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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3980.0605 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3980 / Section 3980.0605
§ 3980.0605. ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

After the order under Section 3980.0603 is adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.155
§ 8344.155. CONFIRMATION ELECTION FOR NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8344.003.

(b) The results of that election must be filed as required by Sections 49.102(e) and (f), Water Code.

(c) The division of the district is not effective unless the voters of each proposed new district vote to confirm the creation of their new district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.157
§ 3902.157. CITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An improvement project in the city must comply with city ordinances and construction codes.

(b) The district may not provide, conduct, or authorize any improvement project on the city's streets, highways, rights-of-way, or easements without the consent of the governing body of the city.
Tex. Election Code § 182.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 182 / Section 182.003
§ 182.003. QUALIFYING FOR PLACEMENT ON BALLOT.
Status: in_force

To be entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot, a political party making nominations under this chapter must file with the county clerk, not later than the 75th day after the date of the precinct conventions held under this chapter, lists of precinct convention participants indicating that the number of participants equals at least three percent of the total number of votes received in the county by all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election.
Tex. Estates Code § 251.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 251 / Section 251.051
§ 251.051. WRITTEN, SIGNED, AND ATTESTED.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, a will must be:

(1) in writing;

(2) signed by:

(A) the testator in person; or

(B) another person on behalf of the testator:

(i) in the testator's presence; and

(ii) under the testator's direction; and

(3) attested by two or more credible witnesses who are at least 14 years of age and who subscribe their names to the will in their own handwriting in the testator's presence.
Tex. Local Government Code § 85.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 85 / Section 85.002
§ 85.002. NEW BOND REQUIREMENT; REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If a surety of the sheriff dies, moves permanently from the state, becomes insolvent, or is released from liability in accordance with law or if the commissioners court considers the sheriff's bond insufficient, the commissioners court shall cite the sheriff to appear at a time named in the citation, after the 10th day but on or before the 30th day after the date of issuance of the citation, and require the sheriff to execute a new bond with good and sufficient security.

(b) If the sheriff neglects or refuses to appear and execute the bond on or before the designated time, that person may not exercise the functions of office and shall be removed from office by the district judge in the manner prescribed by law for the removal of county officers.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0258 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0258
§ 532.0258.
Status: in_force

Sec. 532.0258. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER: USE OF PROPRIETARY SYSTEM. (a) The commission may recognize a health care provider's proprietary electronic visit verification system, whether purchased or developed by the provider, as complying with this subchapter and allow the health care provider to use that system for a period the commission determines if the commission determines that the system:

(1) complies with all necessary data submission, exchange, and reporting requirements established under this subchapter; and

(2) meets all other standards and requirements established under this subchapter.

(b) If feasible, the executive commissioner shall ensure a health care provider is reimbursed for the use of the provider's proprietary electronic visit verification system the commission recognizes.

(c) For purposes of facilitating the use of proprietary electronic visit verification systems by health care providers and in consultation with industry stakeholders and the work group established under Section 532.0259, the commission or the executive commissioner, as appropriate, shall:

(1) develop an open model system that mitigates the administrative burdens providers required to use electronic visit verification identify;

(2) allow providers to use emerging technologies, including Internet-based, mobile telephone-based, and global positioning-based technologies, in the providers' proprietary electronic visit verification systems; and

(3) adopt rules governing data submission and provider reimbursement.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.126 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.126
§ 33.126. TERMINATION OF PERMIT BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

Each permit shall provide that if the terms of the permit are broken, the permit may be terminated at the option of the board.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.201 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.201
§ 162.201. CONSOLIDATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Two or more telephone cooperatives may enter into an agreement to consolidate the cooperatives. The agreement must state:

(1) the terms of the consolidation;

(2) the name of the proposed consolidated cooperative;

(3) the number of directors of the proposed consolidated cooperative;

(4) the time of the annual meeting and election; and

(5) the names of at least five persons to be directors until the first annual meeting.

(b) A consolidation agreement may be approved only on the votes of a majority of the members of each telephone cooperative at a regular meeting or at a special meeting of its members called for that purpose.

(c) Telephone cooperatives may not consolidate for the purpose of duplicating the facilities of another communication company where the other communication company is giving or is willing to give reasonably adequate communication service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7978.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7978 / Section 7978.103
§ 7978.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

(b) The district may exercise the powers provided by this section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from the commission as required by Section 54.234, Water Code.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 36.07 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 36 / Section 36.07
§ 36.07. UNAUTHORIZED REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

A nonresident seller's agent in soliciting or taking orders for the sale of liquor may not represent that the agent is an agent of a person other than the person who employs the agent or who has authorized the agent to represent the person.
Tex. Water Code § 36.323 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.323
§ 36.323. HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hear and consider the petition and may add to the district the land described in the petition if it is considered to be to the advantage of the petitioner and to the existing district.

