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Tex. Government Code § 317.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 317 / Section 317.052
§ 317.052. EFFECTIVENESS OF A CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a contingent appropriation for computer equipment may become effective, a state agency must submit an application to the board for review and approval. A state agency shall send a copy of the application to the governor and the comptroller. The board may determine the format and timing of and the method for submitting the application.

(b) After receiving an application, the board may hold a public hearing on the application.

(c) After the hearing, if any, the board shall determine whether the application shows to the satisfaction of the board that:

(1) the necessity of the computer equipment was reasonably unforeseen when the current General Appropriations Act was being considered and passed, or that sufficient appropriations to purchase the equipment were inadvertently or erroneously omitted from that Act;

(2) the applicant's current appropriations are inadequate or unavailable to purchase the equipment;

(3) the applicant has obtained the approvals required by law; and

(4) the applicant will not be required to make any payments during the current biennium on the interest and principal of the obligations issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 48.006 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 48 / Section 48.006
§ 48.006. COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SURVEY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall develop a community satisfaction survey that solicits information regarding the department's performance with respect to providing investigative and adult protective services. In each region, the department shall send the survey at least biennially to:

(1) stakeholders in the adult protective services system, including local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors' offices;

(2) protective services agencies, including nonprofit agencies; and

(3) courts with jurisdiction over probate matters.

(b) The department shall send the results of each region's survey to:

(1) the region for evaluation by regional and program administrators and implementation of changes necessary to address community concerns;

(2) the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts in that region; and

(3) courts with jurisdiction over probate matters in that region.

(c) The department may not include any confidential information in the results of the survey provided under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) unless ordered by a court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.0565 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.0565
§ 1054.0565. REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director:

(1) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the director is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board; or

(2) fails to timely pay a federal, state, or local tax, including an ad valorem tax.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a director exists.

(c) If the administrator or manager of the hospital district has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the administrator or manager shall notify the president of the board of the potential ground. The president shall then notify the county attorney and district attorney that a potential ground for removal exists and request that the county or district attorney bring an action in the nature of quo warranto under Chapter 66, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as appropriate. If the potential ground for removal involves the president, the administrator or manager shall notify the vice president of the board, who shall then notify the county attorney and district attorney that a potential ground for removal exists and request an action in the nature of quo warranto.
Tex. Transportation Code § 453.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 453 / Section 453.151
§ 453.151. BOARD TO ORDER TAX ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines that implementation of a mass transit plan developed by the transit department is feasible, the board shall order an election to approve a local sales and use tax at the rate determined by the board under Section 453.401 unless the municipality that created the transit department imposes an additional sales and use tax under Section 321.101(b), Tax Code.

(b) The board may not order an election under this section to be held on the same day as an election held by the creating municipality to approve an additional sales and use tax under Section 321.101(b), Tax Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.022 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.022
§ 151.022. RETROACTIVE EFFECT OF RULES.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may prescribe the extent to which a rule or ruling shall be applied without retroactive effect.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.047 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.047
§ 574.047. TRANSCRIPT.
Status: in_force

(a) The court clerk shall prepare a certified transcript of the proceedings in the hearing on court-ordered mental health services.

(b) The clerk shall send the transcript and any available information relating to the medical, social, and economic status and history of the patient and the patient's family to the designated mental health facility with the patient. The person authorized to transport the patient shall deliver the transcript and information to the facility personnel in charge of admissions.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 611.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 611 / Section 611.001
§ 611.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Patient" means a person who consults or is interviewed by a professional for diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of any mental or emotional condition or disorder, including alcoholism or drug addiction.

(2) "Professional" means:

(A) a person authorized to practice medicine in any state or nation;

(B) a person licensed or certified by this state to diagnose, evaluate, or treat any mental or emotional condition or disorder; or

(C) a person the patient reasonably believes is authorized, licensed, or certified as provided by this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 2264.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2264 / Section 2264.101
§ 2264.101. RECOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) A public agency, local taxing jurisdiction, or economic development corporation, or the attorney general on behalf of the state or a state agency, may bring a civil action to recover any amounts owed to the public agency, state or local taxing jurisdiction, or economic development corporation under this chapter.

(b) The public agency, local taxing jurisdiction, economic development corporation, or attorney general, as applicable, shall recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in an action brought under Subsection (a).

(c) A business is not liable for a violation of this chapter by a subsidiary, affiliate, or franchisee of the business, or by a person with whom the business contracts.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.0322 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.0322
§ 40.0322. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES PERSONNEL; RECRUITMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In hiring department employees whose duties include providing services as part of, or relating to, the provision of adult protective services directly to an elderly person or person with a disability, the commissioner shall ensure that the department hires, as often as possible, persons with professional credentials related to adult protective services, including persons who are licensed master social workers, as defined by Section 505.002, Occupations Code, or licensed professional counselors.

(b) Subject to the availability of funds, the executive commissioner by rule shall develop and the department shall implement a recruiting program designed to attract and retain for employment in the adult protective services division persons with professional credentials described by Subsection (a).

