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Tex. Transportation Code § 226.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 226 / Section 226.003
§ 226.003. INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF CALL BOX SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may provide for the installment, operation, and maintenance of a system of emergency telephone call boxes along those highways in this state that are part of the designated state highway system.

(b) The system may:

(1) be designed to enable users of those highways to request emergency and nonemergency response services;

(2) include:

(A) wired or wireless telecommunications services; and

(B) one or more motorist assistance answering centers; and

(3) be capable of performing compatible Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) functions.

(c) To minimize call processing loads in public safety answering points established under Chapter 771 or 772, Health and Safety Code, the department may contract with a private entity to perform the functions of a motorist assistance answering center under Subsection (b)(2)(B).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.055
§ 3892.055. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ONE-TIME AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section:

(1) a voting director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest for directors.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file a one-time affidavit declaring the interest. An additional affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes. After the affidavit is filed with the board secretary, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity; or

(2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.

(c) A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in the discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that public entity.

(d) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 37.0091 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.0091
§ 37.0091. NOTICE TO NONCUSTODIAL PARENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A noncustodial parent may request in writing that a school district or school, for the remainder of the school year in which the request is received, provide that parent with a copy of any written notification relating to student misconduct under Section 37.006 or 37.007 that is generally provided by the district or school to a student's parent or guardian.

(b) A school district or school may not unreasonably deny a request authorized by Subsection (a).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a school district or school shall comply with any applicable court order of which the district or school has knowledge.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 103.0032 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.0032
§ 103.0032. COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
Status: in_force

Not later than January 1 of each even-numbered year, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System may award grants to counties and municipalities to prepare a collection plan. The grants shall reimburse the county or municipality for the cost of preparing the plan. The plan shall provide methods to improve the collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal cases. The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System may require that the county or municipality reimburse the state from the additional collections as a condition of the grant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8893.0004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8893 / Section 8893.0004
§ 8893.0004. CONFLICTS OF LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a provision of Chapter 36, Water Code, enacted on or before June 12, 2017.

(b) If there is a conflict between this chapter and Chapter 36, Water Code, this chapter controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8075.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8075 / Section 8075.0305
§ 8075.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2251.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2251 / Section 2251.052
§ 2251.052. RATE STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In setting rates, an insurer shall consider:

(1) past and prospective loss experience:

(A) inside this state; and

(B) outside this state if the data from this state are not credible;

(2) the peculiar hazards and experiences of individual risks, past and prospective, inside and outside this state;

(3) the insurer's actuarially credible historical premium, exposure, loss, and expense experience;

(4) catastrophe hazards in this state;

(5) operating expenses, excluding disallowed expenses;

(6) investment income;

(7) a reasonable margin for profit; and

(8) any other factors inside and outside this state:

(A) determined to be relevant by the insurer; and

(B) not disallowed by the commissioner.

(a-1) In setting rates, an insurer may not consider whether a claim has been made by or on behalf of a policyholder in relation to an event documented by a report described by Article 56C.003(c), Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) A rate may not be excessive, inadequate, unreasonable, or unfairly discriminatory for the risks to which the rate applies.

(c) The insurer may:

(1) group risks by classification to establish rates and minimum premiums; and

(2) modify classification rates to produce rates for individual risks in accordance with rating plans that establish standards for measuring variations in those risks on the basis of any factor listed in Subsection (a).

(d) In setting rates that apply only to policyholders in this state, an insurer shall use available premium, loss, claim, and exposure information from this state to the full extent of the actuarial credibility of that information. The insurer may use experience from outside this state as necessary to supplement information from this state that is not actuarially credible.

(e) In determining rating territories and territorial rates, an insurer shall use methods based on sound actuarial principles.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.007
§ 1100.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Estates Code § 201.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 201 / Section 201.102
§ 201.102. NO DISTINCTION BASED ON PROPERTY'S SOURCE.
Status: in_force

A distinction may not be made, in regulating the descent and distribution of an estate of a person dying intestate, between property derived by gift, devise, or descent from the intestate's father, and property derived by gift, devise, or descent from the intestate's mother.
Tex. Occupations Code § 505.602 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.602
§ 505.602. REPORTING IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A person who, without malice, makes a report authorized, or reasonably believed to be authorized, under this subchapter:

(1) is immune from civil liability; and

(2) may not be subjected by the person's employer to other retaliatory action as a result of making the report.
Tex. Government Code § 54A.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.009
§ 54A.009. ATTENDANCE OF BAILIFF.
Status: in_force

