whether the construction, rehabilitation, or repair meets the standards adopted by board rule for cost, efficiency, space need, and space use, but the construction, rehabilitation, or repair is not contingent on board review. Standards must be adopted by the board using the negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code. If the construction, rehabilitation, or repair does not meet those standards, the board shall notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governing boards of the applicable institutions, and the Legislative Budget Board. This subsection does not impair the board's authority to collect data relating to the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of buildings and facilities occurring each year at institutions of higher education.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155, Sec. 62(5), eff. September 1, 2013.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.113 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.113
§ 436.113. CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not operate as a molluscan shellfish or crabmeat processor unless the person submits an application for a certificate or a license to the department according to department rules and receives a certificate or license for each plant or place of business.

(b) When an application has been properly filed with the department, the department shall inspect the property identified in the application, including buildings and equipment, and the operating procedures under which the product is processed.

(c) The department shall issue a certificate or license to a person who operates a plant or place of business that conforms to the requirements of this chapter and department rules.

(d) A certificate is nontransferrable and expires at 11:59 p.m. on August 31 of the second year of issuance.

(e) A license is nontransferrable and expires at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of February of the second year of issuance.

(f) A person shall apply for a new certificate or license each year for each plant or place of business.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 110.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 110 / Section 110.005
§ 110.005. REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person, other than a government agency, who successfully asserts a claim or defense under this chapter is entitled to recover:

(1) declaratory relief under Chapter 37;

(2) injunctive relief to prevent the threatened violation or continued violation;

(3) compensatory damages for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses; and

(4) reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable expenses incurred in bringing the action.

(b) Compensatory damages awarded under Subsection (a)(3) may not exceed $10,000 for each entire, distinct controversy, without regard to the number of members or other persons within a religious group who claim injury as a result of the government agency's exercise of governmental authority. A claimant is not entitled to recover exemplary damages under this chapter.

(c) An action under this section must be brought in district court.

(d) A person may not bring an action for damages or declaratory or injunctive relief against an individual, other than an action brought against an individual acting in the individual's official capacity as an officer of a government agency.

(e) This chapter does not affect the application of Section 498.0045 or 501.008, Government Code, or Chapter 14 of this code.
Tex. Education Code § 8.0531 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.0531
§ 8.0531. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPED BY A COLLABORATION OF REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter or Section 8.001(c), instructional lessons developed as part of a curriculum management system by a regional education service center, acting alone or in collaboration with one or more other regional education service centers, shall be subject to the same review and adoption process as outlined in Section 31.022.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 29.011 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 29 / Section 29.011
§ 29.011. RELIGIOUS HOLY DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this article:

(1) "Religious organization" means an organization that meets the standards for qualifying as a religious organization under Section 11.20, Tax Code.

(2) "Religious holy day" means a day on which the tenets of a religious organization prohibit its members from participating in secular activities, such as court proceedings.

(b) If a defendant, an attorney representing the defendant, or an attorney representing the state in a criminal action is required to appear at a court proceeding on a religious holy day observed by the person, the court shall continue the action.

(c) A defendant or attorney seeking a continuance must file with the court an affidavit stating:

(1) the grounds for the continuance; and

(2) that the person holds religious beliefs that prohibit him from taking part in a court proceeding on the day for which the continuance is sought.

(d) An affidavit filed under Subsection (c) of this article is proof of the facts stated and need not be corroborated.
Tex. Election Code § 61.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 61 / Section 61.006
§ 61.006. UNLAWFULLY DIVULGING VOTE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person was in a polling place for any purpose other than voting and knowingly communicates to another person information that the person obtained at the polling place about how a voter has voted.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

(c) This section does not apply to information presented in an official investigation or other official proceeding in which the information is relevant.
Tex. Finance Code § 281.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 281 / Section 281.005
§ 281.005. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee of a financial institution who makes a notification under Section 281.002(a), a financial institution that submits a report under Section 281.002(b) or makes a notification to a third party under Section 281.003, or an employee who or financial institution that testifies or otherwise participates in a judicial proceeding arising from a notification or report is immune from any civil or criminal liability arising from the notification, report, testimony, or participation in the judicial proceeding, unless the employee or financial institution acted in bad faith or with a malicious purpose.

(b) A financial institution that in good faith and with the exercise of reasonable care places or does not place a hold on any transaction under Section 281.004(a)(1) is immune from any civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action resulting from that action or failure to act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7945A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7945A / Section 7945A.0103
§ 7945A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.404 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.404
§ 772.404. COLLECTION OF FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A telecommunications carrier providing local exchange service in a county that imposes a fee under this subchapter shall collect the fees and deliver them to the commissioners court not later than the 60th day after the last day of the month during which the fees were collected.

(b) A customer on whom a fee is imposed under this subchapter is liable for the fee in the same manner the customer is liable for charges for service provided by the local exchange service provider. The fee must be stated separately in the customer's bill.

(c) A business service user that provides residential facilities and owns or leases a publicly or privately owned telephone switch used to provide telephone service to facility residents shall collect the 9-1-1 emergency service fee and transmit the fees monthly to the county.

(d) A local exchange service provider collecting fees under this subchapter may retain as an administrative fee an amount equal to two percent of the total amount of the fees it collects.
Tex. Government Code § 1201.067 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.067
§ 1201.067. EXCEPTION TO APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the duty to convert or reconvert a public security or interest coupon or to transfer or exchange a public security is imposed on a corporate trustee under a trust agreement or indenture securing the public security or on a paying agent for the public security, the attorney general is not required to approve and the comptroller is not required to register:

(1) the converted or reconverted public security or interest coupon; or

(2) the public security delivered on transfer or exchange of the previously issued public security.

(b) A converted or reconverted public security or interest coupon, or a transferred or exchanged public security, is valid and incontestable in the same manner and with the same effect as the previously issued public security.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.206
§ 1099.206. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for each fiscal year.

(b) As soon as the audit is completed, the audit shall be filed at the district's office.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.0052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.0052
§ 1301.0052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1301.0052. EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANS: REFERRALS FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES. (a) If a covered service is medically necessary and is not available through a preferred provider, the issuer of an exclusive provider benefit plan, on the request of a preferred provider, shall:

(1) approve the referral of an insured to a nonpreferred provider within a reasonable period; and

(2) fully reimburse the nonpreferred provider at the usual and customary rate or at a rate agreed to by the issuer and the nonpreferred provider.

(b) An exclusive provider benefit plan must provide for a review by a health care provider with expertise in the same specialty as or a specialty similar to the type of health care provider to whom a referral is requested under Subsection (a) before the issuer of the plan may deny the referral.