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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.0177 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.0177
§ 265.0177. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) After approval by resolution of the commissioners court of the county and the governing body of the municipality that appointed the board, the board of managers may, on behalf of the hospital, borrow money from a federally insured lending institution for a purpose described by Section 265.0179. The board may execute a loan agreement or promissory note as evidence of the obligation to repay the loan.

(b) The board of managers may borrow money in an amount it considers advisable, subject to a rate of interest, security, and other terms it considers advisable. The loan shall mature not later than the 30th anniversary of the date on which the loan is made.

(c) Before entering into a loan under this section, the board of managers must determine that there will be sufficient money available from revenues generated by the hospital to pay the loan when the loan becomes due.

(d) The commissioners court of the county and the governing body of the municipality that appointed the board of managers must approve the terms of a loan agreement by written resolution.

(e) Chapter 1202, Government Code, does not apply to a promissory note or any other instrument evidencing a loan under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.202
§ 401.202. STANDARDS OF ETHICAL PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules under this chapter that establish standards of ethical practice.
Tex. Government Code § 24.478 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.478
§ 24.478.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.478. 332ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). (a) The 332nd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.

(b) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.
Tex. Government Code § 551.123 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.123
§ 551.123. TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice may hold an open or closed emergency meeting by telephone conference call.

(b) The portion of the telephone conference call meeting that is open shall be recorded. The recording shall be made available to be heard by the public at one or more places designated by the board.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.090 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.090
§ 111.090. COMPLIANCE BY COMMON PURCHASERS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall enforce compliance with this subchapter, Subchapters C, F, and G of this chapter, and Sections 111.004, 111.025, 111.131 through 111.133, 111.136, 111.137, and 111.140 of this code and after notice and hearing, may make rules and orders defining the distance that extensions or gathering lines shall be made to all oil or gas wells and other rules or orders that may be necessary to carry out those provisions cited in this section and to prevent discrimination.
Tex. Occupations Code § 151.0515 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 151 / Section 151.0515
§ 151.0515. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the following entities may not differentiate between physicians based on a physician's maintenance of certification:

(1) a health facility that is licensed under Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, or a mental hospital that is licensed under Chapter 577, Health and Safety Code, if the facility or hospital has an organized medical staff or a process for credentialing physicians;

(2) a hospital that is owned or operated by this state;

(3) an institution or program that is owned, operated, or licensed by this state, including an institution or program that directly or indirectly receives state financial assistance, if the institution or program:

(A) has an organized medical staff or a process for credentialing physicians on its staff; and

(B) is not a medical school, as defined by Section 61.501, Education Code, or a comprehensive cancer center, as designated by the National Cancer Institute; or

(4) an institution or program that is owned, operated, or licensed by a political subdivision of this state, if the institution or program has an organized medical staff or a process for credentialing physicians on its staff.

(b) An entity described by Subsection (a) may differentiate between physicians based on a physician's maintenance of certification if:

(1) the entity's designation under law or certification or accreditation by a national certifying or accrediting organization is contingent on the entity requiring a specific maintenance of certification by physicians seeking staff privileges or credentialing at the entity; and

(2) the differentiation is limited to those physicians whose maintenance of certification is required for the entity's designation, certification, or accreditation as described by Subdivision (1).

(c) An entity described by Subsection (a) may differentiate between physicians based on a physician's maintenance of certification if the voting physician members of the entity's organized medical staff vote to authorize the differentiation.

(d) An authorization described by Subsection (c) may:

(1) be made only by the voting physician members of the entity's organized medical staff and not by the entity's governing body, administration, or any other person;

(2) subject to Subsection (e), establish terms applicable to the entity's differentiation, including:

(A) appropriate grandfathering provisions; and

(B) limiting the differentiation to certain medical specialties; and

(3) be rescinded at any time by a vote of the voting physician members of the entity's organized medical staff.

(e) Terms established under Subsection (d)(2) may not conflict with a maintenance of certification requirement applicable to the entity's designation under law or certification or accreditation by a national certifying or accrediting organization.
Tex. Education Code § 130.304 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.304
§ 130.304. BACCALAUREATE IN DENTAL HYGIENE.
Status: in_force

(a) The coordinating board shall authorize baccalaureate degree programs in the field of dental hygiene at a public junior college that offers a degree program in that field, has a main campus located in the county seat of a county with a population greater than 200,000, and includes territory in at least six public school districts located in two counties.