(b) If the district has bonds payable in whole or in part from taxation that are voted but unissued at the time of the annexation, the board may issue the voted but unissued bonds even though the boundaries of the district have been altered since the authorization of the bonds.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.302 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.302
§ 1002.302. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

As a condition for renewal of a license, the board may require each license holder to participate in continuing professional education on a periodic or other basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5002.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5002 / Section 5002.058
§ 5002.058. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, if a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner, the board shall appoint a commissioner for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(b) If more than two vacancies occur at the same time, the remaining commissioners shall call a special election to fill the vacancies.

(c) If the remaining commissioners fail to call the election within 15 days after the date the vacancies occur, the judge or judges of the district court or courts of the judicial district in which the district is located, on the petition of a voter or creditor of the district, may:

(1) order that an election be held, specifying the date of the election;

(2) order the Brazoria County clerk to publish notice of the election; and

(3) name the officers to hold the election.

(d) The returns of an election held by order of the district judge or judges shall be made and filed in the office of the clerk of the district court, and the clerk of the district court shall declare the result of the election.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.451 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.451
§ 801.451. IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The board may impose an administrative penalty on a person, including a corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity, who violates this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 182.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 182 / Section 182.151
§ 182.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "health information exchange" means an organization that:

(1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving the information according to nationally recognized standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations;

(2) as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system; or

(3) assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within:

(A) a hospital system;

(B) a physician organization;

(C) a health care collaborative, as defined by Section 848.001, Insurance Code;

(D) an accountable care organization participating in the Pioneer Model under the initiative by the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or

(E) an accountable care organization participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395jjj.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.253 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.253
§ 302.253. PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The commission shall establish and administer the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program to encourage the private sector to develop specialized industry-recognized apprenticeship programs in this state. Under the program, the commission shall award grants to persons who meet the requirements of Section 302.255.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0213 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0213
§ 32.0213. NURSING FACILITY BED CERTIFICATION AND DECERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish procedures for:

(1) controlling the number of Medicaid beds in nursing facilities;

(2) decertification of unused Medicaid beds in nursing facilities; and

(3) reallocation of nursing facility beds decertified under Subdivision (2) to other nursing facilities.

(b) The procedures established under this section must take into account the occupancy rate of the nursing facility.

(c) The executive commissioner may exempt a nursing facility from the procedures established under this section if the facility:

(1) is affiliated with a state-supported medical school;

(2) is located on land owned or controlled by the state-supported medical school; and

(3) serves as a teaching facility for physicians and related health care professionals.

(d) The executive commissioner by rule may require an applicant for Medicaid beds in a nursing facility under a Medicaid bed waiver application to provide a performance bond in the amount of $500,000 or other financial security as determined by the Department of Aging and Disability Services to ensure that the applicant provides the Medicaid beds granted to the applicant under the waiver within the time frame required by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. A performance bond provided under this subsection must:

(1) be executed by a corporate surety in accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 3503, Insurance Code;

(2) be in a form approved by the Department of Aging and Disability Services; and

(3) clearly and prominently display on the face of the bond or on an attachment to the bond:

(A) the name, mailing address, physical address, and telephone number, including the area code, of the surety company to which any notice of claim should be sent; or

(B) the toll-free telephone number maintained by the Texas Department of Insurance under Subchapter B, Chapter 521, Insurance Code, and a statement that the address of the surety company to which any notice of claim should be sent may be obtained from the Texas Department of Insurance by calling the toll-free telephone number.

(e) The executive commissioner may not require an applicant for Medicaid beds in a nursing facility to obtain a performance bond from a specific insurance or surety agency, agent, or broker.

(f) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt criteria to exempt certain applicants for Medicaid beds from the requirements of Subsection (d), including applicants that are licensed facilities with existing Medicaid bed allocations, criminal justice facilities, teaching facilities, and state veterans homes, and any other applicants that the executive commissioner finds good cause to exempt. The executive commissioner may modify the criteria for granting exemptions under this subsection as necessary to meet the objectives of Subsection (d).
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.414 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.414
§ 451.414. MAXIMUM RATE OF VEHICLE EMISSIONS TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year that a board imposes a motor vehicle emissions tax, the board shall set the motor vehicle emissions tax rate as a percentage of the maximum tax rate specified for each class of vehicles in the following table:

(b) The rate of the tax may not exceed 100 percent of the amount specified by the table and applies equally and uniformly to all classes and to all members of each class.
Tex. Property Code § 24B.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 24B / Section 24B.001
§ 24B.001. RIGHT TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED OCCUPANT OF DWELLING BY SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, an owner of residential real property or the owner's agent may request that the sheriff or constable of the county in which the property is located immediately remove a person who unlawfully entered and is occupying a dwelling on the property without the owner's consent if:

(1) the property:

(A) was not open to the public when the person entered the property; and

(B) is not the subject of pending litigation between the owner and the person;

(2) the owner or the owner's agent has directed the person to leave the property and the person has not done so; and

(3) the person is not:

(A) a current or former tenant of the owner under an oral or written lease; or

(B) an immediate family member of the owner.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.110 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.110
§ 40.110. GENERAL TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Discharge prevention and response certificates are valid for a period of five years. The commissioner by rule shall require each registrant to report annually on the status of its discharge prevention and response plan and response capability.