(c) Subject to the availability of funds, the executive commissioner by rule shall develop and the department shall implement an incentive program to encourage each department employee whose duties include the duties described by Subsection (a) to obtain professional credentials described by that subsection if the employee does not have those credentials.
Tex. Utilities Code § 53.252 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 53 / Section 53.252
§ 53.252. ADOPTION OF CERTAIN POLICIES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission shall consider and may adopt policies to:

(1) provide for evaluation of the overall reasonableness of the rates of a rural or small incumbent local exchange company or cooperative not more frequently than once every three years;

(2) permit consideration of future construction plans and operational changes in evaluating the reasonableness of the rates of a rural or small incumbent local exchange company or cooperative; or

(3) allow a rural or small incumbent local exchange company or cooperative to:

(A) provide required information by report or by other means, as necessary, including a required rate filing package, in substantially less burdensome and complex form than is required of a larger incumbent local exchange company;

(B) change depreciation and amortization rates, if customer rates are not affected, after notice to the commission, subject to commission review in a proceeding under Subchapter C or Subchapter D;

(C) adopt for a new service the rates for the same or a substantially similar service offered by a larger incumbent local exchange company, without additional cost justification; and

(D) submit to the commission, instead of a management audit otherwise required by law, policy, or rule, financial audits regularly performed by an independent auditor or required and performed as a result of the company's or cooperative's participation in a federal or state financing or revenue-sharing program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8159.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8159 / Section 8159.103
§ 8159.103. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The tax allocation agreement made under Section 8159.102 may contain:

(1) a method by which the district continues to exist following annexation by the municipality of all or part of the district territory, if the district is initially located outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality;

(2) an allocation of the ad valorem tax revenues of the district and the municipality from property in the district as the district and the municipality may agree;

(3) an allocation of governmental services to be provided by the municipality or the district following the date of the inclusion of all or part of the district territory in the corporate boundaries of the municipality, which must be proportionate to the allocation of taxes to which the district and the municipality agreed under Subdivision (2);

(4) an agreement under which the district assesses and collects ad valorem taxes on all taxable property:

(A) at a rate applying to the area of the district included in the municipality and designated as a defined area as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, calculated to pay for the improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area and do not generally benefit the district as a whole; and

(B) at a rate applying to the area of the district that is not included in the municipality and is designated as a separate defined area as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, calculated to pay for the improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area and do not generally benefit the district as a whole;

(5) a provision permitting district bonds in an area designated as a defined area as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, to be sold by negotiated contract, notwithstanding other law;

(6) a provision that the allocation agreement will end on the date that:

(A) all territory in the district is annexed by the municipality for full purposes; and

(B) the district is dissolved as otherwise provided by law; and

(7) any other terms considered appropriate by the municipality and the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.051
§ 8852.051. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than June 1 of each even-numbered year, the Commissioners Courts of Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, and Jim Wells County shall appoint directors as follows:

(1) the Commissioners Court of Brooks County shall appoint:

(A) one director who represents the municipal interests of the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(1), if the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(1) is included in the district; and

(B) two directors who represent the agricultural interests of the territory described by Sections 8852.023(a)(3)(A) and (B), if the territory described by Sections 8852.023(a)(3)(A) and (B) is included in the district;

(2) the Commissioners Court of Jim Hogg County shall appoint:

(A) one director who represents the interests of Jim Hogg County in the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(4), if the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(4) is included in the district; and

(B) two directors who represent the agricultural interests of the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(5), if the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(5) is included in the district;

(3) the Commissioners Court of Jim Wells County shall appoint:

(A) one director who represents the municipal interests of the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(2), if the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(2) is included in the district; and

(B) two directors who represent the agricultural interests of the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(6), if the territory described by Section 8852.023(a)(6) is included in the district; and

(4) the Commissioners Courts of Brooks County and Jim Hogg County jointly shall appoint one director to represent the industrial and mining interests of Jim Hogg and Brooks Counties.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms that expire on June 1 of an even-numbered year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.117 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.117
§ 363.117. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

Under a solid waste management service contract, a public agency may:

(1) acquire and operate all or any part of one or more solid waste management systems, including resource recovery systems;

(2) contract with a person or other public agency to manage solid waste for that person or agency;

(3) contract with a person to purchase or sell, by installments over a term considered desirable by the governing body or otherwise, all or any part of a solid waste management system, including a resource recovery system;

(4) contract with a person or other public agency for the operation of all or any part of a solid waste management system, including a resource recovery system;

(5) lease to or from a person or other public agency, for the term and on the conditions considered desirable by the governing body, all or any part of a solid waste management system, including a resource recovery system;

(6) contract to make all or any part of a solid waste management system available to other persons or public agencies and furnish solid waste management services through the public agency's system, provided the contract:

(A) includes provisions to assure equitable treatment of parties who contract with the public agency for solid waste management services from all or any part of the same solid waste management system;

(B) provides the method of determining the amounts to be paid by the parties;