(b) Expired.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.103
§ 3916.103. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may develop or finance recreational facilities as authorized by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and any other law that applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0202
§ 8057.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8057.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8057.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8057.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.003
§ 8504.003. TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

Unless modified under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or other law, the authority's territory is composed of:

(1) all of Jefferson, Hardin, and Tyler Counties;

(2) a strip of land 10 miles in width off the eastern end of Liberty County (the west line of that strip being parallel to and 10 miles west of the extreme eastern boundary line of Liberty County); and

(3) a strip of land 15 miles in width off the east side of Chambers County (the west line of that strip being parallel to and 15 miles west of the eastern boundary line of Chambers County).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 44A.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 44A / Section 44A.005
§ 44A.005. URBAN FARM MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

The urban farm microenterprise development fund is a fund in the comptroller's office. The following shall be deposited to the credit of the fund:

(1) amounts received by the state for loans made under the urban farm microenterprise support program;

(2) money received in repayment of loans made under the program; and

(3) other money received by the board for the program and required by the board to be deposited in the fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.185 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.185
§ 242.185. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The department, at the time of an ordinary licensing inspection or at other times determined necessary by the department, shall inspect an institution's records of respite care services, physical accommodations available for respite care, and the plan of care records to ensure that the respite care services comply with the licensing standards of this chapter and with any rules the executive commissioner may adopt to regulate respite care services.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.454 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.454
§ 205.454. NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the acupuncture board by order determines that a violation has occurred and imposes an administrative penalty, the acupuncture board shall notify the affected person of the board's order.

(b) The notice must include a statement of the right of the person to judicial review of the order.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.823 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.823
§ 17.823. SALE OF NONKOSHER FOOD.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally sells at a restaurant or a retail store a food product that is represented as kosher food and is not kosher food and the person either knows the food is not kosher food or was reckless about determining whether or not the food is kosher food.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.005
§ 3809.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 1017, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, enacting former Section 376.304, Local Government Code, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Section 3809.107 or its predecessor statutes, former Section 376.316, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 1017, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, and former Section 376.366, Local Government Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 1, Chapter 1017, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, enacting former Section 376.304, Local Government Code, form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.064 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.064
§ 78.064. RETURNS; EFFECT OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) After the election, the board shall:

(1) canvass the returns of the election; and

(2) enter an order declaring the result of the election.

(b) If a majority of votes are cast against the dissolution of the district, another election on the proposition may not be held within 12 months after the date of the election.

(c) If a majority of votes are cast for the dissolution of the district, the board shall enter an order declaring the district dissolved.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9083.0005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9083 / Section 9083.0005
§ 9083.0005. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 392.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 392 / Section 392.003
§ 392.003. QUALIFYING VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) A vehicle is a qualifying vehicle that may be considered for a grant under the program if during the eligibility period established by the commission the entity purchases a new on-road vehicle that:

(1) is certified to the appropriate current federal emissions standards as determined by the commission;

(2) replaces a diesel-powered on-road vehicle of the same weight classification and use; and

(3) is a hybrid vehicle or fueled by an alternative fuel.

(b) A vehicle is not a qualifying vehicle if the vehicle:

(1) is a neighborhood electric vehicle;

(2) has been used as a qualifying vehicle to qualify for a grant under this chapter for a previous reporting period or by another entity; or

(3) has qualified for a similar grant or tax credit in another jurisdiction.
Tex. Finance Code § 152.207 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 152 / Section 152.207
§ 152.207. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A money services licensee shall maintain the following records for determining its compliance with this chapter for at least five years:

(1) a general ledger posted at least monthly containing all asset, liability, capital, income, and expense accounts;

(2) bank statements and bank reconciliation records;

(3) for a money transmission licensee:

(A) records of outstanding money transmission obligations;

(B) records of each outstanding money transmission obligation paid within the five-year period;

(C) records of each outstanding money transmission obligation sold; and

(D) a list of the last known names and addresses of all of the licensee's authorized delegates;

(4) for a currency exchange licensee, a record of each currency exchange transaction; and

(5) any other records the commissioner reasonably requires by rule.

(b) The records required to be maintained by Subsection (a)(3)(C) may be maintained in any form of record.

(c) Records required to be maintained by Subsection (a) may be maintained outside this state if they are made accessible to the commissioner not later than the seventh business day after the commissioner sends notice in writing.

(d) All records maintained by a money services licensee as required by this section are open to examination by the commissioner under Section 152.057(a).
Tex. Government Code § 2308.301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.301
§ 2308.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means a local workforce development board.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.107 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.107
§ 33.107. PROTECTION OF RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

The littoral rights of the adjacent upland owner shall be protected in a lease.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.004
§ 345.004. CASH PRICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The cash price in a retail installment transaction is the price at which the retail seller would have sold to the retail buyer, and the buyer would have bought from the seller, the goods or services that are subject to the transaction if the sale had been a sale for cash.