A bailiff shall attend a hearing by an associate judge if directed by the referring court.
Tex. Water Code § 5.803 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.803
§ 5.803. APPLICATION; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) To be accredited under the accreditation program adopted under this subchapter, an environmental testing laboratory must submit an application to the commission on a form prescribed by the commission, accompanied by the accreditation fee. The application must contain the information that the commission requires.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish a schedule of reasonable accreditation fees designed to recover the costs of the accreditation program, including the costs associated with:

(1) application review;

(2) initial, routine, and follow-up inspections by the commission; and

(3) preparation of reports.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1123.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1123 / Section 1123.051
§ 1123.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board consists of seven elected directors.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379B.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379B / Section 379B.002
§ 379B.002. ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by resolution may establish an authority. The resolution must include a legal description of the base property. On adoption of the resolution, the authority is established as a special district and political subdivision of this state, with a boundary coterminous with the base property described in the resolution.

(b) When establishing an authority, the municipality may designate the authority in the municipality's resolution to be the successor in interest to a nonprofit corporation organized under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12). On adoption of the resolution, the corporation is dissolved and the authority succeeds to all rights and liabilities of that corporation.
Tex. Labor Code § 410.152 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 410 / Section 410.152
§ 410.152. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES; QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An administrative law judge shall conduct a contested case hearing.

(b) An administrative law judge must be licensed to practice law in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.009 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.009
§ 2602.009. ASSOCIATION AND TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES AS INTERESTED PARTIES.
Status: in_force

The association and each title insurance company assessed under this chapter are interested parties under Sections 3(h) and 12(b), Article 21.28.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 36.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 36 / Section 36.006
§ 36.006. RECORDS; REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief administrator of each preschool or school shall maintain, on a form prescribed by the department in accordance with department rules, screening records for each individual in attendance, and the records are open for inspection by the department or the local health department.

(b) The department may, directly or through local health departments, enter a preschool or school and inspect records maintained by the preschool or school relating to screening for special senses and communication disorders.

(c) An individual's screening records may be transferred among preschools and schools without the consent of the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian.

(d) Each preschool or school shall submit to the department an annual report on the screening status of the individuals in attendance during the reporting year and shall include in the report any other information required by the executive commissioner. The report must be on a form prescribed by the department in accordance with department rules and must be submitted according to the rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7972A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7972A / Section 7972A.0304
§ 7972A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8283.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8283 / Section 8283.158
§ 8283.158. STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR FACILITIES IN GRAYSON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or its successor.

(b) Subject to Subsection (f), for area in Grayson County, the authority by order may adopt standard specifications for facilities designed or constructed to:

(1) store, treat, or transport water for domestic, municipal, or industrial purposes to ensure that the facilities are adequate in design to serve the needs of the area's inhabitants;

(2) collect, treat, and dispose of sewage; or

(3) dispose of solid waste.

(c) Before the specifications become final, the board must hold a public hearing. The board must give notice of the hearing to the commission and must publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the area notice of the hearing one time at least 10 days before the date of the hearing so that any interested party may present evidence for or against a proposed specification.

(d) An appeal of an order adopting standard specifications may be made to a district court of Grayson County. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.

(e) The authority is entitled to seek an injunction against:

(1) the construction of a facility, including an extension to an existing facility, if the construction does not meet the authority's standard specifications; or

(2) the operation of a facility if construction has begun and the facility does not meet those specifications.

(f) A standard specification adopted under this section does not apply to an area that, on the date the order is adopted, is located inside the corporate boundaries or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality unless approved by the governing body of the municipality.

(g) The authority shall file the standard specifications with the commission.
Tex. Water Code § 26.267 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.267
§ 26.267. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall be held liable under this subchapter for any spill or discharge resulting from an act of God, act of war, third party negligence, or an act of government.

(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall in any way affect or limit the liability of any person to any other person or to the United States, or to this state.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the state or the commission shall utilize any and all procedures relating to releases or threatened releases of solid wastes contained in Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code prior to utilizing the provisions of this subchapter with respect to such releases or threatened releases.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.201 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.201
§ 2A.201. STATUTE OF FRAUDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless:

(1) the total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than $1,000; or

(2) there is a writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party's authorized agent, sufficient to indicate that a lease contract has been made between the parties and to describe the goods leased and the lease term.

(b) Any description of leased goods or of the lease term is sufficient and satisfies Subsection (a)(2), whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.

(c) A writing is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon, but the lease contract is not enforceable under Subsection (a)(2) beyond the lease term and the quantity of goods shown in the writing.