(C) provides that the public agency shall either operate or contract with a person to operate for the public agency a solid waste management system or part of a solid waste management system;

(D) provides that the public agency is entitled to continued performance of the services after the amortization of the public agency's investment in the solid waste management system during the useful life of the system on payment of reasonable charges for the services, reduced to take into consideration the amortization; and

(E) includes any other provisions and requirements the public agency determines to be appropriate;

(7) contract with another public agency or other persons for solid waste management services, including contracts for the collection and transportation of solid waste and for processing or disposal at a permitted solid waste management facility, including a resource recovery facility, provided the contract may specify:

(A) the minimum quantity and quality of solid waste to be provided by the public agency; and

(B) the minimum fees and charges to be paid by the public agency for the right to have solid waste processed or disposed of at the solid waste management facility;

(8) contract with a person or other public agency to supply materials, fuel, or energy resulting from the operation of a resource recovery facility; and

(9) contract with a person or other public agency to receive or purchase solid waste, materials, fuel, or energy recovered from resource recovery facilities.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1152.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.105
§ 1152.105. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall appoint a member of the board to serve as presiding officer of the board for two years.
Tex. Estates Code § 1204.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1204 / Section 1204.001
§ 1204.001. SETTLEMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) A guardianship shall be settled and closed as provided by this section and Section 1202.001.

(b) A guardianship of the estate of a ward shall be settled when:

(1) the ward dies;

(2) a minor ward becomes an adult by:

(A) becoming 18 years of age;

(B) removal of disabilities of minority according to the law of this state; or

(C) marriage;

(3) an incapacitated ward is decreed as provided by law to have been restored to full legal capacity;

(4) the spouse of a married ward has qualified as survivor in community and the ward does not own separate property;

(5) the ward's estate is exhausted;

(6) the foreseeable income accruing to the ward or to the ward's estate is so negligible that maintaining the guardianship in force would be burdensome;

(7) all of the assets of the estate have been placed in a management trust under Chapter 1301 or have been transferred to a pooled trust subaccount in accordance with a court order issued as provided by Chapter 1302, and the court determines that a guardianship of the ward's estate is no longer necessary; or

(8) the court determines for any other reason that a guardianship for the ward is no longer necessary.

(c) In a case arising under Subsection (b)(6), the court may authorize the income to be paid to a parent, or other person who has acted as guardian of the ward, to assist in the maintenance of the ward and without liability to account to the court for the income.

(d) If the estate of a minor ward consists only of cash or cash equivalents in an amount of $100,000 or less, the guardianship of the estate may be terminated and the assets paid to the county clerk of the county in which the guardianship proceeding is pending, and the clerk shall manage the funds as provided by Chapter 1355.

(e) In the settlement of a guardianship of the estate, the court may appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the ward's interests and may allow the attorney ad litem reasonable compensation to be taxed as costs.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0303
§ 548.0303. PILOT PROGRAM FOR MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR INTERNET MEDICAL CONSULTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner may develop and implement a pilot program in one or more sites the executive commissioner chooses under which Medicaid reimbursements are paid for medical consultations provided by physicians or other health care professionals using the Internet. The pilot program must be designed to test whether an Internet medical consultation is a cost-effective alternative to an in-person consultation under Medicaid.

(b) The executive commissioner may modify the pilot program as necessary throughout the program's implementation to maximize the potential cost-effectiveness of Internet medical consultations.

(c) If the executive commissioner determines from the pilot program that Internet medical consultations are cost-effective, the executive commissioner may expand the pilot program to additional sites or implement Medicaid reimbursements for Internet medical consultations statewide.

(d) The executive commissioner is not required to implement the pilot program authorized under Subsection (a) as a prerequisite to providing Medicaid reimbursement authorized by Section 548.0302 on a statewide basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3959.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3959 / Section 3959.0101
§ 3959.0101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 417.0081 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 417 / Section 417.0081
§ 417.0081. INSPECTION OF STATE-OWNED OR STATE-LEASED BUILDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state fire marshal, at the commissioner's direction, shall periodically inspect public buildings under the charge and control of a state agency and buildings leased for the use of a state agency.

(b) For the purpose of determining a schedule for conducting inspections under this section, the commissioner by rule shall adopt guidelines for assigning potential fire safety risk to state-owned and state-leased buildings. Rules adopted under this subsection must provide for the inspection of each state-owned and state-leased building to which this section applies, regardless of how low the potential fire safety risk of the building may be.

(c) On or before January 1 of each year, the state fire marshal shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate standing committees of the legislature regarding the state fire marshal's findings in conducting inspections under this section.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2491 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2491
§ 152.2491. WICHITA COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Wichita County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Wichita County, and the judge of each statutory county court.

(b) The commissioners court may pay the board members additional annual compensation in an amount determined by the commissioners court, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(c) The juvenile board may authorize the use of foster homes for the temporary care of children subject to Title 3 or 5, Family Code. The rate of pay for foster care shall be determined by the juvenile board and those payments are necessary operating expenses of the Wichita County Family Court Services Department.

(d) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Wichita County.