(b) The cash price may include:

(1) the amount of taxes;

(2) the amount of charges for delivery, installation, servicing, repair, alteration, or improvement; and

(3) an amount described by Section 345.005(1), (3), (4), or (6) that is not separately itemized in the retail installment contract or retail charge agreement.
Tex. Property Code § 202.008 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 202 / Section 202.008
§ 202.008. LIMITATION ON FINES DURING RESIDENTIAL WATER RESTRICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, "residential watering restriction" means a temporary restriction of water use to irrigate residential vegetation or turf that is mandated by a municipality, water utility, or other wholesale or retail water supplier as part of a strategy to conserve water during a period of drought.

(b) A property owners' association may not assess a fine against a property owner for a violation of an applicable restrictive covenant that requires the owner to plant or install grass or turf or maintain green vegetation or turf or prohibits discolored or brown vegetation or turf on the property:

(1) during a period when the owner's property is subject to a residential watering restriction under which discolored or brown vegetation or turf could reasonably result; and

(2) before the 60th day after the date a residential watering restriction described by Subdivision (1) is lifted.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.012
§ 12.012. AWARDING CONTRACTS OR GRANTS AND SELECTING SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In awarding contracts or grants for services, or in selecting service providers under any program administered by the department, the department shall give preference to providers who can deliver appropriate services of similar quality in the most cost-effective manner.

(b) In awarding the contracts or grants or selecting the providers, the department may not discriminate among licensed health care providers who can provide the services under the authority of their licenses.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 203.0084 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 203 / Section 203.0084
§ 203.0084. RISK FACTORS AND RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop a comprehensive set of risk factors to use in assessing the overall risk level of the facilities and entities inspected by the department under:

(1) Chapter 51, Family Code;

(2) Section 221.008 of this code; and

(3) Subtitle C, Title 12, of this code.

(b) The risk factors described by Subsection (a) may include:

(1) the entity type;

(2) available programming;

(3) past and repeat standards violations;

(4) the volume and types of complaints received by the department;

(5) recent leadership changes;

(6) high staff turnover;

(7) relevant findings from the office of independent ombudsman and the office of inspector general;

(8) negative media attention; and

(9) the number of months since the date of the department's last inspection of the entity.

(c) The department shall use the risk factors developed under this section to guide the inspections process for facilities and entities described by Subsection (a) by developing risk assessment tools with clear, objective standards to use in assessing the overall risk level of each entity.

(d) The department may develop distinct assessment tools under Subsection (c) for different entity types, as appropriate.

(e) The department shall periodically review the assessment tools developed under this section to ensure that the tools remain up to date and meaningful, as determined by the department.
Tex. Water Code § 61.119 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.119
§ 61.119. INTEREST IN CONTRACT OF NAVIGATION DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

If the county judge, a county commissioner, a member of the board or the commission, or the engineer shall directly or indirectly become interested in a contract for work to be done by the district or in any fee paid by the district, which would allow him to receive any money consideration or other thing of value except in payment of services as provided by law, on conviction he shall be confined in jail for not less than six months nor more than one year.
Tex. Election Code § 161.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 161 / Section 161.008
§ 161.008. CERTIFICATION OF NOMINEES FOR STATEWIDE AND DISTRICT OFFICES FOR PLACEMENT ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the secretary of state shall certify in writing for placement on the general election ballot the name of each candidate nominated at a primary election or convention of a political party for a statewide or district office.

(b) Not later than the 68th day before general election day, the secretary of state shall deliver the certification to the authority responsible for having the official general election ballot prepared in each county in which the candidate's name is to appear on the ballot. The secretary of state may deliver the certification by notifying the authority that the candidates posted on the secretary of state's Internet website are the candidates certified. In addition to the other methods of delivering the certification under this section, the secretary of state shall deliver a copy of the certification to the authority by e-mail.

(c) A candidate's name may not be certified if, before delivering the certification, the secretary of state learns that the name is to be omitted from the ballot under Section 145.035.

(d) In conjunction with the certification required under Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall include appropriate ballot translation language, as applicable, for each language certified statewide or in a specific county by the director of the census under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.062 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.062
§ 81.062. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.050 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.050
§ 246.050.
Status: in_force

Sec. 246.050. CONTENTS OF DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: FINANCIAL INFORMATION. (a) The disclosure statement must:

(1) describe any provisions made or to be made to provide reserve funding or security to enable the provider to fully perform its obligations under a continuing care contract, including:

(A) the establishment of escrow accounts, trusts, or reserve funds and the manner in which those funds will be invested; and

(B) the name and experience of any individual in the direct employment of the provider who will make the investment decisions; and

(2) provide financial statements of the provider, including:

(A) a balance sheet as of the end of the most recent fiscal year; and

(B) income statements and a statement of cash flow for each of the three most recent fiscal years that the provider has been in existence.

(b) Financial statements required by Subsection (a)(2) must be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and must be audited by an independent certified public accountant, who shall state in the audit report whether the financial statements were prepared in accordance with those principles.