(d) A lease contract that does not satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a), but which is valid in other respects, is enforceable:

(1) if the goods are to be specially manufactured or obtained for the lessee and are not suitable for lease or sale to others in the ordinary course of the lessor's business, and the lessor, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the goods are for the lessee, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement;

(2) if the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party's pleading, testimony or otherwise in court that a lease contract was made, but the lease contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted;

(3) with respect to goods that have been received and accepted by the lessee; or

(4) if the lease contract would otherwise be enforceable under general principles of equitable estoppel, detrimental reliance or unjust enrichment.

(e) The lease term under a lease contract referred to in Subsection (d) is:

(1) if there is a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party's authorized agent specifying the lease term, the term so specified;

(2) if the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party's pleading, testimony, or otherwise in court a lease term, the term so admitted; or

(3) a reasonable lease term.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.0125 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.0125
§ 574.0125. IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Not later than the third day before the date of a hearing that may result in the judge ordering the patient to receive court-ordered outpatient mental health services, the judge shall identify the person the judge intends to designate to be responsible for those services under Section 574.037.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.032 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.032
§ 751.032. GIFT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, a gift for the benefit of a person includes a gift to:

(1) a trust;

(2) an account under the Texas Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Chapter 141, Property Code) or a similar law of another state; and

(3) a qualified tuition program of any state that meets the requirements of Section 529, Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(b) Unless the durable power of attorney otherwise provides, a grant of authority to make a gift is subject to the limitations prescribed by this section.

(c) Language in a durable power of attorney granting general authority with respect to gifts authorizes the agent to only:

(1) make outright to, or for the benefit of, a person a gift of any of the principal's property, including by the exercise of a presently exercisable general power of appointment held by the principal, in an amount per donee not to exceed:

(A) the annual dollar limits of the federal gift tax exclusion under Section 2503(b), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, regardless of whether the federal gift tax exclusion applies to the gift; or

(B) if the principal's spouse agrees to consent to a split gift as provided by Section 2513, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, twice the annual federal gift tax exclusion limit; and

(2) consent, as provided by Section 2513, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to the splitting of a gift made by the principal's spouse in an amount per donee not to exceed the aggregate annual federal gift tax exclusions for both spouses.

(d) An agent may make a gift of the principal's property only as the agent determines is consistent with the principal's objectives if the agent actually knows those objectives. If the agent does not know the principal's objectives, the agent may make a gift of the principal's property only as the agent determines is consistent with the principal's best interest based on all relevant factors, including the factors listed in Section 751.122 and the principal's personal history of making or joining in making gifts.
Tex. Water Code § 51A.007 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51A / Section 51A.007
§ 51A.007. ELECTION DATES.
Status: in_force

An election authorized by this chapter may be held on any day of the year other than a general election date and is not limited to the uniform election dates established by Section 41.001(a), Election Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1022.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.158
§ 1022.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.053
§ 2256.053. PAYMENT FOR SECURITIES PURCHASED BY STATE.
Status: in_force

The comptroller or the disbursing officer of an agency that has the power to invest assets directly may pay for authorized securities purchased from or through a member in good standing of the National Association of Securities Dealers or from or through a national or state bank on receiving an invoice from the seller of the securities showing that the securities have been purchased by the board or agency and that the amount to be paid for the securities is just, due, and unpaid. A purchase of securities may not be made at a price that exceeds the existing market value of the securities.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.345 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.345
§ 521.345. SUSPENSION ON ORDER OF JUVENILE COURT OR ON ORDER OF COURT BASED ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE VIOLATION BY MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall suspend the license of a person on receipt of an order to suspend the license that is issued by:

(1) a juvenile court under Section 54.042, Family Code; or

(2) a court under Section 106.115, Alcoholic Beverage Code.

(b) The period of suspension is for the period specified in the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3909.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3909 / Section 3909.107
§ 3909.107. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1421 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1421
§ 152.1421. KINNEY COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Kinney County is composed of the county judge and district judges in Kinney County.

(b) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not less than $1,200 nor more than $3,600, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Kinney County.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.061 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.061
§ 61.061. NOTICE AND FINALITY OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The wage claim appeal tribunal shall mail to each party to the appeal notice of:

(1) the decision;

(2) the amount of wages subject to the order; and

(3) the amount of any penalty assessed.

(b) The notice shall be mailed to a party's last known address, as shown by commission records.

(c) The order of the wage claim appeal tribunal becomes final 14 days after the date on which it is mailed unless a further appeal to the commission is initiated as provided by this subchapter.