(b) The commissioner may review a certificate at any time there is a material change affecting the terminal facility's discharge prevention and response plan or response capability.

(c) Certificates shall be issued subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may determine are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(d) Certificates issued to any terminal facility shall take into account the vessels used to transport oil to or from the facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 241.043 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 241 / Section 241.043
§ 241.043. EFFECT OF HOLDING OF THE COURT.
Status: in_force

If the court holds that an airport zoning regulation, although generally reasonable, interferes with the use or enjoyment of a particular structure or parcel of land to such an extent that, or is so onerous in its application to a particular structure or parcel of land that, the application of the regulation constitutes a taking or deprivation of property in violation of the state or federal constitution, the holding does not affect the application of the regulation to any other structure or parcel of land.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7B.007 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 7B / Section 7B.007
§ 7B.007. DURATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER; RESCISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A protective order issued under Article 7B.003 may be effective for the duration of the lives of the offender and victim or for any shorter period stated in the order. If a period is not stated in the order, the order is effective until the second anniversary of the date the order was issued.

(a-1) The court shall issue a protective order effective for the duration of the lives of the offender and victim if the offender is:

(1) convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense listed in Article 7B.001(a)(1) or (2); and

(2) required under Chapter 62 to register for life as a sex offender.

(b) The following persons may file at any time an application with the court to rescind the protective order:

(1) a victim of an offense listed in Article 7B.001(a)(1) or (2) who is 18 years of age or older;

(2) subject to Subsection (b-1), a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a victim of an offense listed in Article 7B.001(a)(1) or (2) who is younger than 18 years of age or an adult ward; or

(3) a person not otherwise described by Subdivision (1) or (2) who filed the application for the protective order.

(b-1) A parent or guardian may not file an application to rescind the protective order under Subsection (b)(2) if the parent or guardian is the alleged offender subject to the protective order.

(c) To the extent of any conflict with Section 85.025, Family Code, this article prevails.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.093 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.093
§ 593.093. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The state shall reimburse a county an amount not to exceed $50 for the cost of a hearing held by the county court to commit a resident of a department facility who was committed under a law in force before January 1, 1978, and for whom the due process requirements of this subtitle require another commitment proceeding.

(b) The commissioners court of a county entitled to reimbursement under this section may file a claim for reimbursement with the comptroller.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.315 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.315
§ 885.315. DAMAGES FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY PAY BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

A fraternal benefit society that is liable for a loss and that does not pay benefits before the 61st day after the date of the demand for payment is liable to the holder of the benefit certificate, in addition to the amount of the loss, for damages of 12 percent of the amount of the loss and reasonable attorney's fees for the prosecution and collection of the loss.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3939.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3939 / Section 3939.0203
§ 3939.0203. INITIAL DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The initial board consists of the following directors:

(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2025, and the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire June 1, 2027.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.5511 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.5511
§ 1001.5511. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.
Status: in_force

If it appears to the board that a person who is not licensed, certified, or registered under this chapter or Chapter 1071 is violating this chapter or Chapter 1071, a rule adopted under this chapter or Chapter 1071, or another state statute or rule relating to the practice of engineering or land surveying, the board, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, may issue a cease and desist order prohibiting the person from engaging in the activity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 826.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 826 / Section 826.002
§ 826.002. AUTHORITY TO CONVERT TO STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) A mutual insurance company may convert to a stock insurance company.

(b) A converting company may not engage in the business of insurance as a stock insurance company until it complies with the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 62.195 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.195
§ 62.195. FORM OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued in the name of the district, signed by the county judge of the county of jurisdiction, and attested by the county clerk of the county of jurisdiction with the seal of the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction affixed to them.

(b) The bonds shall be issued in the denominations and payable at the time or times, not more than 40 years from their date, which may be considered most expedient by the commissioners court.
Tex. Property Code § 215.011 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 215 / Section 215.011
§ 215.011. COMMON AREAS.
Status: in_force

A property owners' association may adopt reasonable rules regulating common areas.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.060 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.060
§ 85.060. SWORN STATEMENTS AND REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The commission may require a person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either to make and file with the commission sworn statements or reports as to facts within his knowledge or possession pertaining to the reasonable market demand for oil and to the production, storage, transportation, refining, reclaiming, treating, marketing, or processing of oil or gas and the products of either. The report shall include those facts enumerated in Section 85.059 of this code.